especially because I am not a Ellen Stan, like why couldn't it have just been diary entries? Even if the whole thing is 'just keep swimming' like just tell me you like finding Nemo, I would much rather that.
Ryle was just so toxic & manipulative the whole book. Idk how some readers liked him & gave sympathy to him from what I heard.. I actually really liked Atlas, he was such a sweet friend to lily. Excited to read the second book.
Honestly I know some people who kind of liked Ryle despite everything bc their past and being in abusive relationship hoping he would change LOL. That’s what I’ve heard hence the point, who even know tbh😂
I’m only 9 minutes in & im finding your commentary SO funny. I feel like this is exactly how I would feel rereading it. I gave it 3 stars originally so it would prob be a 1 for me now 😭
I remember when I first read about Lily and Ryle's first encounter, I swear I spotted the red flags right away! OMG when "the phone call" scene happened I was a wreck!
Me too! Like if someone's first encounter with me is them begging me to have sex with him and stalking my home. I'd call the authorities not date them.😅
I just did a reread of this book too! I feel like Atlas makes this story so much better.. also I totally agree with loving Alyssa until later in the story!
im so glad you reread. your commentary is everything, all the red flags i felt/saw when i read this book. i felt all the emotions i felt when i first read this book while you read passages from it in this vlog. seriously best reading vlog i have ever watched! bravo destiny!
Thank you for filming this! This was the perfect recap before It Starts With Us comes out tomorrow! Even thinking back now, Ryle was literally a walking red flag the entire book.
i finished the book today and last night i was sobbing for a good 20 minutes. the part that really broke me was her last ellen diary. specifically the part where it said “ being completely helpless as my father came down on him with a baseball bat the sound of bone snapping was the only thing piercing through my screams“ i was crying so hard lol
i've read it ends with us three times. it got me back into reading and then i annotated my copy of the book. two months ago, i annotated a copy of the book for my friend's bday cause she wanted to read it. i could barely get through it during the third read through because i realized it wasn't as good of a book that i thought it was
“Like 1. That’s not her problem” I was dying 😂😂😂 I was just listening to the audiobook to refresh my memory when I saw you uploaded 😭 🥰 We’re all collectively sooo excited !
I'm so happy you finally read it ends with us! So excited for it starts with us. Girl, we all hate Ryle. I never trusted him. Also, the authors note at the end broke me
My book comes today and I’m soooo excited! I actually fell in love with atlas when they were young and just the way he defended her as adults too I was like giddy when they got together in the end!
I said the exact same thing and said oh yeah this can be put behind us but when it started getting worse I was like nope this can’t continue. And i also agree that I don’t really care for Atlas, I just don’t feel anything for him
I cried so hard during this book... omg... Colleen Hoover knows how to bring the tears and I rarely ever cry about anything but both of her books I've read (reminders of him and it ends with us) have made me BALL!!!!
After the birth when shes asking Ryle what he would do if someone hurt his daughter, etc. I cried so much through that. Omg. I felt like Ryle grew in that moment and knew she was right. it made me cry for all of them.
This book absolutely gutted me reading it the first time and then I watched this recap and yep.. still ripped my heart into many little tiny pieces , threw them on the ground and stomped all over them 😭😭😭 can't wait for it starts with us!
Im super grateful for this Vlog because I pre-ordered the book and I read It Ends With Us last year and now I don't have to read it again before I read It Starts With Us. THANKS DES!
I read this book a few months ago and BOY did I have mixed feelings about it. I’m still excited about the sequel and this video helped me remember the book before I read the sequel this week!!
OKAY WE'RE THE SAME PERSON... i didn't really love atlas either, just bc we didn't get a lotof him -- like don't get me wrong he's great -- but everyone was literally like IN LOVE AND FANGIRLING over him and i was just like "mid" and i was also EXTREMELY bored while reading the journal entries bc i felt like nothing was happening and they were long (as i remember i kinda forgot) that being said, im rly excited for "it starts with us" to come out and hopefully like atlas more...and yes, i did SOB reading this book. my stomach literally hurt for 3 days after bc of how much i cried lol
Prob going to read ‘it starts with us’ when I finish my current read (just kids - Patti Smith) so this was perfect to like go through the book again, without re-reading it💘
Destiny!!!! I love your videos but this one seriously made me confirm that we would be best friends. I loved the points that you made on a domestic violence situation bc who knows how many young girls you can affect with your channel by speaking the truth on Lilys situation !!! Also in the other parts you are just so funny and ily
I read the book in the Brazilian version, I'm reading it in the Portuguese version, and now I also want to read it in the original version. AHHHHHHH THE BEST BOOK EVER 😫🫀 Love from Portugal 🇵🇹
I won’t lie, I hated the book when I read it because it had been marketed to me as a romance, I hated Ryle from the start etc but I really enjoyed this video and even got emotional at your reactions. I think it’s cool that it’s an entirely different reading experience the second time around!
