Colleen Hoover shares how she accidentally became a best-selling author

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  • Опубликовано: 22 дек 2024
  • In a TODAY exclusive, Jenna Bush Hager sits down with the top-selling author Colleen Hoover. The “It Ends With Us” writer opens up about how she just wanted to share a story with her family and ended up on The New York Times Best Sellers list.
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  • @rcm6675
    @rcm6675 Год назад +373

    Y'all really like her books? Daym

    • @watoonaaaa
      @watoonaaaa Год назад +10

      its not bad you should try it ends with us for the start

    • @heysecret240
      @heysecret240 8 месяцев назад +8

      verity is great

    • @veritoli5870
      @veritoli5870 7 месяцев назад +20

      @@heysecret240nopeeee😭😭

    • @prince0261
      @prince0261 6 месяцев назад +13

      If u like her writing , u need some help 😭

    • @tanvisharma2831
      @tanvisharma2831 2 месяца назад

      ​@@watoonaaaait's not about her being a good writer or not it's her being a horrible person

  • @Noel-0noah
    @Noel-0noah Год назад +267

    wait she's a woman ??? like what are you kidding me, how can a woman write such horrible male characters and book in general ,wow like my head is spinning why does she hate women though...

    • @randyysaraa5252
      @randyysaraa5252 Год назад +20

      she doesn't hate women. She's showing how much hate women do get

    • @sparkledwater5545
      @sparkledwater5545 11 месяцев назад +23

      ​@@randyysaraa5252doesn't really work if all your female characters have no say in anything and swoon over the toxic and abusive guys instead of fighting though

    • @katlamb4606
      @katlamb4606 8 месяцев назад +8

      @@sparkledwater5545 oh my God! Have you even read them? I read 2 books by her and the women are really strong and they have enough strength to leave an abusive relationship.

    • @hoshicloverfield
      @hoshicloverfield 8 месяцев назад

      After the situation with her son and how she reacted to it that is extremely hard to believe.​@@randyysaraa5252

    • @thatruth8900
      @thatruth8900 5 месяцев назад +1

      Having a different outlook on life does not equate to hate i would know cause i hate how dumb this generation is

  • @PERSEUS-NIOR
    @PERSEUS-NIOR 6 месяцев назад +32

    I think we all owe stephanie meyer an apology

  • @darlinqt
    @darlinqt Год назад +339

    coho is single handedly the worst author in 2022-23

    • @ribcoin
      @ribcoin Год назад +13

      Absolutely.

    • @i_dont_exist_shh7387
      @i_dont_exist_shh7387 Год назад +24

      Her writing reminds me of that one Bojack Horseman episode where Herb dies and they read his manuscript and it’s bad af

    • @beeeeez9598
      @beeeeez9598 4 месяца назад +3

      If she was that bad she wouldn't sell so many books

    • @TylerArmyLeader
      @TylerArmyLeader 4 месяца назад

      Fr

    • @noobien5830
      @noobien5830 4 месяца назад +2

      @@beeeeez959850 shades of gray was some next tier trash, how many copies did it sell?

  • @ideknic
    @ideknic Год назад +120

    crazy she's so popular when she writes really horrible books :/ I'm not gonna slam people for reading, I love reading and if her books get people into reading then cool, but there are so many better books and authors out there than her. just sayin'

    • @Midas9T9
      @Midas9T9 10 месяцев назад +9

      Whatever you're "just saying" is not just saying. They're total facts.

    • @beeeeez9598
      @beeeeez9598 4 месяца назад

      @@ideknic i don't think they are horrible and people can read both her books and the books written by those you claim to be better authors

  • @mochichichi2458
    @mochichichi2458 Год назад +140

    her books were so bad I cried

    • @salilsinha2190
      @salilsinha2190 3 месяца назад +2

      You still don't have to be mean if you can't be honest.
      I just loved Verity.

  • @DREADL
    @DREADL Год назад +125

    Why are the comments so mean? Nobody is forcing you to read her work lol. So strange

    • @bilhawere7720
      @bilhawere7720 Год назад +16

      Exactly it's crazy how much common sense people lack🤦🏽‍♀️ and it shows, smh it's so annoying they should infact get a life

    • @Twilight-q1g
      @Twilight-q1g 10 месяцев назад +39

      I think you'd have different opinion if you actually read one of her books☠️🚶‍♀️‍➡️

    • @sean1000-7
      @sean1000-7 10 месяцев назад +33

      It's a comment section where people are free to comment their thoughts and experiences. Why you mad?

