Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Verity by Colleen Hoover

432 reviews

sophiaxscherm's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I'm not really sure what I think of this book. The writing is addictive and you want to keep reading, but even though people say that there were so many shocking/surprising things happening - there weren't. Everything happening is predictable. I enjoyed the writing style and I thought some scenes were actually creepy and written well. However, the characters are all horrible, none of them is even a little bit likeable (I mean besides Crew). I hate all of the characters, they are all bad people and are also written poorly, like at least give them a tiny bit personality?
But if you can accept a book with horrible characters for what it is, the story is interesting until you reach the end, where it just feels too predictable and a lot of stuff just not making sense.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Abortion, Blood, Emotional abuse, Grief, Toxic relationship, Child death, Death, Pregnancy, Rape, Gaslighting, and Car accident

sydney_marie13's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Emotional abuse, Child death, Gaslighting, Murder, and Car accident

alxseph's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, Death, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Vomit, Child death, and Violence

siennakt30's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Abandonment, Child death, Grief, Car accident, Death, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Ableism, Alcohol, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Cursing, Death of parent, and Domestic abuse

lynini's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.5

the plot twists are insane. i was so shocked by the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Murder, Child death, Chronic illness, and Confinement

hailsatan's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Car accident, Abortion, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Sexual content, and Vomit

gmbooks11_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Abortion, Medical trauma, Medical content, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Death, Murder, Chronic illness, Gaslighting, Self harm, Body horror, Blood, Car accident, Abandonment, Body shaming, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, and Violence

_mariaaaan's review against another edition

dark 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

3.75

Looking into content warnings HIGHLY recommended

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child death, Abortion, Child abuse, Gaslighting, and Gore

Moderate: Blood

eve_smiles1's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book was amazing shocking and dark would 100 percent recommend! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Abortion, Murder, Miscarriage, Grief, Gaslighting, Death, Child abuse, and Car accident

laurenreads_2204's review against another edition

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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Child death, and Self harm

Moderate: Death of parent, Torture, and Death