'It Starts With Us' Is A Pointless CASH GRAB
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Back with another BookTube book review: "It Starts With Us" the sequel to the impossibly popular "It Ends With Us" by my favourite Young Adult author, Colleen Hoover. Enjoy.
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If CoHo can milk abuse for all her books, you can milk her works for content.
😂😂😂
never apologize for milking colleen hoover books for content, thats the only thing its good for
Agreed^^^
Comparing Atlas to a Greek "god" when he's named after a Titan who was overthrown by the Olympians during a bloody conflict seemed shitty. Then I thought CoHo probably just looked around her study to find an item to name him after and couldn't rationalize naming him "essential oils", so she went with "atlas" instead.
You figure she didn't have an atlas in her study?
HAHAH
hate that Coleen,the woman who used to help abused people as her job, thought it was a good idea to have her abused character let her abusive husband with possessive violent anger issues take care of her baby
you should make a podcast (without guests) just yapping. that british self-deprecating humour is so addicting i love it
…isn’t that what this channel already is?
she's one of the few people i don't mind listening to rambling, that's really saying something
This video is 2 1/2 hours long it might as well be considered a podcast already
She already has one lol
These videos r basically podcasts tbh
the fact that she kept writing the letters to ellen instead of just writing a diary (or god forbid getting a therapist) like a normal person is killing me. coho needs to stop
Therapy isn't quirky!
Atlas specifying that his mum would call him ‘ass whole’ and not ‘asshole’ is way funnier than CoHo probably intended it to be, because all I can think of is his mum just cyberbullying him. Like how the hell can you tell the difference when it’s spoken out loud
Had to let him know he was the whole ass, not just a half ass
If I recall when I read the book, it was like, she placed emphasis on the hole part of the word? So like, “assHOLE”. I can’t fathom how anyone would end up saying the word like that but coho doesn’t seem to think much through when she writes.
@@Izzy-xl9kd all I can think of is a moment from a musical where the mum says asshole like that, and I would never describe it as ass whole, it’s just a different emphasis. She really just picked the first thing that came to mind
@@tyler-df3wy yeah lmao it was either that OR she placed a pause between “ass” and “hole”?? I can’t remember which one coho went with but either way a native English speaker would NOT talk like that! Like is it perpetually her first day on earth 😭😭
as an abuse victim, i despise colleen hoover. but also, as an abuse victim, the "he still has the good qualities i fell in love with" and "Its hard to remember why i left because I dont see that side of him anymore" is so real. I was shocked she actually wrote something real, something I feel all the time. That kind of mental gymnastics is sadly so common in abuse victims once you're out of the relationship. I almost felt for Lily in that moment.
I agree with this.
If there was a twist where Atlas turned out to be a massive coke-head, Lily's store went out of business and she actually became a factory worker after moving and getting a protected identity to stay safe from Ryle and there was a 40 year time jump to where she is still single, broke and happily greeting her grandchildren because she DID break the cycle and her daughter found an actually lovely man and a job she enjoys and Lily was like "this was totally worth all the sacrifices, I had to focus on us and I gave you the very best life I could" I'd take my hat of to Coho but my hope is wilting like a delicate flower that Lily couldn't be bothered to water
amy, you are a poet
This sounds like my mother's life except she then met my dad at the factory and they've been happily married for almost 40 years.
She also never got any sort of identity protection. She just moved away when her family disowned her for divorcing.
@@tiryaclearsong421 now that's the kind of happy ending I love. I'm disowned myself (I severely disappointed my father by absolutely refusing to become a neo-nazi), and sometimes it's the only way to find freedom. Your mom sounds like one tough lady and I wish the best for all of you 🤍
"I had a solution for that but no one listens to me" has me laughing out loud on the bus 😂
play it to the other passengers plz i beg
@@AlizeeYeezy yes ma'am, anything to make others hate Colleen Hoover
And grow to love Alizee
Jesus fuck, hearing the scene of Ryle pinning Lily by the THROAT made me stop designing my damn Sims house to violently clench my fists and jaw. That shit is a HUGE indicator of future homicidal ideation, particularly in a domestic setting. FUCK'S SAKE, HOOVER. Why is this shit (and Ryle)still romanticized?! I appreciated the trigger warning, my nails would've stabbed through my fucking palms otherwise. Pardon my text shouts, I have feelings.