    • @DREADL
      @DREADL 10 месяцев назад +6

      @@sean1000-7 there’s a difference between criticising an authors work and straight up hating on them lol

    • @mariaboukabous9738
      @mariaboukabous9738 10 месяцев назад

      ​@@Twilight-q1g im an old reader and i read verify and it was amazing you don't have to say that . Every book has value and should be appreciated in any category
      Her descriptions of characters are annoying sometimes or a lot, but if many people like her, this means that she is a good writer. It is not great to criticize a reader or writers especially if you were a reader !

  • @JavierGonzalez-lp3ke
    @JavierGonzalez-lp3ke 8 месяцев назад +13

    Watching this makes me wonder as to what kinds of books are selling more than others and for what reasons, whether someone is a fan of Hoover's work(s) or not. To that end, I once asked an industry colleague of mine if Colleen Hoover's books are "Pulitzer Prize Worthy material" in a genuine way, considering ALL the media and social media hype surrounding her. They relied "no" in a quick-witted manner.

    • @beeeeez9598
      @beeeeez9598 4 месяца назад

      @@JavierGonzalez-lp3ke I think good marketing is essencial and also analyzing what kind of books people are into at the moment. There are great books out there for sure, but they might not be considered valuable to the market, not because they are bad but because most people would not be interest in reading them.

  • @TheStrangeAffairsOfRoyalSocks
    @TheStrangeAffairsOfRoyalSocks 8 месяцев назад +17

    All I ask of you Collen is that you please put content warnings in your books stating that the behaviour represented isn't healthy and shouldn't be replicated in real life. Not glorifying it and acting like it's something to be desired in a real relationship, please

    • @beeeeez9598
      @beeeeez9598 4 месяца назад +3

      @@TheStrangeAffairsOfRoyalSocks when did she glorify such relationships, though? From my perspective, she does the complete opposite by exposing how toxic relationships develop, how complex they are and how the main characters got out of them.

  • @eshita3
    @eshita3 Год назад +33

    I'll never buy a book written by her, after reading garbage_point of retreat🤢

  • @veronicaescobar3507
    @veronicaescobar3507 Год назад +31

    I grow up having a hard time reading, but her book have help me so much and love this so much.

    • @dani23dani85
      @dani23dani85 Год назад +1

      Same. I find it easy to read :)

  • @kalel311superman9
    @kalel311superman9 Год назад +30

    i recently found out about her, i purchased one of her books a few days ago the book is verity, i can't wait to read it

    • @kylataylor3088
      @kylataylor3088 Год назад +5

      I purchased that book Friday and I finally picked it up to read it Saturday morning and I finished it that day. So good. Definitely reading all of her other books. She’s so talented.

    • @addisonmenton516
      @addisonmenton516 Год назад +1

      Verity is such a good book, one of my absolute favourites!

    • @anshikamishra2263
      @anshikamishra2263 10 месяцев назад

      Her one of few good works

    • @lianglianggoh2753
      @lianglianggoh2753 9 месяцев назад +7

      Did you survive?

    • @lore-q3k1t
      @lore-q3k1t 8 месяцев назад +1

      bro noooooooo it is traumatizing

  • @jettsbookishhaven
    @jettsbookishhaven 7 месяцев назад +4

    No one really purposefully becomes a bestselling author… it’s not something that you can control

  • @katlamb4606
    @katlamb4606 8 месяцев назад +21

    I guess it's trending to hate her.🤔

    • @hoshicloverfield
      @hoshicloverfield 8 месяцев назад +7

      Maybe if you took the time to find out you would know. And if you find out and don't see the problem you are a part of it.

    • @Hysteriette
      @Hysteriette 4 месяца назад +1

      and what about it?

  • @SKi-wg5ox
    @SKi-wg5ox 4 месяца назад +3

    Wow, did all these people even listen to the video? Or did they just pick a random video about her and comment (so hateful) without even knowing what’s it about??
    I understand, romanticizing abuse isn’t a nice topic to talk or read about. But it actually happens in the real world and so did it happen to her mother AS SHE WAS JUST SAYING in the video!
    So basically she isn’t romanticizing abuse, she is telling the story of her mother in a way, maybe because she wants people to be aware of abuse often taken place without even realizing by themselves or maybe she needs to process a trauma she probably got, but who knows?
    What concerns me more is the fact that a lot of people enjoy reading about dark romance and romanticize being stalked or killing people… but that’s OKAY??!
    So you’d say these characters in dark romance books aren’t toxic at all? Why does nobody talk about how problematic dark romance books can be? And they often don’t even have a trigger warning and if they have them they don’t include all the problematic topics the books talks about.

