@yyishere I finished the book: it ends with us! (With a bit too many tears) but the twists did not shock me more than it did when it happened in my life T_T.
The book is a cross between a typical romance novel with a serious slice of life non fiction novel and it does not blend well for me. The letters are amazingly well written and heartbreaking. I wanted more of the other boy a lot more and a lot more. The most devastating conversation was with the mother and the most unmoving one was with the male lead in the hospital because I have heard a way worse one! But still it is a decent novel and I may recommend it to my friend who just doesn’t understand this topic and totally engages in victim shaming T_T!
Yes, she writes so well… I loved totally the letters and cried so much after reading them, so god, my head still hurts, I recommended it to my friend. Thank you recommending it to me :).
I thought the way she wrote it was amazing. Staring it as a serious romance novel just totally suckers you in, and then the moment comes when it all changes. I felt it was a deliberate choice and one that did work for me.
@cloggie@oppafangirl Her books are all devastating. I had to stop reading one book about a girl who was badly scarred in an apartment fire, and the boy who fell in love with her, because I couldn’t bear to read it anymore…she was a beautiful teen star, and the fire destroyed her looks and her career…and guess what, I just knew it, in the last part, guess who started the fire…the boy…I knew it…how on earth does someone write something so brutal…the only other book that I read that I loved was Ugly Love. It was funny in parts, but of course, there has to be a catch. But it was very, very good. Read this one, guys. I love Miles, the guy…he’s beautifully portrayed. But avoid the other book…November 9…urgh.
So now I’m obsessed with Ruth Ware’s books. It seems she’s the new Agatha Christie. She is so, so good. I started with The Turn of the Key. Absolutely brilliant and mindboggling. I stopped many times to try to figure out what’s happening. It’s written in the first person narrative. This girl answers an ad for a nanny and travels all the way to Scotland to apply for the job. The family who ran the ad live a creepy mansion that creaks in the night….creepppyyyyy. Twist upon twist upon twist. Chilling and haunting. I felt very cold when I finished reading it. Then I continued with The Death of Mrs. Westaway. Pretty good, too. Read The Lying Game, and I kind of guessed the twist halfway…it was pretty obvious, but the ending was still a shocker. Just started with The Woman in Cabin 10…I’m kind of afraid to continue, because you can’t put down her books once you start they’re so gripping. But I think The Turn of the Key is still my fav so far…super creepy.
The part where she’s drunk and laughing, and he just slams her omggggg I gasped..It was just so utterly unexpected, because he’s like the stereotypical angsty hero with baggage..I was in shock! And now I’m reading all her other books, and they’re absolutely painful..her characters are all horribly, horribly flawed…I just finished Ugly Love…it’s brutal… 🤤🤤🤤🤤
I try again:
I don’t think I will read more from the writer unless she writes more of this kind of novel, which as she says is not the case.
I rate the novel 3/5 on average the opening gets 1/5: I almost wanted my money back for it being a typical romance but read imagining the female lead to be an errand boy girl and all her actions being opposite. It was hilarious.
Then the dairy entries start and It had my full attention
I give 5/5 for the female lead and second lead and dairy and talking about violence and confusion. The state of confused mind is horrible but the first reaction to such a thing happening to you. I was thankful that the female lead forgave herself for being in the same situation like her mom and she understood that it was not her fault and also not her mom’s. Her mom was even more alone and I don’t know if she grew up in an abusive household. If not, I get that she would be even more confused and had no one to talk and share with.
Thank you for the recommendation! This book now has a permanent place on my book shelf.
The part where she’s drunk and laughing, and he just slams her omggggg I gasped..It was just so utterly unexpected, because he’s like the stereotypical angsty hero with baggage..I was in shock!
Well to me it was clear the moment he got on his knees in the first few pages to beg for sex, what he was going to turn out into really. I could say I had seen the violence coming from very early pages, not because of the chair but because how he was manipulating her almost.
This behavior really shows someone who knows no boundaries and can resort to anything to get what they want and how they want it, no one ever told them no. I was sort of ready for it, I did not want to, but life taught me other wise, if a man gets on his knees to beg, run for your life, complete opposite of what romantic novels stand for. The biggest red flag ever.
