Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Verity by Colleen Hoover

268 reviews

ybrijette's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Grief, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Ableism, Emotional abuse, Murder, Abandonment, Car accident, Cursing, Miscarriage, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

texasbreeze23's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

While I did somewhat enjoy this book, there were some very heavy aspects to it. A woman's secret hatred and jealousy of her children, her addiction to a man and to sex, the suspicions of her killing her children. I love a good thriller but this one had way too much explicit sexual material in it for my taste. I think the story line was good and very creative, but the profanity and sexual content kinda ruined it for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Cursing

Moderate: Child death

Lots of profanity, detailed descriptions of sexual encounters

tanacef's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Child death, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Grief, Medical content, Murder, Child abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Cursing, Fatphobia, Car accident, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

jess_thefacts's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

4.0

Yall left at an important part when recommending this book. I thoroughly enjoyed the book. I liked the switch between perspectives.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Abortion, Death, Gore, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Violence, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Car accident, Child death, Blood, and Cursing

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

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

sammi1966's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

4.5

Such a wild ride. I'm not even sure how to describe this one without giving anything away. Many people say that the sex scenes weren't warranted or not necessary to the story. But skipping the sex scenes mean that you are missing lots of characterization. #teammanuscript

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Murder, and Sexual content

ruexx's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This was so shocking. I did not see the plot twist coming and I don’t know if it’s because it was that good or I’m just stupid but overall this book was incredibly disturbing and yet I really enjoyed it and would reread. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Death, Child death, Violence, Self harm, Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, Grief, Sexual content, Car accident, Mental illness, Murder, Alcohol, Child abuse, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Cursing, and Injury/Injury detail

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

ellie_girl2929's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book made me feel so many emotions. I can’t explain how my mind can be confused but also contain everything I just read. This book was so unpredictable and I never really read this genre/style of writing but I loved it and this was the first Colleen Hoover book I read. I had so many thoughts and possible scenarios going through my head while reading trying to figure what I think could come next. This book felt so real that I thought it could possibly come to life. I never felt like that towards a book before and I loved it.

To answer Lowen’s question “Which truth was she manipulating?” I think Verity was truly sick in the head to make up anything in that matter. I feel like Verity did kill Harper and that her manuscript was all truth. I feel like Verity made that letter up in case she got caught and Jeremy really did report her to the police.> This book made me so spooked that I thought Verity could jump out the book. My mistake for reading a bit at night.

I really felt that Verity was cruel inside with her whole thought process. Every time Lowen described when Verity had her eyes on her, was at the top of the staircase, or on the floor crawling I was so scared because every detail that was described felt so real to me. I even thought if I turned around Verity would be in my room. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual content, Child abuse, Death, Toxic relationship, and Child death

Moderate: Abortion, Blood, Car accident, Cursing, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Grief