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Verity by Colleen Hoover

196 reviews

jesstergaard's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Car accident, Child death, Death, Gaslighting, Mental illness, and Self harm

mochikochicken's review against another edition

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Murder, Death, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Blood, Body horror, Mental illness, Gore, Miscarriage, Abortion, Self harm, and Torture

tatimarie8284's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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

3.5

kept me hooked from the beginning. i loved the switching povs from lowen and verity. so many twists and turns yet i did not expect the ending.

i’m definitely team manuscript though

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Infidelity, Murder, Abortion, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Child abuse, Child death, Gaslighting, and Sexual content

Moderate: Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Stalking, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Animal death, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Bullying, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Self harm, Vomit, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, and Cursing

delaneybull's review against another edition

dark 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

1.0

Total trauma porn, not a fan.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Abortion, and Child abuse

Moderate: Grief, Sexual violence, Violence, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Murder, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

sldibened's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Murder, Abandonment, Chronic illness, Cursing, Body shaming, Car accident, Violence, Abortion, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Death, Death of parent, Medical content, Mental illness, Fatphobia, Gore, Pregnancy, Self harm, and Sexual content

sarah_reeves's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I come here as a mental health professional who hasn’t read anything except nonfiction psychology work for the last 8 years. This past week, I had two clients talk about how amazing this book was, and decided after hearing COUNTLESS rave reviews about Colleen Hoover to purchase it. It sat on my desk for a week before I finally picked it up and for the first time EVER - couldn’t put it down. I read this book from start to finish. Refusing to take my eyes off the words for the approximate 3 hours it took me to finish. I grew so invested in these characters - their stories - their deaths. It’s been about an hour since having completed the book, and I’m still uncertain as to whether or not I believe Miss Verity was as innocent as she says she was. (I think the psychologist in me knows she was a lying, narcissistic, psychopath, but I’m trying to step away from the science, okay?) ;) 

Here’s a shoutout to Colleen Hoover for igniting a love in reading that I thought disappeared long ago. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Death, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Blood, Infidelity, Child death, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

cmillz313's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Child death, Abortion, and Child abuse

payal_s's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Murder, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Blood, Pregnancy, and Body horror

Moderate: Death, Child abuse, and Child death

lindsay424's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

This is by far one of the most tense books I have ever read. I couldn't stop reading it. Amazing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Abortion, Alcohol, Body horror, Cancer, Confinement, Pregnancy, Car accident, Child death, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Stalking, Terminal illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Medical content, Medical trauma, Vomit, Blood, Gaslighting, Gore, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Grief, Infidelity, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Self harm, and Sexual content

nialiversuch's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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, Child abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Vomit, Pregnancy, Self harm, Abandonment, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Violence, Ableism, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Murder, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, and Miscarriage