You Should Read Colleen Hoover

Recently, we read a novel that should be catnip for the literati. One girl, a helpless witness to her mother’s abuse, grows up and leaves home for good. Will she escape the cycle of domestic violence… or repeat it? In scenes of abuse, it’s unflinching; in moments of agonizing complication, such as when the protagonist feels pity for her abuser, it’s daringly true to life. Characters say what they feel, and it’s often uncomfortable. No softening the dialogue to fit the currently “correct” sensibilities.