Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Verity by Colleen Hoover

546 reviews

fink1129's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Car accident, Grief, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Child death, Chronic illness, Vomit, and Child abuse

ybrijette's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

kileykao's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• 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

 I was not expecting to like this book. I want to make this abundantly clear. I came into this looking for trashy romance, and knowing nothing about this book other then it's the one that all of the Colleen Hoover fans in my life rave about. I ended up reading this book in one sitting and was blown away with how much I liked it. There was so much about Hoover's storytelling that as a reader you can tell was thought out and worked through to present the best version of this story.

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. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child abuse, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Child death, Murder, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent

madalina0_0's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Terminal illness, Body shaming, Gaslighting, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Murder, Vomit, Violence, Addiction, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Self harm, Death of parent, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Infertility, Medical content, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

username330'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? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Torture, Self harm, Murder, Child death, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Abortion, Grief, and Blood

Moderate: Miscarriage, Chronic illness, Suicide attempt, and Cursing

Minor: Medical content, Cancer, Car accident, Kidnapping, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, and Death of parent

riannanana's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, and Child death

Moderate: Abortion, Car accident, and Terminal illness

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Grief, Alcohol, and Blood

thebookaddict's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

🇳🇱: Dit boek was een ander soort thriller dan verwacht. In het begin vond ik hem erg oppervlakkig. Ik had niet het idee dat ik een thriller las. Later werd dit duidelijker. Het is niet echt een thriller vol gebeurtenissen, maar vooral de vibe is spannend. Je zit de hele tijd te wachten op actie die uitgesteld wordt. Ik had de hele tijd al het idee wat het plot zou zijn, maar het einde had ik zeker niet verwacht.  Voordat je in dit boek begint zou ik wel de trigger warnings lezen, want die kunnen vrij heftig zijn!

🇬🇧: 
    This book was a different kind of thriller than expected. At first I thought he was very superficial. I didn't feel like I was reading a thriller. This became clearer later. It is not really a thriller full of events, but the vibe is especially exciting. You spend the whole time waiting for action to be postponed. I had an idea all along what the plot would be, but I certainly didn't expect the ending. Before you start this book, I would read the trigger warnings, because they can be quite intense!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Medical trauma, Medical content, Alcohol, Child abuse, Death, Grief, Miscarriage, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Car accident, Abandonment, Chronic illness, Pregnancy, Cursing, Sexual content, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Murder, Self harm, and Violence

livslibraryy's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-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

1.5

um….what….

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child death, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, Violence, Sexual violence, Vomit, Medical trauma, Death, Abortion, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, and Death of parent

cervella's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

This book is so triggering. Abortion, abuse, sex, infanticide, matricide … this book is a lot. 

Perhaps it’s a consequence of the “thriller” genre, but I find the way these kinds of books to develop leaves much to be desired. I feel like the first half of the book was setup and then the denouement and finish were lackluster and rushed. In the acknowledgments she mentioned that she hadn’t finished the book until four days before press so maybe that’s got something to do with it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Death of parent, Abortion, Murder, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Vomit

justreesie's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

4.5

I have a feeling of emptiness after reading the book. I need to know what else, what more? So many theories and questions swirl my mind.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Abortion, Toxic relationship, Child death, Car accident, Self harm, and Death of parent