eyyy fellow Sims player!!! I'm building a house while watching this video rn!! Love the dulcet tones of Alizee's scathing reviews while playing architect 😂
i was redoing my legacy family’s garden while watching this 🙃
Thanks for the heads up, I'm about to change my spark plugs lol
Alright. FINE. I'll go build my Sims houses I haven't thought about in months /lh
I feel like Colleen believes her books are pretty apolitical, and I would pay real money to give her a detailed breakdown of how conservative her writing actually is
I hated this book. I read it in a day and I hated everything about it. I hated how easy it was for Lily to move on and start a new relationship with little to no triggers, I hated how easy it was for Ryle to let her go. I hated how easy it was for Atlas to adopt his brother.
Lily could’ve been by herself with her daughter navigating how to move on from Ryle and Atlas could’ve helped her without taking away how difficult those situations are.
Sorry, I haven’t even watched yet but this damn book gets me sooooo heated.
I hated that too. If I were in Lily's shoes a new relationship would be the last thing on my mind. Especially with a new baby from your abusive ex-husband, with whom you're coparenting. Besides of her mother-daughter relationship with Emerson, her only 'relationship' should be with a licensed therapist--but all CoHo characters are allergic to therapy, aside from the teenage wannabe variety.
Instead of getting into a romantic relationship, Lily should have maintained a friendship with Atlas: "After Ryle, I'm just not in the best place for anything more, Atlas. I don't know when I will be, to be perfectly honest, and I'm sorry. And now I have Emerson, and she's my first priority. I have to focus on her." Then she should have started going to therapy. Atlas would have waited for Lily, I imagine, and maybe after a time-skip they'd have started tentatively exploring more romantic territory, without said romance being front and center-- more of a subplot.
The book would be called It Starts With Us because it's not about Lily's and Atlas's beginning, but Lily's and Emerson's-- a fresh start to their life separate from Ryle. CoHo could have even quoted the title like she did in IEWU, at the end of the book or even as Lily's attempting a romantic relationship again:
I smile down at Emerson, enraptured by the colorful book about animal sounds Atlas brought her as a gift. She's gripping it possessively, her little fingers white at the knuckles. She'll be a force to reckon with as she gets older, holding on so tight to what she wants and never letting go.
Atlas follows my gaze and grins. "Good luck trying to take that away from her. She'll throw a fit."
I laugh, and Emmy lifts her eyes from the black-and-white cat with a speech bubble above its head. The 'Meow!' inside it is bright purple, Emmy's favorite color.
She's looking at me with wide, expectant eyes, waiting for me to tell her what made me laugh so she can join in on the fun.
Rather than explain, I simply point to the freckled sun in the corner of the board page. The sunglasses do look a little goofy.
Atlas is watching the interaction with a soft smile. I can feel the warmth of it, as if his grin is the sun in Emerson's book. It feels so different from Ryle's smile when he knows I'm not looking. There's no prickle of anxiety or subconcious fear.
I look at Atlas. "I'm not asking you to wait forever. I just..." I drop my gaze to my lap, unsure how to continue. "You know what happened. You saw it."
Atlas's face tightens in anger and his fists clench at his sides, though he tries to hide them from my view. It's hard not to see Ryle in that moment.
Atlas notes the look on my face and relaxes his hands. His eyes fill with remorse. "Sorry. I just hate what he did to you." He sighs. "I know, Lily. I'm not proposing to you tonight or anything. I'll wait as long as you need me to."
"Even if it's forever?" I ask hesitantly.
Atlas nods and reaches for my hand, guaging my reaction as he does. I smile at him reassuringly and he gently laces our fingers together. I squeeze his hand.
"This is just a new beginning to our story," I confess. "I used to think it began all those years ago..." I pause, those early memories filling my head. "But now I see that wasn't quite right. It didn't start with you and me. It starts with us."
With my free hand I stroke Emerson's hair. She looks up at the touch. I nod at the book, at the sheep on the next page. "Baaa," I say, making Emmy giggle. It's a happy, carefree sound.
I hope she laughs like that forever.
“You can’t have your daughter overnight until she can talk so she can tell me if you hurt her” really sells the idea that this cycle of abuse is broken. 🙄
Also, minor gripe, but CoHo’s perfect world involves all women getting married but we hardly ever see a wedding on page? She can’t be arsed to actually put in that level of effort and it’s actually baffling to me. If there’s anything romance girlies would probably love to read about, it’s the lead couple having a fun/interesting/beautiful/dramatic wedding.
Babe wake up, Alizee has posted
'whats wrong babe, you've barely touched your 2 and a half hour long colleen hoover rant'
If babe neglected such an important rant, red flag, dumped
If anything good has come out of Coho's absolute dominance of the popular book scene it's endless roast videos like Alizee's.
I mean, I could see how someone would misinterpret the titles and think to start the series with "It starts with us" and finish it off with "It ends with us." If they lived on a deserted island, that is.
"Author of 'It Ends With Us'" is more than likely going to be on the cover of It Starts With Us. If a CoHo reader sees that and somehow don't infer which one came first...
the fact that coho can have a whole paragraph about horrible unforgivable mothers in this book, meanwhile in the entire first book (and this one) she was talking about how fathers are just people who sometimes do unforgivable things but that doesn't mean they're bad people... like which one is it... the double standards are Loud 😭 edit bc i forgot: said unforgivable things being beating their wives and SA like. wdym.
I imagine Atlas looks like Linguini from Ratatouille
not Linguini 💀 this is canon now I fear
Honestly, that's who I was picturing too 😂
Lily reflecting on how well Ryle is behaving is so bizarre because in-universe, it's not even been A DAY since the end of the last book.
This book just kept reminding me of all the stories of people who went to pick up or drop off their child with their ex and were killed. It is absurd how much she doesn't take DV seriously even after seemingly taking in some criticism.
Yeah if I were Lily I'd be doing exchanges at a public space like a library, or even a police station.
3:40 okay but as a bookseller I can confirm that people need things spelled out to them. I *still* have people ask me which they should read first
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You just know CoHo thought her titling was clever.
i know how ill be falling asleep the next few weeks 🥰
edit: i think you should milk coho's entire bibliography. it means i can explain them to customers at rhe bookstore without ever having to pick one up
Hey a fellow bookseller! I die inside every time I see a customer gush over CoHo
Colleen said this book was for her fans, but why does it feel like a direct response to the criticisms she got?
Your friend met Keanu Reeves and didn't give him your channel and vow of support??? Unforgivable
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@@AlizeeYeezy Perhaps you want to review Keanu Reeve's novel?
Wait. How did Rail(?) not know the name is from Finding Nemo, if he read her diary? We've seen the diary and she described a scene from the movie word for word there!
Ryle And because he's dumber than a box of rocks 😂
Coincidentally, I've been on a big Alizee binge this week (well, rewatch since I've already watched all your videos lol), this timing is impeccable
Same! I've been rewatching the House of Night videos but I'm always excited for a new Colleen Hoover rant
Don’t worry alizee you could never milk colleen hoover books more than Colleen herself does
Atlas pulling a Colleen Ballinger by using a minor for dating advice and therapy means we deserve get a scene of Brandon Sklenar in the sequal movie (god forbid) playing a ukulele at us.
All Colleens are a hivemind confirmed
Regarding the custody plot point, a common trend in custody battles is that the man is more likely to get custody if he fights for it, even if the woman accuses him of being abusive. Despite the popular claim that courts are biased towards women, they’re actually extremely biased against them, and Lily could have potentially lost custody of Emerson if she let it fully play out
If you’re interested there’s a study by Meier and Dickson (2017) on this subject
Especially given he has a "stable job" and "supportive family" compared to her being self-employed with an ab*sive family herself.
