![]() ![]() The book also encourages women not to pursue legal action against their abusers, even if it’s to protect their children. Some BookTokers and YouTubers have come away from It Ends With Us with extremely disturbing views on domestic abuse, with some going as far as to call themselves “Team Ryle” and criticize Lily for leaving him. Meanwhile, the many scenes of abuse and sexual assault are written in disturbing detail alongside a constant reiteration of the electric, undeniable connection between Ryle and Lily, to the point that it seems to be romanticizing an abusive relationship. ![]() Hoover also made Ryle’s relationship with Lily steamy to get readers to actually root for the couple to work out, encouraging them to turn a blind eye to the abuse. ![]() She then chose to make the abuser, Ryle, a man with a sob story who uses his childhood trauma as an excuse for his behavior. However, Hoover and her publishers got it wrong from the jump by classifying the novel as a “romance” instead of as a story about domestic abuse. ![]()
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