Diane Joy D.

Estrada

Critique Paper
It Ends with Us, a novel written by Collen Hoover with a sequel It Starts
with Us.

“Even your past traumas can affect your present life, make sure you choose right decisions in
the future.”
Lily Bloom experienced physical abuse her whole life, from her father abusing her
mom and marrying the guy that hurts her. She could not understand how her mother
endured the abuse for so many years she spent with her father. She said back then that, “I
will never like my mother.” Not until she married the man that was like her father and she
thought that, “I am my mother.” When lily got married she thought that it was the life that
she ever wanted but not until she had a cut on her face, stitch in the head and a hole in the
heart. She was almost raped at the hands of the man she married, the man whom she loved.
She was traumatized the fear was always alive inside her. As she was about to cut ties with
that man she found out that a part of the man she married was growing inside her, she was
pregnant. She didn’t know what to do. She was pregnant by the man who abused her.
This novel is about physical abuse. It pointed out how it affects a person’s life from
the trauma of the abuse. Physical abuse is intentional bodily injury. Slapping, kicking,
punching and choking are examples of physical abuse. The abuser always chose to abuse the
weaker ones. Anyone can be abused regardless of their age and gender. The impact will
always stay the same, how it can ruin one’s life. Some says that abused is not a big deal, it
should not be so big of a deal. NO, in any aspect physical abuse will never be okay. No one
can ever have a right to physically hurt someone no matter what reason they hold. No
matter how many times the abuser asks for forgiveness the wound has been made, what is
done is done, only leaves a scare that’ll last for a lifetime. What hurts most about being
abused is that the one’s hurting you is someone you love not from your enemy, not from
someone you hate. Physical abuse often results from anger of a person who can’t control
their emotions. It can also be because of past history of being abused or anger management
issues.
If physical abuse can be seen from a relationship, break it up immediately. If your
child have bruises staying at home with a caregiver find another one. Abuse can be done
anytime, anywhere and anyone who isn’t in their right mind can be abusive to you. Look for
help if you are experiencing abuse, anyone can also help you.