Thank's for the citation, I only ever have anecdotal evidence (of EVERY man I've ever known who fought for custody getting it - including after the mother and kids were emergency removed from the home to get away from him) and it's good to have something more concrete
Yup! I watch a lot of zoom family court and the number of times the man gets custody because he has a full time job and tests negative for drugs, despite literally everything else going on, it's actually wild. Most of the time the mom can't work full time because she doesn't have childcare, but dad's mom is willing to babysit for free so he can work and grandma ends up doing most of the actual childcare. But if moms mom does that it's bad and she's being irresponsible or something
@@katharineeavan9705 The last time I heard of a father not getting the custody he wanted were some cousins of my dad whose mom was an undiagnosed schizophrenic. This was also the early 70's and she eventually lost custody when she was locked in an institution where she was diagnosed but the treatments failed and she eventually died there. The kids were traumatized. The dad was traumatized. The mom died without anyone ever figuring out how to help her. Even my dad has nightmares about his aunt. Only the judge was probably fine. Probably still secure in his belief that fathers are just incapable of providing a loving home for their children.
So... Over fifty years ago this happened in rural Wisconsin with a judge who was already old back then and was not only sexist but apparently didn't believe in mental illness. And I've never heard of any other case.
Why on earth would RYLE have a key to HER apartment?!
The only thing Ryle should have is a jail cell. The kind where the key “mysteriously” disappears
ikr? kinda unrealistic that she wouldn’t immediately have her locks changed after they separated. i don’t even want my abusive dad to know where i live, let alone let him have a key to drop in whenever he wants
@@ImaginaryAlchemist see, THAT I would read.
The fact that the same person who selected the names from Without Merit also said that Quartz a notably weird name is so funny to me
Like c’mon Merit, Honor, Utah, and Luck all in one family sounds insufferably quirky, Quartz just sounds like a nonbinary person
I'm sorry but of all the phonetically unpleasant words that arent actually people names, she really had to go with quartz? 😂 It couldnt have been, idk, Onyx? If it had to be a stone?
(And while i support people choosing names for themselves, i couldn't help myself and pronounce Quartz with an ungodly, throaty frog-like intonation each time. It just offers itself to that.)
Not a nonbinary person 😭
@@Lxqvs yeah I have friends called Axe and Friday lmao, Quartz would fit right in
Wait... wait... THREE Alizee videos in rapid succession? What did we do to deserve to be graced with everyone's favorite reptili... I mean auntie... so many times this week!?
We are not worthy
the only thing relatable i've found about this duology was the line "she was the type of person who fights just to have a fight" because my abusive mom is like that. she actively told more than once that she was actively instigating fights with my step-dad & found it annoying when he wouldn't take her bait. that made me realize she had been doing that with me for all my life & that that urge i had to pick up fights with her as a toddler was learnt behavior from her. the woman actually had beef with kid! no wonder i had the instinctual urge to always run away from her.
After Alizee read "for the best reading experience" I thought she was going to stop, throw the book in the trash and go for a nice walk.
Alizee has been spoiling us with the consistent uploads.
Also I don't know if you'll read this but I hope that you're doing well ❤
I swear ADHD brains are linked cause you always upload a book review when I run out of stuff to watch
same lmao!! adhd soup-brain gang ❤️
SAME
Same lol
54:28 IS THAT KYRA?!
Perhaps :) (yes)
CoHo shouting out Justin Baldoni’s self help book in this really didn’t age well
I can't believe you had to read this tripe, much less, make a video on it. This book was so boring , it made me long for your 50 shades video... That's dark, Alizee...Colleen has created that darkness... Save yourself, Alizee. Save us all (from Colleen) 😘
I find 50 Shades the most frustrating ones to review; I've been putting off the 'Grey' series all year because of it!
@@AlizeeYeezy true, they are much longer books right ? But yeah, The 50 shades made me long for Twilight and so on, and so forth... The bar keeps dropping in erm.. "literature"; it''s a long way to the bottom 😂 but we are all in for the ride ❤️
I glanced at my phone from across the table as I was doing something else
WHEN I TELL YOU HOW FAST I *_SNATCHED_* IT UP WHEN I SAW THE NOTIF-
Don't let Ryle catch you grabbing your phone like that babe
@@meriahrz3235 😭😭
The way I audibly groaned when she wrote another letter to Ellen
CoHo is the epitome of the phrase "just because it's popular doesn't mean it's good".
