just started it ends with us sequel and I'm already not into it

Submitted by strawberryc0w_ t3_zs7a0r in books

Direct quote from authors note: "After it ends with us gained momentum on TikTok, I was inundated with requests for more Lily and Atlas. [...] This novel was written as a thank you for the the tremendous support, and because of that, I wanted to deliver a much lighter experience"

Look, I'm perfectly aware that many sequels are made almost entirely due to pleasing the audience. But cmon, the book hasn't even started yet and you're already telling us this wasn't planned and it was because people on TikTok wanted to see more romance?

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Klau5_Dieter t1_j16tcg4 wrote

I don't think that admitting the story was only created after demands from the community had been made is a problem. First of all, community wanted a book and community got a book. I see no problem with that. Secondly, maybe the author already had ideas for where the story might continue, but just wasn't planning on writing it at the time.

I don't know, I feel like you're expecting some sort of purity or sanctity in a story that just isn't there. A lot of authors write to pay their bills. It's their job to create stories and put them to paper and that's what this author did.

I haven't read either book, so I can't speak to the quality of the original or the sequel. Just my two cents about obeying demands from the community

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jefrye t1_j175zjg wrote

>I'm perfectly aware that many sequels are made almost entirely due to pleasing the audience.

I think you're pretty severely underestimating how difficult and time-consuming it is to write a novel. Few authors are going to write a sequel if they're not super passionate about it.

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strawberryc0w_ OP t1_j182xfg wrote

Of course not, but it ends with us was published years ago. It became popular on TikTok like beginning of 2021. If you didn't feel passionate to write a sequel before, isn't a little weird for your passion to derive solely from the books popularity?

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TheChocolateMelted t1_j191fmf wrote

Solely from the popularity sounds unlikely, but spurred on or inspired by it doesn't sound improbable.

Seeing the way people relate to it might stir up ideas that the writer had discarded or not felt comfortable (for any reason, including brevity or ability) writing about earlier. They may not have fitted the original story, but with new ideas, might now have the strength for a full story of their own. Plus, the circumstances may have changed. Atwood wrote The Testaments as a sequel to The Handmaid's Tale and as a way of commenting on the world in the Trump age, partly spurred by the response to the TV series of the earlier book and the feelings that working on that series re-awoke in her.

Also think about how much doubt and uncertainty an author has when they're writing a book. Will it sell? Will it even be accepted by a publisher? It would be incredible if they felt enough passion to put another xx months/years of their life on the line to write a sequel at that point.

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Hopeful-Exercise-546 t1_j16jvlv wrote

Spoiler ahead

Haven't read it ends with us, but I've heard that its about an abusive relationship? How is there a sequel to that?

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strawberryc0w_ OP t1_j16k5bc wrote

Ends with us ends with the main character healing from said abusive relationship. Throughout the book there's this whole thing with her first love from teenage years, they meet again accidentally he helps her yada yada and the sequel is about them developing a relationship I'm assuming

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bluredditacct t1_j16kg2j wrote

Yup, and how to navigate the relationship with her abusive ex since she has a child with him. It's a lot of loose end tying basically.

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ljnk89 t1_j17tzen wrote

I really enjoyed it. Their story wasn't finished, and I think it was a really interesting insight into what it could be like dealing with an abusive ex who is the father of your child. It was so nice to see more of Lily and Atlas and their love story, especially from Atlas' perspective.

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