Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Verity by Colleen Hoover

111 reviews

caitlinderocker's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Mental illness, Murder, Animal death, Blood, Car accident, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Medical content, Vomit, Child death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, and Violence

becca_w_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Ableism, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Medical content, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Car accident, Child death, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Abortion, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Infidelity, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture, Body horror, Body shaming, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Abandonment

the_bookish_rose's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

The best way to describe this book is "fast paced goosebumps". I'm not new to reading thriller books, but similar to when I read Mexican Gothic, this book gave me the creepy kind of goosebumps that you don't want to keep around.

This fast paced thriller is about a woman named Lowen Ashleigh who is a struggling writer that takes on the job of finishing a book series by a famous author, Verity Crawford, who has mysteriously fallen ill. I won't spoil anything else about the plot, but I literally finished this book in twelve hours because it was that good. The only thing I wasn't too thrilled about was the amount of sex scenes throughout the book- otherwise the twists and turns are definitely worth rereading for.

This would be the perfect book to read during October, so if you haven't read this, I would definitely add it to the TBR to read during October if you want a 'chill-thrill' (chilling thriller read).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Car accident, and Confinement

Minor: Confinement, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

quills4days's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Domestic abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Murder, Blood, Car accident, Child death, Grief, Mental illness, Self harm, Chronic illness, Cursing, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Confinement

mlthomas234's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Very dark, very creepy, very suspenseful. Ultimately, the twist at the end wasn’t as twisty as I thought it would be, and I was a little disappointed. The ending filed down all of the spiky edges. It was a wild ride though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Emotional abuse, Grief, Self harm, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Miscarriage, Sexual content, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Car accident and Vomit

capybooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

what. the. fuck. how does colleen hoover think of this stuff? didn’t like the final chapter.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Car accident, Confinement, Cursing, Abortion, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Child abuse, Child death, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Violence

bizknitsbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Okay, I don't know how to feel about this book. Did I like it? I think so? Could I put it down? No f'ing way. Of course the writing was phennomenal, and I was on the edge of my seat waiting to see what happened, both in the manuscript and also between the main characters. I hated Verity (the character) which was obviously the point, and felt so much for Jeremy and his little family. But that ending, holy shit. This might be up there in terms of biggest plots twists I've read in a while. Wowzers. Well done 👏

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Abortion, Miscarriage, Child death, Car accident, and Child abuse

Moderate: Confinement, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Violence, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Murder, Body shaming, and Fatphobia

meghancraft's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Child death, Grief, Medical content, Kidnapping, Murder, Abandonment, Abortion, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Alcohol, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Pregnancy, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Confinement, Death of parent, and Miscarriage

juliaraimondi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Death, and Gaslighting

Minor: Infidelity, Vomit, Car accident, Blood, and Confinement

kylahspages's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Ableism, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Mental illness