History Literature / EndlessLove

* TwentyMinutesIntoThePast: The novel was published in 1979, and opens with David torching the Butterfield house on the night of August 12, 1967.

* ImpoverishedPatrician: While still reasonably middle class and able to live well enough, there are suggestions that Ann and Hugh were both much more wealthy than they are when we first see them, and were able to at some points influence through their money.

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: The novel doesn't really talk much about Jade's looks, but you get the sense that she's a fairly average teenage girl. In both films she's played by actresses who also had extensive modeling careers: Creator/BrookeShields in 1981 and Gabriella Wilde in 2014.

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: The novel doesn't really talk much about Jade's looks, but you get the sense that she's a fairly average teenage girl. In both films she's played actresses who also had extensive modeling careers: Creator/BrookeShields in 1981 and Gabriella Wilde in 2014.

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: The novel doesn't really talk much about Jade's looks, but you get the sense that she's a fairly average teenage girl. The 1981 version cast Creator/BrookeShields, then at the peak of her modeling career, in the role.

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: The novel doesn't really talk much about how Jade looks, but you get the sense that she's a fairly average-looking teenage girl. The 1981 version cast Creator/BrookeShields, then at the peak of her modeling career, in the role.

* InformedAttractiveness: A very particular point of the book is that we are never entirely sure of how attractive Jade is, but this is done very deliberately by Scott Spencer, asking us 'Why?' in regards to her.

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: In the novel Jade comes across as a fairly average-looking teenage girl. The 1981 version cast Creator/BrookeShields, then at the peak of her modeling career, in the role.

!!This novel contains examples of:

* AdaptationalHeroism: David is turned into a DoggedNiceGuy by the 2014 film adaptation, and completely lacks the obsessive nature of his counterparts from the novel and 1981 film.
* BourgeoisBohemian: Hugh and Ann, Jade's parents, are this from the first moment we see them, where David talks about how nicely furnished their home is, and how they partake in certain counter-cultural aspects of the time period.

* GenreShift: The 2014 film adaptation was a much more straightforward romance flick, eschewing the crime thriller elements of the original novel and (to an extent) the 1981 adaptation.

* {{Jerkass}}: Hugh Butterfield, in both movie versions. [[spoiler: He receives a HeelFaceTurn in the 2014 adaptation]].

* MoodyTrailerCoverSong: The 2014 film adaptation uses a slow, atmospheric cover of Music/RobertPalmer's '80s smash "Addicted to Love," emphasizing the insanity of love.
* MrFanservice: The 1981 features a young Creator/JamesSpader shirtless in a few scenes.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler: Hugh in the 2014 film adaptation]].

* MoodyTrailerCoverSong: The 2014 film adaptation uses a slow, atmospheric cover of Robert Palmer's '80s smash "Addicted to Love," emphasizing the insanity of love.

* WalkingShirtlessScene: Keith Butterfield in the 1981 film spends quite a bit of time shirtless. He's played by a young Creator/JamesSpader, [[MrFanservice so it's not a bad thing]].

The novel was adapted to film twice: A 1981 film directed by Franco Zeffirelli starring Creator/BrookeShields and Martin Hewitt, and a 2014 version directed by Shana Feste and starring CGabriella Wilde and Creator/AlexPettyfer.

The novel was adapted to film twice: A 1981 film directed by Creator/FrancoZeffirelli starring Creator/BrookeShields and Martin Hewitt, and a 2014 version directed by Shana Feste and starring Creator/GabriellaWilde and Creator/AlexPettyfer.

The novel was adapted to film twice: A 1981 film directed by Franco Zeffirelli starring Creator/BrookeShields and Martin Hewitt, and a 2014 version directed by Shana Feste and starring Gabriella Wilde and Creator/AlexPettyfer.

* BlackBestFriend: The 2014 film adaptation gives David an African-American best friend, Mace.

* SarcasticTitle: Despite its title, the book is more about David's long-term obsession with Jade than true love.

* IronicTitle: Despite its title, the book is more about obsession than true love.

* LetThePastBurn: Rather than an ending trope, this happens at the start. David burns down Jade's home, and with it burns his own memories of what happened there. This is also the event which leads to him going into a psychiatric facility.

* LiteraryAgentHypothesis: This is directly in play throughout all of the book, as we are only hearing David's account, and Spencer himself through {{subtext}} asks how much we can ever really be sure is truthful and how much is affected by his own emotions and biases.

* {{Jerkass}}: Hugh Butterfield, in both movie versions.

* WalkingShirtlessScene: Keith Butterfield in the 1981 film spends quite a bit of time shirtless. He's played by a young Creator/JamesSpader, so it's not a bad thing.

The novel was adapted to film twice: A 1981 film directed by Franco Zeffirelli starring Brooke Shields and Martin Hewitt, and a 2014 version directed by Shana Feste and starring Gabriella Wilde and Creator/AlexPettyfer.

David Axelrod struggles with his love with Jade Butterfield after two very particular incidents, those events being burning Jade's house down and accidentally commits a murder. From there on, he must deal with the consequences of his actions from there onwards.

The novel was adopted to film twice: A 1981 film directed by Franco Zeffirelli starring Brooke Shields and Martin Hewitt, and a 2014 version directed by Shana Feste and starring Gabriella Wilde and Creator/AlexPettyfer.

* BourgeoisBohemian: Hugh and Ann, Jade's parents, are this from the first moment we see them, where David talks about how nicely furnished their home is, and how they partake in certain counter-cultural aspects of the time period.

''Endless Love'' is a 1979 romantic crime drama novel by Scott Spencer, a romantic crime drama detailing the