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Verity by Colleen Hoover

129 reviews

itkimby'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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Child death, Grief, Murder, Child abuse, and Death

Moderate: Pregnancy, Alcohol, Blood, Car accident, Gaslighting, Infidelity, and Cursing

samantha914's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood, Vomit, Sexual content, and Murder

Minor: Car accident, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Pregnancy, and Child abuse

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

hiddeninfantasy's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Chronic illness, Suicide attempt, Fatphobia, Cancer, Murder, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Child abuse, Child death, Car accident, Blood, Violence, Abandonment, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Death of parent, Sexual content, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Ableism, Vomit, Body shaming, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

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

riannanana's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, and Child death

Moderate: Abortion, Car accident, and Terminal illness

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Grief, Alcohol, and Blood

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

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

wrappingpaper's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I’ve heard a lot of things about this book and I do think it lives up to the hype! I’ve never read anything by Colleen before but you can really tell she’s a romance author from the amount of sex in this book. 

The themes in this are heavy - please do check the content warnings. 

Overall I really enjoyed the structure of the book and the writing was actually super enjoyable. I like how the story kept me guessing - I enjoyed the plot twist too (not my absolute fav but definitely unique). 
Would recommend if you’re looking for a dark and surprisingly sexy thriller about evil wives (and husbands??)

Read the bonus chapter - it left me viewing Jeremy in a completely different light!! Kinda want a sequel now just to see what happens to them in the future. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Murder, Self harm, Abortion, Blood, Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Cancer, Vomit, and Alcohol

witcheslovingwitches's review against another edition

dark 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? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Violence, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, and Child death

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Murder, Vomit, and Pregnancy

Minor: Miscarriage, Gore, Car accident, Alcohol, Abortion, and Drug use