This is how I think every romance novel ends in real life, the female lead becomes a part of the statistic.
Yeah. Because we are physically weaker. I know of abusive relationships in RL. Guy says sorry, Girl keeps making excuses. It’s exactly like the book. But I loved the sweetness of the flash backs, that young boy who tried his best to protect her. And the part where he told her he went to that empty house to kill himself, it broke my heart. I ‘ve switched to thrillers now. Creeping myself out with Ruth Ware’s books. Soooo creepyyy.
Oh Nice, I am a Scandinavian crime fiction buff, I dig them. I also read huge amount of crime and watch crime shows, till I am almost not shocked by anything. I am now trying to diversify my reading to non-fiction and slice of life. I recently read educated by Tara Westover, highly recommended, if you haven’t read it already and vegetarian by Han Kang, this was a brilliant book. And now I am reading Asymmetry and Celestial bodies. And next on my to read list is human acts by Han Kang. I finished “it ends with us” in 7 hours straight. It was that addicting, lol.
For me, the book probably had more impact because I had no idea what I was going to read about when I opened it. If I’d known from the start what the theme was, I prob would have guessed. But, because I purely got it out of the library because YY recommended it, I had no idea what was coming and was taken by surprise. It doesn’t happen all that often.
Also, can I add how much I liked that she ended up with the SL?
And yeah, for those beginning 60 or so pages, I was wondering why I was reading this book. Totally got taken in by the tone.
oppafangirl
September 20, 2019 at 6:58 PM
@yyishere I finished the book: it ends with us! (With a bit too many tears) but the twists did not shock me more than it did when it happened in my life T_T.
oppafangirl
September 20, 2019 at 7:05 PM
The book is a cross between a typical romance novel with a serious slice of life non fiction novel and it does not blend well for me. The letters are amazingly well written and heartbreaking. I wanted more of the other boy a lot more and a lot more. The most devastating conversation was with the mother and the most unmoving one was with the male lead in the hospital because I have heard a way worse one! But still it is a decent novel and I may recommend it to my friend who just doesn’t understand this topic and totally engages in victim shaming T_T!
YY Chats with Toast Between Bites
September 21, 2019 at 1:48 AM
That’s the thing…she mixes romance in it…the handsome charming hero, and the fluttery moments, and then slowly, slowly she starts with the heartbreak…
oppafangirl
September 21, 2019 at 2:21 AM
Yes, she writes so well… I loved totally the letters and cried so much after reading them, so god, my head still hurts, I recommended it to my friend. Thank you recommending it to me :).
Cloggie
September 21, 2019 at 7:28 AM
I thought the way she wrote it was amazing. Staring it as a serious romance novel just totally suckers you in, and then the moment comes when it all changes. I felt it was a deliberate choice and one that did work for me.
YY Chats with Toast Between Bites
September 22, 2019 at 7:24 AM
@cloggie @oppafangirl Her books are all devastating. I had to stop reading one book about a girl who was badly scarred in an apartment fire, and the boy who fell in love with her, because I couldn’t bear to read it anymore…she was a beautiful teen star, and the fire destroyed her looks and her career…and guess what, I just knew it, in the last part, guess who started the fire…the boy…I knew it…how on earth does someone write something so brutal…the only other book that I read that I loved was Ugly Love. It was funny in parts, but of course, there has to be a catch. But it was very, very good. Read this one, guys. I love Miles, the guy…he’s beautifully portrayed. But avoid the other book…November 9…urgh.
So now I’m obsessed with Ruth Ware’s books. It seems she’s the new Agatha Christie. She is so, so good. I started with The Turn of the Key. Absolutely brilliant and mindboggling. I stopped many times to try to figure out what’s happening. It’s written in the first person narrative. This girl answers an ad for a nanny and travels all the way to Scotland to apply for the job. The family who ran the ad live a creepy mansion that creaks in the night….creepppyyyyy. Twist upon twist upon twist. Chilling and haunting. I felt very cold when I finished reading it. Then I continued with The Death of Mrs. Westaway. Pretty good, too. Read The Lying Game, and I kind of guessed the twist halfway…it was pretty obvious, but the ending was still a shocker. Just started with The Woman in Cabin 10…I’m kind of afraid to continue, because you can’t put down her books once you start they’re so gripping. But I think The Turn of the Key is still my fav so far…super creepy.
