Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

Verity by Colleen Hoover

119 reviews

froggybooks's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.5

this SHOCKED ME. ms hoover needs to write more thrillers. 

however i just feel a bit funny about the disability rep/views portrayed in the book to give it a 5 star rating. like yh the whole book was yucky and I LOVE THAT. but i think it’s the subtle ableism in it that i draw the line ygm. 

talking about disability rep in the book: 

 the they’re better off dead than disabled trope (awful). the faking disability, adding to a lot of ableism in society. “asperger’s” being used rather than ASD. the portrayal that autistic people have no emotions and are capable of murder bc they have no emotions. incredibly yucky.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Pregnancy, Murder, Gaslighting, Child death, Vomit, Medical content, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Child abuse, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Infidelity, Grief, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Car accident, and Abortion

Moderate: Ableism

clairew97's review against another edition

challenging dark tense

• 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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Abortion, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Rape, Cancer, Car accident, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Drug use, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Medical content, Death of parent, Grief, Toxic relationship, Gore, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Terminal illness, Violence, and Vomit

lexslillibrary's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

I quite literally read this book in 3 hours. I think this thriller/suspense with a sprinkling of romance might be where Hoover thrives. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, and Abortion

Moderate: Medical content, Gore, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Minor: Body shaming, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, and Drug use

things100's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Ok so welcome to a mind fuck of a book. Cuz what the heck was that ending. I’m still confused

is the letter the truth or the manuscript???? Like was verity lying did they kill an innocent woman like what the actual heck. I think I’m team manuscript but like I wanna believe the letter cuz I don’t want verity to have been that psycho

Such a great book tho it helped get me out of my 2 month reading slump. Definitely recommend  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Grief, Sexual content, Violence, Abortion, Child death, Child abuse, Gaslighting, and Murder

Moderate: Car accident, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Body horror

Minor: Vomit

emilymbrown'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? Yes

2.75

i don’t think i like colleen hoover lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Abortion, Murder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Chronic illness, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

vaguely_pink's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Grief, Infidelity, Murder, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual content, Ableism, Vomit, Terminal illness, Car accident, Miscarriage, Blood, Confinement, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Cancer, Medical content, Alcohol, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Eating disorder, and Chronic illness

bookbaby's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Abortion, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Grief, Murder, Sexual content, and Panic attacks/disorders

noceur's review against another edition

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

this is the book people love and cry about it !?
i just can't believe i spent my time on it. it was so stupid like i saw two of the plot twist coming and it was so boring to read. i think the writing was bad, there were many plot holes. i didn't care about the characters and some of the relationships between them were underdeveloped. it was also very repetitive and there wasn't anything thrilling or mysterious too. also the ending like what was that 

 update : after reading the new "exclusive" chapter if it was possible i would have given this book a negative star rating. i want to bleach my eyes after that one smut scene. it should have come with a trigger warnig tbh (my original rating was 1,5 stars)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Child abuse, Sexual content, Blood, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Vomit, Grief, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Self harm, Death of parent, and Miscarriage

olivia119's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Abortion, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Child death, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

lucilleowen'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? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Very very very dark!! But I loved it 😍 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Blood, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Terminal illness, Abortion, Car accident, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, and Toxic relationship