Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Verity by Colleen Hoover

239 reviews

amanda_knight95's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion and Child death

Moderate: Death, Grief, and Chronic illness

Minor: Pregnancy and Car accident

fink1129's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Car accident, Grief, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Child death, Chronic illness, Vomit, and Child abuse

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

emwright_33's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Child abuse, Murder, Mental illness, Abortion, Medical trauma, Car accident, Chronic illness, Death, Self harm, and Sexual content

thebookaddict's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

🇳🇱: Dit boek was een ander soort thriller dan verwacht. In het begin vond ik hem erg oppervlakkig. Ik had niet het idee dat ik een thriller las. Later werd dit duidelijker. Het is niet echt een thriller vol gebeurtenissen, maar vooral de vibe is spannend. Je zit de hele tijd te wachten op actie die uitgesteld wordt. Ik had de hele tijd al het idee wat het plot zou zijn, maar het einde had ik zeker niet verwacht.  Voordat je in dit boek begint zou ik wel de trigger warnings lezen, want die kunnen vrij heftig zijn!

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    This book was a different kind of thriller than expected. At first I thought he was very superficial. I didn't feel like I was reading a thriller. This became clearer later. It is not really a thriller full of events, but the vibe is especially exciting. You spend the whole time waiting for action to be postponed. I had an idea all along what the plot would be, but I certainly didn't expect the ending. Before you start this book, I would read the trigger warnings, because they can be quite intense!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Medical trauma, Medical content, Alcohol, Child abuse, Death, Grief, Miscarriage, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Car accident, Abandonment, Chronic illness, Pregnancy, Cursing, Sexual content, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Murder, Self harm, and Violence

blackandgreenqueen's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cancer, Sexual content, Miscarriage, Violence, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Murder, and Pregnancy

raptorq's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Violence, Abortion, Child death, Grief, Infidelity, Death, Vomit, Child abuse, Blood, Murder, Chronic illness, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, and Sexual content

Moderate: Medical content

katjanko's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.0

I read this so fast, it was hard to put down. I wanted to keep flipping the page, as each end of a chapter is skillfully and strategically leaving you wanting more. Its dark themes and flawed characters keep you coming back. Although it wasn’t very inspiring or necessarily remarkable reading, it was a quick and easy story to digest. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Chronic illness, Abortion, Death, Child death, and Child abuse

vexatiousbird's review against another edition

dark tense slow-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

3.0

There were some fun thrills but also way too much time watching the narrator repeatedly see convincing evidence of a big twist and dismiss it without taking any real steps to investigate. Decent romantic tension. Kind of bland characters. Polarizing ending that I didn’t love, I feel like there were more exciting directions it could have gone without retroactively ruining some of the thrills. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Child death, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Death of parent

joanamagalhaes's review against another edition

dark funny 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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Murder, Car accident, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Child death, and Child abuse

Moderate: Abortion and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Grief