It Ends with Us

ok honestly this was not as bad as I thought it would be?? Like don't get me wrong I didn't LOVE it and I don't really understand the popularity of it, but I had read takes like ~~glorifying abuse~~ and I think it's...not that bad. I think it's coming from a well-meaning place and trying to depict the complex situations of why people might stay in abusive situations etc. It's still like...pretty clunky and not...the best...but...whatever. I don't think it's actively harmful and I thought Colleen's afterword about growing up a survivor of DV was moving.

There are also a lot of super wild plot-irrelevant choices here, such as opening a flower shop for people who hate flowers, which I was thrilled to discuss on the podcast.

https://www.frowl.org/worstbestsellers/episode-213-it-ends-with-us/