I kept seeing the “Where did you get the magnet, Lilly?” Part all over IG and TikTok before actually reading the book. It was always mentioned in the pivotal quotes prompts. When I read it for the first time…. and it clicked…. 🤯😂….
i loved this video so much! ive just watched it before i start reading it starts with us bc i really dont have time or energy to reread iewu so thanku very much for this 🫶🏼 i even cried with u lol
I hope in It starts with us we get some better Alyssa content, like girl support your bestie even if your brother is her ex husband, you know the crap he did and put her through.
As someone who’s been in 3 verbally abusive relationships And has been called hot by random men I knew from chapter 1 he was a red flag.. the minute he brought that chair towards her… I knew it was a red flag, but I fell in love with him I think and love the book because it looks good, it looks pleasing, we fall in love with Ryle.. and then we hate ryle.. 😮 I saw all the red flags my first time reading it, but I haven’t been physically abused only sexually and verbally, mentally snd emotionally… I love it because it gets us to understand that books ( people) look pleasing but once we read the book we understand the true colors, some of us.. understand that once we leave those relationships that he’s a jackass
I feel like I’m the only person who doesn’t like this book. The ending was insane to me. I just can’t see how an abused woman who escaped that situation could just let her abuser have unsupervised visitation with her child..like what?
@@whatsdesreading very true. I can’t remember if this is addressed (maybe it will be in the next book?) but at the very least Ryle needs therapy. Even though I didn’t love it ends with us, I’m probably still going to be reading it starts with us when it comes out bc it’s CoHo 😂🤷🏻♀️
This is perfect now I don’t need to re read it 😁
yessss, me too!
im so glad u posted this because i most definitely need a refresher before 'it starts with us' after a year... the ryle slander is just 100% vaild
I tried enjoying this book but the letters to Ellen sent me over the edge. But I'm excited to read it starts with us because ✨Atlas✨
finally someone who thinks the same
especially because I am not a Ellen Stan, like why couldn't it have just been diary entries? Even if the whole thing is 'just keep swimming' like just tell me you like finding Nemo, I would much rather that.
@@whatsdesreading yes!! I found the whole thing with Ellen being a part of it a little weird
I love the letters i put aside how much i hate ellen and enjoyed them
The after birth scene still gives me chills
i cried sm
That scene broke my heart, because I did really like Ryle for so long in the book and knew he was broken. But there's no excuse for what he did.
Ryle was just so toxic & manipulative the whole book. Idk how some readers liked him & gave sympathy to him from what I heard.. I actually really liked Atlas, he was such a sweet friend to lily. Excited to read the second book.
Honestly I know some people who kind of liked Ryle despite everything bc their past and being in abusive relationship hoping he would change LOL. That’s what I’ve heard hence the point, who even know tbh😂
readers who gave him sympathy missed the entire point of the book. and are very vulnerable to being treated like lily was
This video was the exact recap I needed before it starts with us comes out! This was perfect! Love you girl
LITERALLY Atlas went to her school!! I thought it was SO weird she described him just as "a homeless guy"
like.. why didn't you just say a guy from school calling him homeless seems wrong idk
I wish we could have gotten more present day Atlas. Also, you were spot on about Alyssa. I originally liked her until later in the book.
I’m only 9 minutes in & im finding your commentary SO funny. I feel like this is exactly how I would feel rereading it. I gave it 3 stars originally so it would prob be a 1 for me now 😭
im like its a 5 star experience for me but everything else is a no
I remember when I first read about Lily and Ryle's first encounter, I swear I spotted the red flags right away! OMG when "the phone call" scene happened I was a wreck!
Me too! Like if someone's first encounter with me is them begging me to have sex with him and stalking my home. I'd call the authorities not date them.😅
For me I was immediately an atlas stan, I knew ryle was too good to be true lol
I just did a reread of this book too! I feel like Atlas makes this story so much better.. also I totally agree with loving Alyssa until later in the story!
im so glad you reread. your commentary is everything, all the red flags i felt/saw when i read this book. i felt all the emotions i felt when i first read this book while you read passages from it in this vlog. seriously best reading vlog i have ever watched! bravo destiny!
Thank you for filming this! This was the perfect recap before It Starts With Us comes out tomorrow! Even thinking back now, Ryle was literally a walking red flag the entire book.
The "you're right about that aspect Ryle, you're not right about alot but you are right about that" sentttt meeeee. Because literally same 😂😂😂
i finished the book today and last night i was sobbing for a good 20 minutes. the part that really broke me was her last ellen diary. specifically the part where it said “ being completely helpless as my father came down on him with a baseball bat the sound of bone snapping was the only thing piercing through my screams“ i was crying so hard lol
i am so excited for it starts with us!
i've read it ends with us three times. it got me back into reading and then i annotated my copy of the book. two months ago, i annotated a copy of the book for my friend's bday cause she wanted to read it. i could barely get through it during the third read through because i realized it wasn't as good of a book that i thought it was
“Like 1. That’s not her problem”
I was dying 😂😂😂
I was just listening to the audiobook to refresh my memory when I saw you uploaded 😭 🥰
We’re all collectively sooo excited !
I'm so happy you finally read it ends with us! So excited for it starts with us. Girl, we all hate Ryle. I never trusted him. Also, the authors note at the end broke me
i think she’s already read it…
literally I don’t understand people who loved Ryle at first, I didn’t like him from the START
She reread it
@@saardcv same tho, when they got married I was, excuse me? 🧍♀️
@@Koko._.pebbles fr!!!
Thank you for doing this reread. I don’t think I would have remembered it all without this refresher. 😊
The way I cried watching you talk about the latter half of the book😭 it’s so good I can’t even
im currently crying watching this video remembering all those feelings from that book. MY GOD
Gurll, i cried so hard to this😭😭😭😭😭 , i wanted to re-read the book but after this 😭my heart can't do it , the video was amazing
Thank you soooo much for doing this video!! I 💕read this book awhile ago, and needed a refresher because I’m going to read It Starts With Us.
I cried for half of this video, reliving reading this book 😅 thank you for this so I don’t have to actually reread it 😭
PLEASE do more rereads OMG this was the best 🤣.
My book comes today and I’m soooo excited! I actually fell in love with atlas when they were young and just the way he defended her as adults too I was like giddy when they got together in the end!
I said the exact same thing and said oh yeah this can be put behind us but when it started getting worse I was like nope this can’t continue. And i also agree that I don’t really care for Atlas, I just don’t feel anything for him
I cried so hard during this book... omg... Colleen Hoover knows how to bring the tears and I rarely ever cry about anything but both of her books I've read (reminders of him and it ends with us) have made me BALL!!!!
Such a good vlog. I loved It Ends With Us and I am going to Reread and annotate it this week.
I’m so excited my preorder for It starts with us is shipped and will be delivered tomorrow 🥹💕
I just reread last week and all of your thoughts you talked about are exactly what I was thinking
After the birth when shes asking Ryle what he would do if someone hurt his daughter, etc. I cried so much through that. Omg. I felt like Ryle grew in that moment and knew she was right. it made me cry for all of them.
I simply love Atlas bc of your protective he is over lily 😍 love a protective hero 💚😭
This book absolutely gutted me reading it the first time and then I watched this recap and yep.. still ripped my heart into many little tiny pieces , threw them on the ground and stomped all over them 😭😭😭 can't wait for it starts with us!
Destiny this the first time I‘ ve enjoyed this type of videos. I don’t why. It was like reading it again together. I love it
Love from Argentina ❤️
Im super grateful for this Vlog because I pre-ordered the book and I read It Ends With Us last year and now I don't have to read it again before I read It Starts With Us. THANKS DES!
I read this book a few months ago and BOY did I have mixed feelings about it. I’m still excited about the sequel and this video helped me remember the book before I read the sequel this week!!
When she is talking to ryle after the baby, i litteraly put down the book and cried for hours straight, can't wait to read it starts with us !!
OKAY WE'RE THE SAME PERSON...
i didn't really love atlas either, just bc we didn't get a lotof him -- like don't get me wrong he's great -- but everyone was literally like IN LOVE AND FANGIRLING over him and i was just like "mid"
and i was also EXTREMELY bored while reading the journal entries bc i felt like nothing was happening and they were long (as i remember i kinda forgot)
that being said, im rly excited for "it starts with us" to come out and hopefully like atlas more...and yes, i did SOB reading this book. my stomach literally hurt for 3 days after bc of how much i cried lol
yes! I feel like I didn't see enough present day atlas to be in love with him, he's great! but just not a fave
loved this reading vlog, it’s making me wanna re-read it too. so excited for it starts with us!
i just could not have an emotional connection to atlas like i just couldn’t
I freaking love this girl.
Prob going to read ‘it starts with us’ when I finish my current read (just kids - Patti Smith) so this was perfect to like go through the book again, without re-reading it💘
Who here thinks we need a monthly video like this!?! (MEEEE)
I love this! This was such a good refresher for me and I loved hearing you read to us and think out loud
I just finished it today, i didnt cry but it was so heartbreaking and watching you cry makes me cry 💔
Not me crying with you 😭😭 literally can’t wait for tmo 🤩
Lol thank you for the warning ! I will have to watch this at a later date ! As soon as i read my copy on my tbr list !!!