Can I just say,as an American,that your videos are a great distraction from this years election.
as an australian way too into american politics, I hope you and other americans are okay. I've heard a lot of scary bills/policies proposed. I hope things don't get too emotionally overbearing.
It's... ugh. That's it. Ugh. 😅
Hopefully I'm not the only one here who enjoys croutons as a snack 🥺
Every time someone pronounces the name of the sex offender I have to think of a Lovecraftesque deep sea horror. I mean, when emphasised the right way it's not that far from R'lyeh...
Atlas’ wedding vows are a CRIME.
omg the scene where atlas swoops lily into the shower would have been a great opportunity to show lilys trauma, by her getting triggered by atlas lunging at her, but that would require effort and thought from coho and she is far too above those things
us rachel oates and alizee stans are eating GOOD today !
I’ve spent so much time watching coho videos that I almost forgot that most authors actually trust their audience to remember and analyse their stories
“CoHo-dependence” lolol
listening to this high on prescription meds 10/10. i'm so confused but increbibly amused and entertained. this might be my best youtube experience yet.
I'm honestly surprised Lily didn't name her kid Ellen.
It's saying a lot when naming your daughter after Ellen Degeneres is better than naming her after your abusive soon-to-be ex-husband's dead brother, which he's responsible for. Honestly, given that it's CoHo I'd have accepted Ellen as just a middle name. Emerson Ellen works better than Emerson Dory
Wait wait wait - if the baby is still nursing, how could she possibly eat a FRENCH FRY??? That's kinda weird, right? Like???
Ugh Ryle is the WORST, he's absolutely insufferable. Atlas is no prince but he DID punch Ryle in the face that one time. So that makes him the best character in this 🤣
.....also what's with the "chicken barabadoula meat"?? That felt....weird 👀
ETA: I changed my mind, Theo is actually the best character. The rest of the book should be Theo roasting every single other character and then driving away on his 13 yo sized motorcycle 😎🛵
ETA 3: "Atlas....just kill Ryle. But do it in a drunk driving accident, so that CoHo can excuse it after 😔" I AM 💀💀💀
Not weird at all. It’s not like babies jump right from breastmilk to solids. The World Health Organization actually recommends breastfeeding for at least two years. I let my daughter self-wean, and she stopped at 5y3mo. I know a LOT of women who went until at least a year or two. Babies can usually gum on soft french fries, which are like slightly formed mashed potatoes by 6-8 months. Hate to give CoHo credit for anything, but that’s accurate.
CoHo fell in love with Ryle, who is based on her own father, no? *Freud backspins in his grave*
when you said 'manga' i thought you were saying 'manger, ' like a new word for entitled man-anger. should we make it a thing ?
I'm surprised Colleen hasn't already put that term in a book, it'd be very in-character for her female protagonists to say.
1:40:07 likening this "writing" to Wattpad honestly feels disrespectful to Wattpad
And there are way better stories that would drown this one. Even the fanfics haha
It’s legally not slander if it’s true
Emerson barely exists in this book lmao
please make more references to downton abbey that you've definitely watched in these videos
When you started singing Airplanes randomly I cracked up
alizee's one novella is singlehandedly more coherent in plot, world building and characters than any coho book
I've watched so many of your videos this year, that while I'm reading, it's your voice I hear in my head 😂 it's like my own Alizee audiobook
I experience this phenomenon as well 😭 and I’m not even mad at it 😭
OMG don't apologize for yapping!!! I love seeing you so passionate; your enthusiasm is infectious
'weeeh if you didn't cheat on ryle with atlas why does ryle hate him' figures the cheater alyssa wouldn't get it (plus she's ryle's sibling, no wonder she sucks)
Absolute chatgpt ahh book
every time you say “behave” I just laugh, i’m going to start using thay
I will always hear Austin Powers in my head.
You just know that if Lilly had a son he would have been her WHOLE world
1:09:10
Oh YEAH, Anne Brontë is THE GOAT at mapping this hellscape.
Alizee in a video hints strongly that the content is going to up in frequency, but lower in caliber. The next video is over two hours long.
