Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Verity by Colleen Hoover

431 reviews

lucykae's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Child death, Gaslighting, Death, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Car accident and Blood

lizkdsb's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Murder, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Violence, Ableism, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Grief, Dysphoria, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Confinement, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

hailey_brueggen's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Murder, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Ableism, Child death, Violence, and Gaslighting

Minor: Abortion and Child abuse

katieik1's review against another edition

dark sad 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Death, Violence, and Mental illness

rngaines14's review against another edition

Triggers were too much, too dark for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Torture, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Miscarriage, Mental illness, and Gaslighting

nia_29's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

 Debo decir que me encanta cómo escribe. La ambientación es espectacular.
Me ha dado miedo en ocasiones, cosa que no me esperaba en absoluto, pero muy muy bien.
Se lee a gran velocidad porque el misterio te engancha y los capítulos cortos siempre te hacen pensar "sólo uno más antes de dormir" y de pronto son las cuatro de la mañana.

Es cierto que el final se me ha quedado un poco ahí ahí, porque siendo sincera, era lo que esperaba desde el principio.
Igual si no hubiese leído ya algún libro donde la historia escrita en un diario fuese inventada, me habría sorprendido más, pero desde el mismo principio estaba sospechando.
Realmente yo pensaba que quizá incluso la biografía la había escrito el marido, que me pareció muy sospechoso, sobre todo porque toda la autobiografía estaba muy centrada en su pene.
Cosa que también aclara Verity en su carta "no estaba tan obsesionada", la verdad me hizo gracia.

A todo esto, estoy ignorando el supuesto capítulo extra. No existe. Fin de la discusión.
Me gusta el final abierto tal cual está porque tú decides al final quién dice la verdad y es muy interesante, porque "qué razones hay para creer a Verity? Qué razones hay para no hacerlo??"

Podemos hablar de lo creepy que es el niño sin necesidad??? No, en serio, pensé que incluso era psicópata con las escenas de los cuchillos...
 

 

En fin, que yo creo que le doy 3,5 estrellas, no está malote, pero le ha faltado un algo. 

Y sí lo recomiendo mucho, porque se pasa un buen rato. No es el mejor thriller que he leído, pero la pasé bien.
;) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Death, Murder, Abortion, Vomit, Child death, and Sexual content

haley_mil_reads'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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Abortion, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Blood, Car accident, Murder, Infidelity, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Stalking, Violence, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

justluck's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Child death, and Body horror

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Vomit

reneereadsometimes's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, and Gaslighting

rosedustgirl's review against another edition

adventurous dark lighthearted mysterious tense medium-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

1.0

Usual tropes and predictable plot, the characters are not redeemable or likeable at all, the only part I did enjoy was the ending and was wishful throughout we could have followed Verity. Alas, we had beige toast instead.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Medical content, Self harm, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, and Suicide attempt