Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Verity by Colleen Hoover

740 reviews

lalalauren20's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

I’m going to say this first. I’ve only read one other Hoover book. This story sucks you in & leaves you underwhelmed.

I’m not sure how each thing played out, but Jeremy was behind all of it. I think it’s easy to get to the end & point fingers at Verity or Lowen(main character), but Colleen is playing women knowing that women hate women and it’ll be easy for the audience to hate either Lowen our untrustworthy narrator or Verity our terrible mother figure. But somehow, there’s a perfectly written man in this book…come on come on.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Abortion

Jeremy needed a reason to get rid of his wife. He’s the one who set up the whole thing. I mean even from the beginning this man was waiting for her at that cross walk. He’s the one who read her book, he knew that Löwen was a nobody and didn’t like fame and fortune so she was the perfect quiet naïve writer. Also Lowen has some mental issues so it just like perfect for Lowen to be like “idk what’s going on.” He literally made himself the perfect husband so that when he got to kill Verity he could. Jeremy wrote it & put a bunch of sex in there so it would trigger Lowen & make her hate Verity too. Jeremy set this all up because he blamed his wife for the death of the twins & he slipped away with a new wife who is now pregnant…

neeemii's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

I know everyone says Colleen Hoover is a terrible writer, and this book may be another one but I quote enjoyed it honestly 
The plot twist at the end and the storyline to go with it was absolutely crazy - I mean yes it was definitely a twisted plot but what good book  doesn’t have that 

The only thing I didn’t like about the book was the letter at the end that was definitely not needed I didn’t like it Colleen should have left the original plot and not started changing it it made us start feeling for Verity rather than actually despising her which is what we should have felt

The plot twist was already perfect she didn’t need to change it again and make us confused on Verity’s real personality 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence

mjbee_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Murder, and Pregnancy

averyb35's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

at first, I really didn't like it but then I was hooked, say what you want about Colleen Hoover but she can write a book with an incredible twist. I do not enjoy how she romanticizes cheating, and although Verity is called out for being the villain she is, the protagonist gets away with plenty of shady behavior without showing any remorse. Also, it feels like her books are a little darker than they have to be. The very beginning how the main character and love interest met felt unnatural and uncomfortable. Despite this, I was very invested in this book and thoroughly enjoyed it. Everybody's so creative!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Car accident, and Murder

lauren06100's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I loved this book. Read based on my storygraph recommendations.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Abortion

cinzia_2509's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Car accident, Abortion, and Pregnancy

readwithsophsx's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

breerehac's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

2.5

Didn't love the content and hated the ending. The writing is engaging though, and it was a quick read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

beccamarie_w's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

emmmmmaaa's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Abortion, and Murder

Moderate: Car accident and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer