Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Verity by Colleen Hoover

286 reviews

emmajh91's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gaslighting, Medical content, Sexual content, and Car accident

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

shansometimes's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• 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 abuse, Child death, Grief, and Sexual content

Moderate: Medical content and Pregnancy

Minor: Vomit

laurenellisx's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Medical content, Abortion, and Gaslighting

vaehangel's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Car accident, Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Abortion

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Murder

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

forgedopulence'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? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Every single character in this was a villain. I'm giving it 2 stars because I genuinely enjoyed the suspense, but if I believed in book burning, this would be one of the first victims. 

Verity makes me feel physically ill. Team manuscript. 
Lowen is spineless, invasive, clingy, and a homewrecker. 
Jeremy is also spineless, also a homewrecker, and somehow blinded to psychopathy with abundant fellatio. 

Something about the way this was written, just thinking about one mother writing another mother's perspective in this way, that makes my skin crawl.
Verity solidifies for me that I find nothing redeemable or admirable about CoHo's writing. This was my last attempt. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Infidelity, Abortion, Child death, Pregnancy, Self harm, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Grief, Blood, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Medical content, Excrement, and Violence

fictionalized_bliss's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Abortion, Body horror, Grief, Violence, Vomit, Self harm, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Car accident, Child abuse, Medical trauma, and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent and Cancer

Minor: Blood, Ableism, and Fatphobia

acart0323's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual content, and Child death

Minor: Toxic relationship, Suicide, and Medical content

hailey_brueggen'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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Murder, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Ableism, Child death, Violence, and Gaslighting

Minor: Abortion and Child abuse