Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Verity by Colleen Hoover

294 reviews

shels96's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Blood, Vomit, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

samara__don's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and Gaslighting

Minor: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Car accident, Abortion, and Murder

mustafa_hamdan's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Suicide, and Murder

rachmco's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Violence, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, and Murder

mdevlin's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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

2.75

I really wanted to love this but I just didn't. I thought the pace was good and I was interested to keep reading so it gets 3 stars but nothing was surprising, the characters all felt very one dimensional, and the graphic descriptions of child abuse are now easily one of the top most  uncomfortable things I've read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Vomit, Abortion, Murder, and Pregnancy

anielabooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

Very entertaining book. Something very different from Colleen’s romance books that I’ve read. It was very eerie and tense at times, which I loved. This might be my second favorite Colleen book I’ve read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gaslighting

Moderate: Ableism, Cursing, Infidelity, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Confinement, Miscarriage, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcohol

hayleythegoose's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Drug use

mutt_lover_3's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Murder

blondebookishbabe's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

alliebee333's review against another edition

This book was just worst. Characters were unredeemable. The author attempts to make the reader believe something that is then heavily suggested to be a lie on several occasions. Lying to your readers isn’t a plot device or tool; it’s just lying. Totally illogical, but also incredibly predictable. 

There’s a whole page dedicated to a description of Verity’s mother and her “expanding waist line“ and a description of disordered eating/workout behaviors to avoid Verity experiencing the same fate, so reader beware. These are terrible characters, all written terribly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail