KJ's Book Reviews

  It Ends With Us Written by Colleen Hoover Originally published in 2016 ~390 pages Rate 5/5 The controversy!! To label this book as a romance novel gets more people to read it, might not be the most ethical way to market the book, but romance sells!  A few months ago the movie premiered and since then the story has reached an even larger audience. Since the book's original publication in 2016, it has won the Goodreads Choice Award for best romance. This book has been incredibility successful and there's a reason for it.  Hoover does an excellent job at portraying the complexities of abusive relationships. Some might deem this story as a romanticized version of domestic violence, and to that I say, everyone's story looks different. The story illustrates just how easy something so good could turn so wrong in just a matter of seconds. I watched the movie before I read the book and both mediums portrayed the situation as gruesome and disgusting. I felt awful and covered my ear

The Liars' Club Written by Mary Karr Originally published in 1995 ~320 pages Rate 5/5 When it comes to writing reviews on memoirs, I feel like I should refrain from "judging" the book, after all this is someone's life story. So, I will start off my expressing my admiration for the author. I consider it brave that Mary Karr so willingly put herself into such a vulnerable situation by sharing her story.    Karr shares her experience learning how to love despite growing up in a home where love wasn't explicitly shown very often. What do you do when your born into a family that doesn't know how to love? In Karr's case, you unknowingly teach them how to love. I enjoyed Karr's commentary on the events happening around her when she was a child, she was incredibly witty. For a long time I didn't really like kids, they seemed gross, messy, and loud. However, I recently started working at an elementary school after living in college towns for the past three