YY Chats with Toast Between Bites
September 21, 2019 at 1:46 AM
The part where she’s drunk and laughing, and he just slams her omggggg I gasped..It was just so utterly unexpected, because he’s like the stereotypical angsty hero with baggage..I was in shock! And now I’m reading all her other books, and they’re absolutely painful..her characters are all horribly, horribly flawed…I just finished Ugly Love…it’s brutal… 🤤🤤🤤🤤
oppafangirl
September 21, 2019 at 2:41 AM
I wrote an essay and it says DB says I posted an inappropriate word! 🙁
oppafangirl
September 21, 2019 at 2:57 AM
I try again:
I don’t think I will read more from the writer unless she writes more of this kind of novel, which as she says is not the case.
I rate the novel 3/5 on average the opening gets 1/5: I almost wanted my money back for it being a typical romance but read imagining the female lead to be an errand boy girl and all her actions being opposite. It was hilarious.
Then the dairy entries start and It had my full attention
I give 5/5 for the female lead and second lead and dairy and talking about violence and confusion. The state of confused mind is horrible but the first reaction to such a thing happening to you. I was thankful that the female lead forgave herself for being in the same situation like her mom and she understood that it was not her fault and also not her mom’s. Her mom was even more alone and I don’t know if she grew up in an abusive household. If not, I get that she would be even more confused and had no one to talk and share with.
Thank you for the recommendation! This book now has a permanent place on my book shelf.
Well to me it was clear the moment he got on his knees in the first few pages to beg for sex, what he was going to turn out into really. I could say I had seen the violence coming from very early pages, not because of the chair but because how he was manipulating her almost.
This behavior really shows someone who knows no boundaries and can resort to anything to get what they want and how they want it, no one ever told them no. I was sort of ready for it, I did not want to, but life taught me other wise, if a man gets on his knees to beg, run for your life, complete opposite of what romantic novels stand for. The biggest red flag ever.
This is how I think every romance novel ends in real life, the female lead becomes a part of the statistic.
YY Chats with Toast Between Bites
September 21, 2019 at 4:01 AM
Yeah. Because we are physically weaker. I know of abusive relationships in RL. Guy says sorry, Girl keeps making excuses. It’s exactly like the book. But I loved the sweetness of the flash backs, that young boy who tried his best to protect her. And the part where he told her he went to that empty house to kill himself, it broke my heart. I ‘ve switched to thrillers now. Creeping myself out with Ruth Ware’s books. Soooo creepyyy.
oppafangirl
September 21, 2019 at 4:24 AM
Oh Nice, I am a Scandinavian crime fiction buff, I dig them. I also read huge amount of crime and watch crime shows, till I am almost not shocked by anything. I am now trying to diversify my reading to non-fiction and slice of life. I recently read educated by Tara Westover, highly recommended, if you haven’t read it already and vegetarian by Han Kang, this was a brilliant book. And now I am reading Asymmetry and Celestial bodies. And next on my to read list is human acts by Han Kang. I finished “it ends with us” in 7 hours straight. It was that addicting, lol.
Cloggie
September 23, 2019 at 7:27 AM
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Cloggie
September 23, 2019 at 7:28 AM
For me, the book probably had more impact because I had no idea what I was going to read about when I opened it. If I’d known from the start what the theme was, I prob would have guessed. But, because I purely got it out of the library because YY recommended it, I had no idea what was coming and was taken by surprise. It doesn’t happen all that often.
Also, can I add how much I liked that she ended up with the SL?
And yeah, for those beginning 60 or so pages, I was wondering why I was reading this book. Totally got taken in by the tone.
oppafangirl
September 26, 2019 at 8:18 AM
Ending with the second lead was the best thing! I can’t get over it! And I want more of it! Lol!