Omg I literally just cried watching this and remembering reading the book 🥺
The way i cried more watching this video and remembering it all than i did when i first read the book
this is actaully the best book review ever
Destiny!!!! I love your videos but this one seriously made me confirm that we would be best friends. I loved the points that you made on a domestic violence situation bc who knows how many young girls you can affect with your channel by speaking the truth on Lilys situation !!! Also in the other parts you are just so funny and ily
This was great, can’t wait to read it starts with us !!!
i cried just remembering these moments. More than when i read it last year too
Got the pink version of the book it ends with us the cover is way to beautiful
I read the book in the Brazilian version, I'm reading it in the Portuguese version, and now I also want to read it in the original version. AHHHHHHH THE BEST BOOK EVER 😫🫀
Love from Portugal 🇵🇹
11:59 no because I had to pause the video cause I cried
I won’t lie, I hated the book when I read it because it had been marketed to me as a romance, I hated Ryle from the start etc but I really enjoyed this video and even got emotional at your reactions. I think it’s cool that it’s an entirely different reading experience the second time around!
I kept seeing the “Where did you get the magnet, Lilly?” Part all over IG and TikTok before actually reading the book. It was always mentioned in the pivotal quotes prompts. When I read it for the first time…. and it clicked…. 🤯😂….
i’m so glad i’m not the only one who just didn’t care for Atlas
When u said Jacob elordi and Sadie i literally screamed because that would legit b so good
I love Marshall too, he made me laugh out loud multiple times 😂
Just finished this book and literally same thoughts 😅 … can’t wait to read It Starts With Us!
Ryle slander supremacy
17:00 “maybe i do like atlas” LMFAO
This just inspired me to do the same thing🤪
Marshal when he goes in the room when Ryle and Lily talk so she feels safe 🫣
Stoooppp I was crying at the end 😭
lmaoooo this vlog is so funny bc i feel like i’d be the same way if i reread it 😭😭😭
I don't think I teared up this much reading the book for myself lol. Can't wait for It Starts With Us. ❤Atlas❤
i loved this video so much! ive just watched it before i start reading it starts with us bc i really dont have time or energy to reread iewu so thanku very much for this 🫶🏼 i even cried with u lol
Watching this so I don’t have to read the book & honestly loving the commentary more than I’d probably enjoy the book 😄
I absolutely love your reactions & I 100% agree!!
I hope in It starts with us we get some better Alyssa content, like girl support your bestie even if your brother is her ex husband, you know the crap he did and put her through.
“i don’t like Ryle but i also don’t like Atlas” I feel seen!!!
i cant believe 1 more day and we have the new book 😍😍😍
the way i clicked so fast because ryle=ick
SAME DES SAME!!! i didn’t see the red flags and now i’m in shock
Now I have to finish this book because I want to see this video😭
I haven't even read this book, but i started sobbing😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
i just bought 'it ends with us' yesterday and im so excited to read it
Love you Destiny! 💞📚
Was anyone else crying along side with Destiny? Cause I know I almost cried!
im so excited for “it starts with us”! nervous abt ryle being in there. he can kiss my butt. i hate him sm
Collect what you can when you can don't trust
I’m 25% through addicted to you but then I’m re reading it ends with us too!!
OMG U POSTED ON MY BDAYYY🎉❤
Unrelated but I love the little Ghostface on your nails
More reading vlogs pls!
Why am i sobbing while watching you read this again
As someone who’s been in 3 verbally abusive relationships
And has been called hot by random men
I knew from chapter 1 he was a red flag.. the minute he brought that chair towards her… I knew it was a red flag, but I fell in love with him
I think and love the book because it looks good, it looks pleasing, we fall in love with Ryle.. and then we hate ryle.. 😮 I saw all the red flags my first time reading it, but I haven’t been physically abused only sexually and verbally, mentally snd emotionally… I love it because it gets us to understand that books ( people) look pleasing but once we read the book we understand the true colors, some of us.. understand that once we leave those relationships that he’s a jackass
I feel like I’m the only person who doesn’t like this book. The ending was insane to me. I just can’t see how an abused woman who escaped that situation could just let her abuser have unsupervised visitation with her child..like what?
I feel the same way! Like this should be going to court, he needs to get a handle on himself for his child and himself! because there is trauma there
@@whatsdesreading very true. I can’t remember if this is addressed (maybe it will be in the next book?) but at the very least Ryle needs therapy. Even though I didn’t love it ends with us, I’m probably still going to be reading it starts with us when it comes out bc it’s CoHo 😂🤷🏻♀️
Not me crying with destiny
I love this because now I don't have to reread it myself
I need to re read it and annotate before I get it starts with us
Thank you for this video! That way I don’t have to re read it for it starts with us 😋🥳
Watching this made me question my past self😂😂
I loved this 🥰
The fact that he said "will you get down from there Lily" Already red flags. Like don't control me lmfao