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Verity by Colleen Hoover

142 reviews

dark mysterious 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

This book was kinda creepy. Don’t read this before bed I beg you. I definitely struggled on how to rate this book because I’m still on the fence of whether I liked it or hated it. I was mind bending. If you plan to read this try to go into it with little to no context, but please please please read the content warnings!!! It’s super important for this one. 

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

16/17+
3/5 🌶
SO GOOD. im not kidding when i tell you that i could not put this book down. wasn’t as scary as people said it was. please check tws before reading!!

verity being able to actually walk was not at all surprising to me. lowen in this story is crazy. with her bitting the exact same marks as verity did, putting the pillow below her hips (pg 268 if you’re confused), and EATING verity’s letter?? the letter at the end has me a bit confused on whether i’m team manuscript or team letter.

edit: after having some time to think about it, im team manuscript. here’s my reasons:

1) in verity’s letter, she said that she only told crew to hold his breathe once they were already in the water. it doesn’t make sense to me that her first instinct was to speak and not to attempt to float to the surface. also she never said that she told harper to hold her breathe so it’s a possibility that verity actually killed her.

2) no mother could ever write about them killing and abusing their children if they really loved them. 

3) crew was still afraid of verity even after  her accident. if the manuscript was all fake and verity didn’t abuse her children, why would he be scared of his own mother?

4) how could crew “accidentally” cut himself on the chin? he could have been curious about it but also verity could have been the one trying to slit his throat before he started screaming. crew was never exposed to violence so i don’t think he was pretending to be a fictional killer or villain.

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dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Omg the ending ????? I feel like it was kind of contrived & a lot of the ~intimate~ scenes were gratuitous, weird and/or unnecessary. Fun & quick read though! 

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Woah. I was actually scared at times reading this book. Lots of twists. Very dark. Loved it! 

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I was genuinely surprised at this book. Nothing like the usual romances that Colleen Hoover writes. I genuinely had no idea how the end would turn out, and even my suspicions were wrong. I love being shocked by an ending and this book definitely did that. I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed the suspense. Definitely one of my favorite books of all time!

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adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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dark emotional slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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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

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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