    • @Marrii_i
      @Marrii_i 4 месяца назад

      But we KNOW for a fact her books are NOT to warn ppl but it's romanticising abuse,cheating,r@p3,inc3st and more.SHE LITTERALLY DEFENDED HER SON WHEN HE SA'D A GIRL AND SILENCED THE VICTIM

    • @beeeeez9598
      @beeeeez9598 4 месяца назад

      @@Marrii_i her book it ends with us does not romanticize abusive relationships, it acrually shows how they can slowly develop into something toxic without you even realize it and then the main character is, fortunately, able to get out of it. Why would she write a story romanticizing the abuse her mother went through (the story is about her mother)?

    • @beeeeez9598
      @beeeeez9598 4 месяца назад

      @@Marrii_i as for her son, i had no idea about this, this makes me really sad, actually! Truly disappointing. Where did you get this information from, though? Has it been confirmed and did he get sued (i hope so)?

  • @ilovecatszs
    @ilovecatszs Год назад +71

    Colleen sucks.

    • @jonathanbaumler
      @jonathanbaumler 7 месяцев назад +2

      I think a lot of people would disagree with you..

    • @skibidipopppy
      @skibidipopppy 7 месяцев назад +7

      @@jonathanbaumlerno

    • @jonathanbaumler
      @jonathanbaumler 6 месяцев назад

      @@skibidipopppy I guess it’s why SHE is a best-selling author, and we’re all still in the process of aspiring to be one. A lot of people have a lot to say about those doing better than them..

    • @skibidipopppy
      @skibidipopppy 6 месяцев назад +6

      @@jonathanbaumler just because she’s the bestselling author doesn’t mean she’s good

    • @beeeeez9598
      @beeeeez9598 4 месяца назад

      @@skibidipopppy what makes someone good?

  • @Zcoop18
    @Zcoop18 2 месяца назад +2

    She may be no Shakespeare but if she’s getting the younger generation reading more again then surely that’s a good thing? 🤷🏽‍♀️

  • @belindakim1901
    @belindakim1901 2 месяца назад +2

    I don’t understand why people are saying such hateful things about Colleen Hoover and her writing. I actually enjoy reading her books. 😊I love both “It Ends With Us” and “It Starts With Us.” ❤

  • @itsmykhal
    @itsmykhal Год назад +22

    Colleen’s books are what got me thru my 20s. Can’t believe I’m the same age as she was when she wrote slammed & took a chance on herself. Maybe I need to do the same 🥰

  • @writelearnandearnwithkim
    @writelearnandearnwithkim Месяц назад

    What a lovely author feature. I love that she wants to help others.

  • @kpsingh9810
    @kpsingh9810 2 месяца назад

    How they can writer the books so easily but we can't ??? I can't even think to become a writer

  • @PopCultureGian
    @PopCultureGian 4 месяца назад +1

    So she uploaded All her writings to Kindle app ? And that’s how she got noticed ?

  • @sudoitabanerjee145
    @sudoitabanerjee145 5 месяцев назад +2

    Please keep your therapy reports to yourself an never print it sorry thanks. No hate.

  • @falaq9735
    @falaq9735 Год назад +11

    Finished november 9(first ever novel read)yesterday(that makes three days exactly) and i dont know what she puts in her book but imma read more her novels❤️

    • @Marrii_i
      @Marrii_i 4 месяца назад

      THAT BOOK IS LITTERALLY ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND CHEATING WTHHHHH

    • @Marrii_i
      @Marrii_i 4 месяца назад

      oh and it's not in a way to warn ppl about it but it's GLORIFYING THAY CONCEPT

    • @wiII9w
      @wiII9w 3 месяца назад

      This is crazy, throw that in the trash rn

  • @selly6147
    @selly6147 6 месяцев назад +4

    Her writing is so good and her story is very inspiring ❤

    • @whattheduck316
      @whattheduck316 4 месяца назад

      Inspired to do what?

    • @selly6147
      @selly6147 4 месяца назад +1

      @@whattheduck316 to be a writer ❤️

    • @wiII9w
      @wiII9w 3 месяца назад

      Inspired to be abus1ve? Wow! ❤

    • @selly6147
      @selly6147 3 месяца назад

      @@wiII9w are you ok

  • @mikesmith1678
    @mikesmith1678 3 месяца назад

    Verity is so good! I recommend.

  • @JustRead850
    @JustRead850 Год назад +6

    I wish i can read her books i heard they're mostly 18+

  • @ZulfaJacobs-ph1pg
    @ZulfaJacobs-ph1pg Год назад +4

    I have a story but I want to write a book about my life me end up going to prison how to start

    • @beeeeez9598
      @beeeeez9598 4 месяца назад

      @@ZulfaJacobs-ph1pg maybe you could start by planning what to put on your book and in what order, an then writing one page per day. If you commit to it, in 4 months you will have written about 120 pages! That would make a good book. There are some awesome tips on pinterest on how to write a book. I would gladly read yours if you decide to write it! Good luck, my friend 😘

  • @verde7034
    @verde7034 Год назад +3

    I haven’t read any Colleen Hoover books, but a select few in this comment section definitely didn’t watch the video.