God i love a good coho rant hell yeah
Ok I am convinced I can write a better book than Colleen Hoover. I know men like Vile Ryle would at least get theirs. He can do surgery in prison.
alizee my cat died today but youre still giving me a laugh cheers
I'm sorry to hear that, I know how it feels to lose a pet. Trust me when I say it gets easier to live with. You gave your cat the best life you could, and they knew they were loved. I wish you nothing but the best, I know you're going to be alright, even though it doesn't feel that way right now.
54:17 even Lily is so bored of this book that she falls asleep
To be slightly fair about the opening note, if someone didn’t know about the series and just sees it in a book shop, I could see them getting books called ‘it ends with us’ and ‘it starts with us’ mixed up. Like idk if she put it in her other series and genuinely has no faith in her audience, but when the sequel’s title sounds like it could be the start of the story I don’t think it’s too bad of an idea to make it clear it’s the second book
"Temper" is putting it lightly...
Honestly, US civil courts very much favor the mother in most situations. If this were a real case, she would not have lost.
Description of the book: No plot.
I wish I was straight. You’re so beautiful lol.
Coho once again waking up with a cold sweat
The thumbnail looks like someone just told Alizee that she wasn't allowed to have another brownie.....
youtube's layout is broken for me so i can't like the video but i just wanna comment and say i've been loving your videos!!! i listen to them while i play powerwash simulator LOL and it's very relaxing and cathartic to watch someone rant about shitty books honestly!
Why do these people keep agreeing to sponsor you omg 😂
The more people they sponsor, the more people will have their company names repeated so they stick in their heads. If you ask me to name a company, other than Apple, that makes wireless earbuds, I'm only gonna think of Raycons. So if people keep hearing these names, and see the brand in the wild, there'll be an Association there. I quite like it; it ensures my favourite TH-camrs have reliable sponsors
I hate CoHo so much for gaslight readers into believing that Lily can't keep Riley from her baby life. In real life I would never presure victims into pressing charges or anything they aren't comfortable with that. BUT Hoover's books aren't realistic depiction of life nor of all aspects of complexity of victimhood. This book one is about 23 years old girl who own her own super duper successful business, and which live circles around one rich guy with two restaurants and the other rich guy who is the most sucesful neurologist despite being 29. Her storytelling is never relatable, it is fantasy, maybe even romatisation of pathological circumstances. I completely don't understand why she doesn't write Lily setting example on how to stand up for herself and idealized respond from people around like doctors, police, her friend and mother. It your writing is fantasy keep it a good fantasy.
Thank you for reading this so I don’t have to. Not that I would have read it anyway, I haven’t read any Colleen Hoover books, simply because the “inspirational” quotes everyone posts from her books are so basic and redundant. I almost didn’t finish this video because the book was so boring, but I wouldn’t do that to you Alizee. I powered through.
When i finish my novel will you and Rachel review it. Maybe some editing tips.
Please don’t tell me Rylie is named after Ryle
She is indeed named after Ryle, and to make it even worse, at the point she is born in the first book Alissa and Marshall DO KNOW Ryle physicallly assaulted Lily *and they name their daughter after him anyway*
why is ryle so much worse in this book😭
Why would she even need to disclose to whatshisname that she's dating again? He's a piece of shit, he's not entitled to any information
I wish I could sue Hoover for emotional damage.
Who tf is writing positive reviews of this book. Does anyone have any common sense or critical thinking skills or is that too hard?
what really gets me is she wrote maybe someday after this which has such a transphobic scene. so like girl who are you fooling
Why is he out and about without his emotional support teenager 😂loved this
This has not happened for any other book you've gone over but I'm 20% through and already mad enough to break shit
In fairness, all her books are shameless cash grabs
Thank you for blessing us, Alizee. I was starving! Lily and Atlas both need to trespass Ryle from their businesses.
Had to drop off for an ADHD dive into where is Jack Ryder now after the EastEnders clip. 10/10 no notes, CoHo can go into the bin
the surname 'Corrigan' just makes me think of Peep Show which would kill the vibe even if the book was good
living for you serving face as you wash dishes