Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Verity by Colleen Hoover

149 reviews

mandi4886's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional mysterious 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: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Ableism, Cursing, Kidnapping, Alcohol

annabulkowski's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol

kendrakeuler's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book was incredible easy to read and kept me on my toes despite the fact I guessed one of the major plot twists. This book also Low-key gave me anxiety but overall a complex incredible thriller (and this is coming from someone who only really reads fantasy dystopian and romance novels because I don’t like crime mystery or thriller) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol

lillystahl's review against another edition

0.5

dark mysterious 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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Infidelity, Sexual content, Grief, Abortion, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Alcohol

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Death of parent

just_klaudia's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol

elizaxa's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol

the_jessmarie's review against another edition

3.5

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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So if you're not a thriller/suspense reader and you want something to dip your toes into that genre or you're new to it and you want a fast and entertaining read, definitely recommend this. If not then you probably won't like it. I'm not entirely new to thrillers but still new enough to where the weak points in the plot didn't bother me. I wanted a fast read that was totally engrossing and I would want to get through quickly and I got exactly what I wanted. 
There are plot holes, unlike able character, graphic child abuse, and way too much sex for my liking but I was still enthralled. Not sure if I'll read anything else from this author since contemporary romance isn't really my thing, but I definitely had fun with this book and enjoyed not having tk think too hard about the book, haha. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Sexual content, Murder

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Alcohol

shubh_reads_constantly's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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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Meh 😕 This one was just not for me. I have heard a lot of people raving about this book. How good this book is and how shocking the ending is. So I thought I'll give it a shot. And it was an "ok" read for me. This book did keep me on the edge of my seat and at one point I thought this was going to be a five star read. It was a five star read until the very last chapter. Until the "twist" happened. And that was the nail in the coffin. I DID NOT LIKE THAT TWIST / REVEAL !!!!! It was soooooo..... BAD!!!! All that tension and build up gone to waste. So anyway it was a ⭐⭐⭐ book for me. Hope my next CoHo read would be better than this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Cancer, Terminal illness, Vomit, Alcohol

kaireading's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Blood, Abortion, Murder

Moderate: Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Vomit, Abandonment

Minor: Body shaming, Cancer, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Very graphic and insensitive description of sensitive topics including but not limited to child murder, eating disorders, vomiting/emetophobia, miscarriage, violence/child violence, mental illness, sex, language.

valotriariley's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Blood, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy

Minor: Alcohol