  • @SharlritaDeloatch
    @SharlritaDeloatch Год назад +4

    I love this!!!!

  • @kalualauber1921
    @kalualauber1921 8 месяцев назад +4

    I loved Verity. Lots on haters here.

  • @maddie-tz9kc
    @maddie-tz9kc 3 месяца назад

    Y’all can read about Aliens and monsters and be fascinated. Most of her books are fiction.
    Take things with a pinch of salt, don’t be so critical. I don’t know about her as a person but her style of writing is addictive.
    Whatever anyone goes through, you don’t have to be like “ oh I get DV and it’s not like this. Why is she gaslighting us blah blah blah”.
    If you don’t like what unsafe reading, put the book down and move on.

  • @GM-ls9gg
    @GM-ls9gg Год назад +2

    Jena you should add Colleen Hoover’s books to your book club !

  • @i.h.7268
    @i.h.7268 7 месяцев назад +1

    Been a fan since I read Hopeless in 2012

  • @veronablossom5181
    @veronablossom5181 7 месяцев назад +2

    why do people hate her??

  • @reneboylegaspoapad5501
    @reneboylegaspoapad5501 5 месяцев назад

    Im convinced shes high on something everytime she writes..

  • @fathifathi4220
    @fathifathi4220 Год назад +8

    She's the one of the best author ❤I fall in love with some characters....

    • @silvsin_66
      @silvsin_66 11 месяцев назад +6

      💀💀💀?!

    • @Mro637
      @Mro637 9 месяцев назад +5

      @@silvsin_66 Exactly. She’s not one of the best authors. If you think that, then you have not read enough.

  • @linettefelts8505
    @linettefelts8505 4 месяца назад

    Fantastic ❤

  • @melissaelliott2966
    @melissaelliott2966 4 месяца назад

    She's a sell out and should be ashamed of herself. ❤❤❤

  • @udaydikshit5056
    @udaydikshit5056 Год назад +4

    Karen.

  • @Darkmode9
    @Darkmode9 Год назад +20

    Outselling the bible 😂

    • @tegridy9569
      @tegridy9569 3 месяца назад +1

      Is the bible even for sale? I always thought they just gave them away.

  • @queenisit
    @queenisit 3 месяца назад

    She be serious right now

  • @wallflowerreads7957
    @wallflowerreads7957 Год назад +15

    Her story honestly is really inspirational for me and it’s crazy how things have turned around for her 🥹🥹

  • @stanqueenb9550
    @stanqueenb9550 4 месяца назад +1

    i know nothing about this woman but i feel bad, like why are u all bullying her, you say you all hate her books so then why doyou keep reading them? pick a side

    • @wiII9w
      @wiII9w 3 месяца назад

      She defended her son's sa and romantices disturbing topics like abxse in her books

    • @serenitysubs933
      @serenitysubs933 3 месяца назад

      @@wiII9w she what-

    • @wiII9w
      @wiII9w 3 месяца назад

      @@serenitysubs933 yeah, I know. It's pretty bad

  • @xenozenith19
    @xenozenith19 2 месяца назад +1

    Her prose is bad . Her writing has no style no cadence, all her books mediocre at best and rotten garbage at worst. I only read 3 of her books which are described as her best, yeah they were pretty mediocre

  • @TheK-9712
    @TheK-9712 Год назад +9

    we love colleen hoover

  • @cutiepie8212
    @cutiepie8212 9 месяцев назад +1

    Please write another sequence for it start with yue plsssssssssssssssssssdsssssssssss

  • @EmpoweredJournaling
    @EmpoweredJournaling 19 дней назад

    Just goes to show what the nyt bestseller list is truly about (hint: not quality!)

  • @ItoboChishi-jk5qt
    @ItoboChishi-jk5qt 5 месяцев назад

    Lol I thought Colleen Hoover was Male.
    But her books are everything ❤

  • @AH-jv1jf
    @AH-jv1jf Год назад +3

    She's very talented.

  • @anujchaudhary4724
    @anujchaudhary4724 2 месяца назад

    She is addictive

  • @PatriCoop
    @PatriCoop Год назад +1

    🤍🤍🤍✨

  • @Blackshadow-tz3js
    @Blackshadow-tz3js Год назад +2

    Eccidently 😂

  • @siroktavus
    @siroktavus Год назад

    😅 bonanza🎉 oui

  • @GiftedToMe
    @GiftedToMe 8 месяцев назад

    Me personally? She shed light on some toxic male characteristic, so she’s GOATED to me

  • @eliudegmdialamicua6169
    @eliudegmdialamicua6169 4 месяца назад