It Ends with Us was never a romance novel – thankfully the film understands this
- Written by Lucy Rouse, PhD Candidate and Casual Academic in English Literatures , University of Wollongong
This piece contains spoilers.
It Ends with Us, by Colleen Hoover, is a novel TikTok loves to hate, gaining a lot of criticism for the stark contrast between its marketing and its subject matter. Marketed – and shelved – as a romance novel, between its pink, floral covers, It Ends with Us is a novel about domestic violence.





