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How does It Ends With Us <\/em>portray Ryle\u2019s abuse?\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The film\u2019s handling of domestic violence is a major difference from the books, even having scenes play out differently altogether. In the novel, when Ryle burns his hand, he doesn\u2019t push Lily down until he\u2019s trying to cool it off under the sink\u2014whereas in the movie, it happens right after he touches the hot surface.\u00a0<\/p>\n Throughout that scene in the book, Lily is also supposed to be uncontrollably laughing from intoxication (until Ryle turns violent). \u201cGoddammit, Lily,\u201d Ryle tells her in the book. \u201cIt\u2019s not funny. This hand is my f–king career.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n And after he pushes Lily down the stairs in the book, she kicks Ryle out of the apartment\u2014which leaves him to sleep in the hallway all night.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The conversations surrounding abuse also play out differently in the film. <\/span>For starters, Ryle doesn\u2019t learn about Lily\u2019s family history of domestic violence until after they\u2019ve been dating a while in the movie but in the book, it happens on the first night they meet.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n A new addition to the movie is a poignant conversation between Lily and her sister-in-law Allyssa (Jenny Slate<\/a>) after she finds out about Ryle\u2019s abusive behavior and tells Lily about Ryle accidentally shooting his brother as children. In the book, it\u2019s Ryle who explains to Lily how his brother died, and Allyssa never tells Lily she shouldn\u2019t take Ryle back due to his abusive behavior.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n