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Verity by Colleen Hoover

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linetyyni's review against another edition

fast-paced

Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No

0.5

First book of C. Hoover I read / listened to. The books sell so good in our store, so I thought I finally give it a try.

Well. I don't get it. Why is it this popular?
So much sexism, ableism, fat-phobia.
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lizaleoma's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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miladimelow's review against another edition

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dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.25

Oh. my. God.

I am always hesitant to by books by popular authors (especially ‘tiktok’ popular authors) for two reasons. 1) they are usually overrated and 2) I don’t want to seem like someone who reads for the ‘trend’. So because of this I was hesitant to buy this CoHo book, and was almost too embarrassed and was going to put it back. But I’m so glad I didn’t.

Unlike most of CoHo’s books, this is primarily a thriller that follows world renowned author ‘Verity’. But once verity was in a car crash she is no longer able to continue her best selling series, so Lowen is hired to continue on for her. But when Lowen enters Verity’s office, what she doesn’t expect to find is her intimate autobiography about the milestones in her life.

HOLY CRAP this book was so good. This book is a couple firsts for me: it’s the first time have ever been left really freaked out by a book but it’s also the first time I literally have not been able to put a book down. I read half of this book in one sitting and was up till like 2:30 trying to finish. It was THAT good.

Verity’s autobiography is r sane, the detailed emotions and feelings of this psychopath really honestly had me feeling so disturbed I couldn’t handle it. The way that CoHo wrote about Verity’s supposed movements and Lowen complete and utter terror had me shaking while reading even though technically nothing seriously scary had left me like that.

I also did enjoy the fact that there was a romance on the side, so that if you ever got bored of the thriller you’d have Jeremy and Lowen’s or Jeremy and Verity’s romance to keep you occupied anyway. Using these romances, CoHo perfectly timed this book to ensure that it’s literally impossible for you to get bored. Like I said, this is the first book that I haven’t been thinking constantly about how many more pages I have to go, I just read and read without even noticing that I was doing it.

But this book isn’t five stars for a few short reasons. For the first thing, I found Lowen to be an incredibly boring character. I mean where is that spice and excitement that Verity has. You expect me to believe that he never felt that immense love for Verity that he did for Lowen. Lowen is so boring how is that possible. But this is soemthing I’ve found in most books written in the 1st person perspective of a woman. It’s like they try to make the woman so bland so that everyone can imagine themselves in her position.

Another thing, that I’m not sure if it actually would’ve improved this book or not, but let’s be honest the writing is quite simple, there was nothing really there to read that would leave me with that feeling of: ‘omg this writer is a genius’. But then again CoHo really makes up for that through the intricate plot she creates so really I can’t complain.

Quotes that scared the crap out of me even if they were that scary:

“I want you to love them more than you love me. Our love for eachother is conditional. Our love for them isn’t.”

“My love for you is unconditional,” I said -p109

“A writer should never have the audacity to write about themselves unless they’re willing to separate every layer of protection between the author’s soul and their book.” - p61

“one should only walk away from an autobiography with, at best, an uncomfortable distaste for the author.

I will deliver.” - p61

Edit: This has put me into a reading slump because nothing else will amount to it

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