Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Verity by Colleen Hoover

192 reviews

el_wheel's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I actually, rather grudgingly, have to give this a good rating. It's ridiculous, it's batshit crazy. It made me laugh at moments it shouldn't have *because* it was batshit crazy. But it did have me invested and the ending did actually get me. I wasn't expecting that. And the writing was good barring the profound amount of sex and absurdity. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Sexual content, Grief, Cancer, Gaslighting, Child death, Death, Medical content, Car accident, Vomit, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Child abuse, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Infidelity, and Gore

Moderate: Ableism, Abortion, and Death of parent

amberlynnnnn's review

dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Gore, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Mental illness

megan_wy's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

My favorite Colleen Hoover book BY FAR!!! I think this style suits her sooooo much better than the romance novels I’ve read of hers. I flew through this book, and I was so immersed in it that I was actually starting to feel scared lol. I loved the transitions of what was going on in the house and switching to Verity’s manuscript. It was so dark, and I wanted to just keep reading and reading to see what other sick things Lowen would discover. I loved this twisted take on a thriller book. The ending truly left me questioning what was true and what wasn’t. A really good plot twist, even though I was sort of anticipating something to take a turn like that at the end. I just can’t emphasize enough though how much more enjoyable this book was for me compared to Ugly Love 😅 I’d love to see Colleen Hoover write more books in this style 🙏🏼

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Abortion, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Medical trauma, Grief, Gore, Medical content, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Suicide, Vomit, and Violence

ank3's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Self harm, Abandonment, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Violence, Ableism, Death of parent, Abortion, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, Grief, Murder, Torture, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Vomit

Minor: Cursing, Animal death, and Alcohol

shwoffy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Miscarriage, Abortion, and Car accident

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Self harm, Chronic illness, Murder, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Grief, and Gore

aeryth's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Grief, Blood, Murder, Death, Death of parent, Sexual content, Mental illness, Infidelity, Gore, Child death, and Toxic relationship

cozettecc's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Abortion, Murder, and Gore

Minor: Child abuse

charliebites's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, Death, Child abuse, Abortion, Grief, Pregnancy, Murder, Violence, Car accident, and Child death

Moderate: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Confinement, Terminal illness, and Vomit

syverfyre's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

I hated this, it was disturbing, uncomfortable, and sick. I get thrillers need to have thrill and things that are freaky, but the things I read I wish I could forget. It's not even that bad when thinking about the horror genre but it is absolutely not a romance or regular CoHo book. Writing was weak, and way too much spice for the genre in my opinion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Body shaming

midnightmadds's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

I went into this book excited to learn about the huge plot twist everyone was talking about and was pretty underwhelmed. I felt that it was fairly predictable and definitely didn’t live up to the hype. Was still a good, quick read. Kept my attention all the way through. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Violence, Gore, Murder, and Suicidal thoughts