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We recently delved deep intohow damagingIt Ends With Uswas, but what about the rest of Colleen Hoovers catalog?
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It Ends With Us
Colleen Hoovers brand thrives on trauma disguised as romance
Colleen Hoovers brand is sustained through trauma-porn fiction.
She extracts agony for its sensational value but fails ever to actually confront it in a meaningful way.
Her books arent deep.
Her books are lazy, exploitative, and manipulative in an emotional sense.
Instead of creating real, multi-dimensional characters, Hoover resorts to trauma as a character flaw.
Hoovers work comes in a predictable and disturbing form in her novels.
Thats in nearly all of her novels, includingUgly Love, November 9,andReminders of Him.
The most powerful demonstration of this isIt Ends With Us.
Hoovers portrayal of women is fundamentally harmful because it strips them of agency.
Her characters exist to suffer for love, and their arcs rarely involve true personal growth.
This became painfully evident when Hoover announced anIt Ends With Uscoloring book, a move that sparked massive backlash.
It is merely content to be repackaged and resold in any format that will turn a profit.
She DID have to approve this to be produced you know.
The most infuriating part?
Young readers eat it up.
One of the most important aspects of Colleen Hoovers problematized narrative is its target demographic.
Hoover isnt a genius, shes a whiz at rebranding toxicity in terms of romance.
