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It is in the first-person point of view and is seen from Lily's perspective. She is a biased narrator because we do not see the characters in their entirety, which makes the other characters, not whole.

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- Protagonist
- Redhead with blue eyes
- A secretly troubled family
- Has bad boys' issues
- the owner of Lily Bloom's flower shop
- Has a daughter with Ryle, Emmy

She is a compassionate person, who we see when she wants to care for Atlas. Even though her father has taught her not to care about people in inconvenient situations.
Her mother describes her as a "brave and bold" girl, which we can assume as she takes a stand and opens her own flower shop without any assurance of it working out.

She is protective of the people she loves, which we can see when she dismisses accusations Atlas has about Ryle being abusive.

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The context is the struggle to break the cycle of domestic abuse and rise above the issue to make a safe life today. Lily is in a cycle of domestic abuse from her parents' marriage to her marriage and takes a stand for herself and her child to make a safe life and environment.
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Literary context - What's happening in the real world and where the book is taking place, which has led to the writing of this text.
Domestic abuse is a real issue in the real world, which has led to Hoover addressing the obvious real issue with domestic abuse through the novel.
Contextual issues
The contextual issue is that the ones you love the most is capable of hurting you in ways unimaginable for others.
Symbolism - When something or an idea represents something else
The pink orchids which are on the cover and is the favourite flower of Lily symbolises feminity, grace and joy. The flower bloom perfect as Lily does throughout the book. Her name is also related to plants as it is Lily Blossom Bloom.
"Yeah. Blossom is my mother's maiden name and my parents thought it was fate that their names were synonyms. So of course when they had me, a flower was their first choice." (page 15)
Symbolic
The love Lily feels for Atlas is a reward because of him caring, which is a symbol for how the plants reward you by blooming when you take care of them. Her name being all related to flowers can suggest how she as a person bloom into this beautiful flower at the end.
Empathy - the ability to sense the other person feelings
While reading the book you feel empathy for the characters, because they haunted by their pasts.
To empathise
Reading this book, you empathise with Lily who ends in this cycle of domestic abuse.

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What are the different main settings in the novel? What are these places like? What are their key features?​

Boston, Lily's apartment/flower shop
Massachusetts, the childhood home of Lily/garden

How are they described? What tone is set around the place?​

When you begin to read the tone is a bit depressing as you get to know that Lily's father just died and retelling the stories about abuse in her parents' marriage and later e experiencing abuse in her relationship with Ryle in Boston.
The only exception is Lily's garden, which is a happy and safe place. Atlas and Lily's hang-out spot brings a positive tone to the story.

Does the setting somehow connect to a theme? How?​

Her childhood home in Massachusetts is connected to the theme of domestic abuse because her mother was domestically abused by her father. The setting is the beginning of the cycle of domestic abuse which Lily suffers.
Her wanting her flower shop into a dark and mysterious building shows the darker thoughts she has because flower shops usually are light and lively.

What might the settings be symbolic of? Could you draw out more than one interpretation here?

The garden can be symbolic of safety. "A garden is most often used in reference to the Garden of Eden. Gardens are typically an earthly paradise created by God as a safe enclosure." (Symbolism Wiki, n.d.)
When Lily spends time in the garden it affects her in a positive matter where she feels safe and happy.

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Best friend of Lily
Sister of Ryle

A typical upper-class girl, but wants to work even though she has no need for it.

She is caring and protective, which we see when she urges Lily to leave her brother because of the domestic abuse Lily suffers in the relationship.

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The neurosurgeon met Lily while being a resident.
Marries Lily Blossom Bloom

Comes from an upper-class family and is the middle child.
The first impression of Ryle is that he seems arrogant and has a typical bad boy image. He shows a side as an assertive and stubborn person.
He totally has a soft spot for Lily as he almost quits his bad-boy behaviour with her being the only to exception his no-dating rule. We can see him showing his sensitive and brilliant personality as he is a neurosurgeon.
He seems conflicted with himself as he at an early age accidentally killed his own brother. This trauma could be the result of him doing other bad actions because his mindset is set on being a bad person. On the other side, he does not seem as such a bad person because he works on helping people as a surgeon.

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Abusive relationships:
This is a major theme in the book where Lily is stuck in a pattern of abusive relationships. Knowing her mother suffered in her abusive relationship with her father, and further into the story, she gets in a relationship with Ryle which shows the same signs of abuse as her father.

The cycle of domestic abuse:
The cycle of domestic abuse is an obvious theme in the book, as we see the protagonist suffering the same destiny as her own mother. From witnessing her mother suffer from domestic abuse to experiencing the same fate.

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- Brown hair and brown eyes
Young
- Homeless
- First boyfriend of Lily

He is an introvert who slowly gets more open as his bond with Lily grows.
He is upfront with confronting Lily with her abusive relationship with Ryle. This shows his caring personality with empathy for the girl who helped him through his inconvenient life.

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Domestic abuse
Suffering the consequences of the past because Lily's mother suffered from domestic abuse in her marriage. She ends up in the same situation as her mother when she gets together with Ryle Kincaid.
It becomes an emotional conflict for Lily as she must face the truth of her own life and her parents' storyline.

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The title is a foreshadowing for the ending of the book. The last line is "It stops here. With me and you. It ends with us"
This is where the relationship between Ryle and Lily ends.