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Verity by Colleen Hoover

432 reviews

niya_books's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Miscarriage

Minor: Car accident

lavaly_1's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Infidelity, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Sexual violence, Death, Car accident, Gaslighting, Sexual content, and Domestic abuse

madisonlenser's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

4.25

Left me baffled.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Murder, Death, Gaslighting, and Sexual content

Minor: Abortion

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

sakisreads's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-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? It's complicated

3.0

✨ Gifted ✨

I swore never to read another Colleen Hoover after ‘It Ends With Us’, but since my friend bought this for me I decided I might as well give it a go.

Devoured it, only because everyone was so delusional and had to be questioned! I kept saying ‘She crazy girl, she crazy’ because I could not believe Verity’s audacity 🥲

Do we believe the letter or the manuscript?! I was inclined to believe the letter but then who can write such horrors in vivid detail without having experienced them?! 😫

I’m giving this 3 out of 5 stars, thank you ✨ Content warnings will also be included below.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Child abuse, Mental illness, Blood, Gore, Abortion, Body horror, Death, and Gaslighting

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

mmarquis1158's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.5

I will admit that this book had me on the edge of my seat throughout the whole thing. The whole time I was just so anxious to figure out what in the world was going on. However, this was one of those books where I didn’t like a single character and found it really hard to root for anyone. Every single person had such messed up motivations. I also felt like the amount of graphic sex scenes was totally unnecessary. I feel like a writer shouldn’t have to rely on spicy scenes to keep readers engaged (especially in an thriller) and that was the vibe I got in this book. As someone who approached this book looking for an eerie thriller (which was how the book presented itself), I was rather annoyed that 70% of the content was spice. No shame to those who enjoy spice in a book, but I found it frustrating that it kind of overshadowed everything else. If it wasn’t for the fact that I was desperate to figure out what was going on and had a ton of time on my hands, I probably wouldn’t have finished it. But I’ll give CoHo some credit with the fact that the main plot drew me in enough to keep reading. Unfortunately the only reason I was so drawn to find out how it ended was because I was completely baffled by the horrible and disturbing thoughts of Verity and I wanted to see some justice. Once again, I felt like I couldn’t root for a single character 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Infidelity, Gaslighting, and Sexual content

Moderate: Murder

ruexx's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense fast-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

5.0

This was so shocking. I did not see the plot twist coming and I don’t know if it’s because it was that good or I’m just stupid but overall this book was incredibly disturbing and yet I really enjoyed it and would reread. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Death, Child death, Violence, Self harm, Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, Grief, Sexual content, Car accident, Mental illness, Murder, Alcohol, Child abuse, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Cursing, and Injury/Injury detail

revolutiondeathsquad's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

0.5

i went into this knowing i was gonna hate this, but as a hate-read it was incredibly entertaining. just not any good. please look at the content warnings before you read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Miscarriage, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Child abuse, Child death, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Misogyny

mard3ytv's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.0

It is a solid B book. It doesn’t deserve all the hype it gets. I don’t hate it, the plot twist be twisting! It was at least entertaining I guess and that’s all that matters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Toxic friendship, Child abuse, Suicide attempt, Car accident, Miscarriage, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual assault