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rngaines14's review against another edition
Graphic: Child death, Torture, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Miscarriage, Mental illness, and Gaslighting
mrice0522's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Abortion, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Murder, Grief, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy
ballousclues's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I just finished The Housemaid and saw lots of folks compare the book to Verity. So, it made sense to me for Verity to be my next read while The Housemaid was still fresh in my mind. That being said, take this review with a grain of salt.
Verity was okay but the whole time I was waiting for it to be great. Colleen Hoover's books are all over Booktok, so I had high hopes. The writing was okay. The plot fell a bit flat for me and definitely relied heavily on shock factor. The characters were predictable. I found the main character - Lowen - to be insufferable sometimes.
I want to try to read another one of Colleen Hoover's books to see if it's any better. I can't say this was a great first impression. I can appreciate that the book wants its reader to dive a bit deeper beneath the surface and question the reality that we are perceiving.
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Moderate: Miscarriage, Grief, Child death, Infidelity, Death of parent, Abortion, Sexual content, and Mental illness
Minor: Pregnancy, Chronic illness, and Suicide attempt
michelleub's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Anyway now you know how I feel about the book but I also want to talk about the important stuff.
Her writing. I felt like she did not really describe places or people so I couldn’t really imagine anything or anyone but Jeremy and I think the only thing I know about him is that he is attractive, oh and verity is skinny is something I just have to guess from her mindset about her body. The irony in this is that I also felt like CoHo sometimes talked about stuff that was unnecessary, for example the sex scenes, we get they had sex, I don’t need it described all the time. But the unnecessary stuff, apart from the sexual content, got better, either that or I stopped noticing because I only cared about the manuscript.
Overall, this book was like most of CoHo books, easy to read and get through, definitely a good book when your just getting started with thrillers.
Graphic: Abortion, Sexual content, Child abuse, Child death, Mental illness, and Murder
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit
Minor: Sexual harassment
heyitsallie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Colleen Hoover is generally not my jam - her books are too lovey dovey for me. Verity however, is a thriller masterpiece. I was hooked the whole time. THE WHOLE TIME. also am I in love with Jeremy now? I think I might be.
Great plot twist at the end.
Warning though. If explicit graphic sexual content is not your fortè; this is not the book for you sis. Put the book down and run away.
4.5 stars.
Graphic: Death of parent, Blood, Pregnancy, Child death, Car accident, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Violence, Self harm, Murder, Infidelity, Grief, Suicide, and Mental illness
mistyyyy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Sexual content, Cursing, Abortion, Car accident, and Child abuse
Moderate: Grief, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy
Minor: Vomit
hiddeninfantasy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
Moderate: Abortion, Chronic illness, Suicide attempt, Fatphobia, Cancer, Murder, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Child abuse, Child death, Car accident, Blood, Violence, Abandonment, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Death of parent, Sexual content, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Ableism, Vomit, Body shaming, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy
ybrijette's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Terminal illness, Grief, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Ableism, Emotional abuse, Murder, Abandonment, Car accident, Cursing, Miscarriage, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, and Pregnancy
fetherfall's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Abortion, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Grief, Gaslighting, Violence, Toxic relationship, Murder, Miscarriage, Hate crime, and Emotional abuse
kileykao's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
In other reviews of Hoover's work, I mentioned that her writing feels like a very specific fanfiction you go looking for, and I still stand by that statement. Her writing does, at points, heavily feel like fanfiction writing but I stand by that "fanfiction writing" is not an insult to this book or Hoover's writing style. Trashy romance is a very popular genre, and while this book is very much not trashy romance and work very hard to make the reader feel scared and/or confused about the events happening in Verity's house, it still does the genre it is written in very well.
Lowen (The FMC) still struggles with the problem that seems to be recurring in Hoover's book which is that it is almost that she does not have a life outside of Jeremy Crawford / Verity, but she is more well developed then previous FMCs I've read. The plot twist at the end was insane, and I really like rather than just having you as the reader read Lowen's reactions to Verity's autobiography, you actually got to read what she was writing to really understand Lowen's reactions to Verity's actions. Overall, I cannot believe how much I liked this book, and I cannot believe how fast I ended up reading through it.
Graphic: Car accident, Child abuse, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Child death, Murder, Sexual content, and Violence
Minor: Death of parent