“It Ends with Us” (post 4) by Colleen Hoover (post 7): Author misunderstands her novel and possibly herself

“He knows what he’s done.  He’s [the nice] Ryle again” (1, p. 266).

Lily, the protagonist, recognizes that there are two Ryles, one that is angry and assaults her, and the other, a nice Ryle, whom she loves. But the author has forgotten that the angry Ryle blacks out (post 3), leaving the nice Ryle with a memory gap. That is, the nice Ryle knows what he’s done only indirectly, through circumstantial evidence (Lily’s injuries, etc.).

Thus, the author does not recognize that she has written a multiple personality scenario, with two Ryle personalities.

Search “unacknowledged multiple personality,” which is a multiple personality scenario that is unlabeled, and is probably a reflection of the author’s own psychology (search “multiple personality trait”).

1. Colleen Hoover. It Ends with Us. New York, Atria, 2016.