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Verity by Colleen Hoover

56 reviews

erynlasbelin's review

challenging dark slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Body horror, Grief, Medical content, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Abortion, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Alcohol, Body shaming, Cancer, Car accident, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug use, Fatphobia, Kidnapping, Self harm, and Terminal illness

aesiegerh2o's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, and Miscarriage

readsalot's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Trashy

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Murder, Child abuse, Vomit, Blood, Child death, Cursing, and Death

thatswhatshanread's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

I knew going into this, Verity being my first ever CoHo book, that I would become consumed by her writing. I’ve heard nothing but great things about this book, and not a day goes by that I don’t see someone posting about it on social media. 

Rightfully so. 

I. Could. Not. Put. It. Down. 

How to describe the carefully crafted insanity of Verity? The story, and the character of the same name. It surpassed al of my expectations, while also being so far outside of my general expectations that I honestly didn’t know how to classify it. I just knew that it gripped me in tangible ways I hadn’t felt since reading Gillian Flynn’s books several years ago. Hoover gives you all of the disturbing plot twists that Flynn is known for, and still manages to hold her own voice in the unsettling modern-day psychological thriller genre. 

The intensity, the bluntness, the fear, the seduction of such a novel. You don’t often get every single emotion fleshed out across the pages so easily and effectively as you do when reading Verity. It takes everything from you and holds it in its vices until the very last page. Just such a phenomenally twisted story.   

I would tell you to read this immediately, but chances are you already have. And if you haven’t, I don’t need to tell you twice.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Child death, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Murder, and Sexual content

Moderate: Car accident, Chronic illness, Cursing, Infidelity, Medical content, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Violence

Minor: Vomit, Drug use, and Death of parent

ameliecanread's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

omfg the plot twists in this fking book !! i read this in one night and stayed up but do not read before bed. it had one of those endings where

theres multiple ways to perceive it

and omg this did NOT disappoint!! the smut was weird tbh but honestly was not expecting much for colleen hoover to be writing this type of book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug use, Grief, Infertility, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, and Vomit

i didnt realize there were different categories, so not all of them are graphic !! there was a lot of violence surrounding

a pyschotic mother

, and a lot of weird abuse hinted. there were also scenes of attempted murder or murder.

laurendenton's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Abortion, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Minor: Alcohol, Cancer, Drug use, Excrement, Miscarriage, Rape, and Self harm

baileycowen's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.0

Oh my gosh this book. I had no idea what to expect, and (no spoilers) but WOAH that ending surprised me! I read it in less than 24 hours because I couldn’t put it down. Spooky but not too much for me, truly insane!!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

Moderate: Abortion, Drug use, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Sexual content

angeld's review

dark mysterious tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Drug use

crowsearchingsunlight's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Miscarriage, Murder, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Cancer, Car accident, and Death of parent

lomesia's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, and Sexual content

Minor: Cancer, Car accident, Death of parent, Drug use, Miscarriage, and Self harm