Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Verity by Colleen Hoover

142 reviews

jennalynn48's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Car accident, Abortion, Murder

Minor: Confinement, Medical content

unconventionallynormal's review against another edition

5.0

dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book is creepy, dark, disturbing and definitely comes with trigger warnings but jeeeez colleen is a clever clever lady I couldn’t put it down! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Abortion, Pregnancy

mackenzienoelle's review against another edition

2.0

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I wouldn’t say I LOVED it, lol. But I was definitely engrossed and gripped by the story. I had to start writing notes as I read because I just had to get out my thoughts. A book that’s easy to binge, pacing is not too slow. I didn’t guess the ending, which I liked. The main character was not likeable, and I was so annoyed at the way she took so long to investigate things when she could have sat down and done all of it in one go and saved herself so much time and stress. Just generally bad characters all around honestly.
The writing is not the best and the plot requires MASSIVE amounts of suspended disbelief.

Sure, just fake a coma even though you’ve got multiple medical professionals around you 24/7! That doesn’t seem impossible at allllll!

Overall not the WORST way to spend an afternoon, but certainly not the best either.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Grief, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy

Moderate: Suicide, Terminal illness, Death of parent

arifahmalik's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit

ykcrreading's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy

onthelam's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Pregnancy

Minor: Infidelity, Miscarriage, Suicide, Terminal illness, Abortion

mllewellyn's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Amazing! Don't read at night. Don't normally read thrillers but this is so good!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Suicide, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail

smishort's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional sad medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy

keetenbowers's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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A book has never stayed on my mind as much as Verity. I’ve loved every other book I’ve read by Colleen Hoover, but this is just a completely different genre, and she did amazing. She created a story that makes you think you know it all, and then makes you question everything. I couldn’t put it down, I read it in one sitting. The way that it gives you a little bit of information then switches point of views just makes you HAVE to keep reading because you are dying to know what happens and how it finishes. 

The more I think back, the more I doubt both the manuscript and the letter, and that’s what I love about this book. The autobiography was sickening, and I can’t imagine ever writing about your own children like that, author or not. There are things that point to both being true. Hopefully in September when the new edition is released, we will get some closure. Every character had something… off. Jeremy’s story didn’t add up, verity’s went don’t know is true, and the way lowen became obsessive with jeremy was in the same sense as “fictional” verity.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Abortion, Murder

julie_reads_'s review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Sexual content, Suicide, Abortion