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Verity by Colleen Hoover

343 reviews

angelaparnay's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Miscarriage and Pregnancy

kr29's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Grief, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

macleanbridie's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

hannah_998's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

sadiesupernova'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? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Pregnancy

morganpsmith's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent

lindasoderlundd's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

saturnpersonified's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-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: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Abortion, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Forced institutionalization, and Alcohol

sweater_swetha's review against another edition

• 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

2.0

First of all, wtf was that opening scene? It was so graphic and gory, but for what? Literally nothing would have changed if it had been deleted replaced with  a coffee-spilling meet-cute. I literally forgot it happened by the end because of how irrelevant it was. 

This book tried so hard to do an unreliable narrator thing by having the main character be a sleepwalker and taking a couple Xanax. That’s it. There was no subtlety in anything, which I would argue is the single most important thing when writing an unreliable narrator. This book also overrides any of the thriller aspects with garbage smut scenes and a romance that adds next to nothing to the book. The ending “twist” (it wasn’t much of a twist) was really really stupid and made no sense. It just added so many unnecessary plot holes, and kind of just felt like the author just wanted to slap it on so that we could pretend there was a mystery this whole time. There isn’t. Nothing thrilling actually happens in the actual plot. It’s honestly a little sad though, because the premise is really interesting, and with a better thriller/mystery writer, could have been so much more interesting and thought provoking. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Drug use, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Body shaming and Mental illness

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