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Verity by Colleen Hoover

117 reviews

eggfartz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Infidelity, Vomit, Gore, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Alcohol, Death of parent, Grief, Cursing, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, and Physical abuse

squidknees's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious 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

3.25

Quick and fun. Thrilling!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Vomit, Child abuse, Suicide, Medical trauma, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Abortion, Alcohol, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Self harm, Medical content, Murder, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Infidelity, Body horror, Child death, Death of parent, Ableism, Torture, Terminal illness, Sexual content, Mental illness, Chronic illness, Classism, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Drug use, and Dysphoria

Minor: Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, and Animal cruelty

galartinho's review against another edition

challenging tense medium-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? No

1.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Child death, Abortion, and Infidelity

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, and Mental illness

haileywilliamson's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child abuse, Abortion, and Murder

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Cursing

berryradical's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.75

I was able to finish this book mostly in a day because I had to know if my hunches were spot-on and what a curve ball this book was! Can be graphic at times, didn’t know what to expect seeing this is the first book I read by her but will be on the lookout for her other books. She does a good job of keeping things in suspense. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Blood, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Car accident, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Cursing, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Vomit

mollyb13's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

2.5

I have many thoughts about this one... This was my first Colleen Hoover book and maybe I should have started with one of her romance novels, but I'm a thriller girlie so of course I was going to start with Verity. If you are going to read this one, DO NOT READ REVIEWS BEFOREHAND. Though if you have any triggers/if there are topics you don't like to read please please do check the content warnings!

Overall, I'm glad I got my curiosity around this book out of the way, but to me the book did not live up to the hype surrounding it. I will likely try one of Colleen Hoover's romance novels in the future.

Pros:

1. I was too creeped out to read this in bed at night - a daytime book for me. Which is how I like my thrillers to be!
2. I read it really quickly and didn't want to put it down
3. There was some completely bone-chilling moments
   VERITY STANDING AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS OMG. Verity telling Crew to hold his breath before she tipped the canoe!?

Cons:
Unfortunately the cons far outweigh the pros for me. Here are just a few things I couldn't get over:

1. I feel like I was meant to root for Lowen but she helped Jeremy kill Verity at the end!? It wasn't even self defense! Just turn her in! Also she seemed to not care that Jeremy tried killing Verity previously?
2. This whole team manuscript/team letter could likely be pretty well solved by just talking to that agent who Verity said gave her the journaling idea in the first place... If the agent says she never suggested anything like that then likely the manuscript is true
3. I purposefully avoid reading reviews of thrillers because I like to be surprised, but had seen enough praise for this book and people saying
   'the twist was shocking!' that the twist actually fell flat for me. I'm not sure what I was expecting, but everyone had hyped it up so much that I guess I expected to be completely mind blown. I had actually wondered if Jeremy wrote the manuscript earlier on in the book and Verity was being held captive so I was not correct but close enough to not be completely surprised. 
4. The bonus chapter, which I did not read, but read recaps of, was sus and I don't understand the point of it.
   It sounded like Colleen Hoover was maybe trying to push readers towards team letter? Also Jeremy killed a woman because she recognized them at the beach?!?! This chapter sounded like it was unnecessary. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Pregnancy, Child death, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Medical content, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Abortion, Blood, and Car accident

theunmessjess's review against another edition

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

0.25

If it weren't for practically half the book being about detailed sex, I would have given it more stars. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Grief, Murder, and Vomit

emiliakajsaa_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

I don’t think much of Colleen’s writing, she’s not the best author I’ve read from. But I have to give her this, she has a great and disturbed imagination that can come up with flawed characters like these ones. I read this book for a school project and all I can say is, I have ALOT to talk about….

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Child abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Self harm, Cursing, Death, Suicide attempt, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Body shaming, Panic attacks/disorders, and Domestic abuse

celinecra's review against another edition

dark 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

3.0

I hated Lowen from the start sorry. She was awkward and shy all because she fucking broke her wrist one time? Like cmon bitch shut the fuck up. And then all of the sudden she grew balls and threatened Verity?? Like not the best character development I can’t lie. 
I mean I didn’t hate the plot but like, I get it, Verity liked her titties sucked and Lowen never wore a bra how many times do we have to go over this?
Anyways I don’t trust any of the narrators and I blame everyone for everything. 
CoHo is crazy and has had some bonkers likes. I wrote down my favorite which is “He fed me before he fucked me” which I think says a lot about her writing style. 
Overall I didn’t mind the read, the plot was gripping enough that I kept reading but I can’t lie in saying I feel unsatisfied with the ending and like the whole book was somewhat pointless. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Pregnancy, and Miscarriage

hannahnice's review against another edition

mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

<very interested in why he acted the way he did if he had already read the manuscripts!>

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Grief, Murder, Car accident, Emotional abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders