Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Verity by Colleen Hoover

107 reviews

amre23's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Sexual content, Child death, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Death of parent, Child abuse, Death, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Mental illness, Murder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Medical content, Vomit, Abortion, and Cancer

Minor: Car accident, Pregnancy, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

More CW: Child abandonment, attempted murder, attempted abortion.

annasbookreviews'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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Violence

mccutiereads's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, Child abuse, and Physical abuse

crystalt's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? No

4.25

WHAT?! 
OMG WHAT?! 
I think this is the first time I've read a book like this, but I loved it! So crazy, so many twists, and I'm still left going "WHAT?!?!?!?!"
I can't even begin to describe this book for fear of giving spoilers, but oh my goodness finally a booktok recommendation that did not disappoint! Check trigger warnings, and then if you feel okay, READ IT!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Abandonment, and Child abuse

Moderate: Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, and Grief

carol_c26's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

1.5

meh didn't really like the book and it was very predictable. I feel like a lot of the appeal comes from the scandal of it all but it's just poorly written and I’m not super interested in this sensationalism. feels like it's just a bunch of sad and dark stuff thrown in together for a sad and dark soup 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Body horror, Child death, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Ableism, Addiction, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Torture, Abortion, Infertility, Infidelity, Medical content, and Self harm

ivanaacosta's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Car accident, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Violence, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Murder, Cursing, Grief, and Kidnapping

lalaland07's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

It was such a good book!! Would recommend for sure.. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Vomit, Abortion, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, and Sexual content

Moderate: Grief, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Cursing, and Toxic relationship

With the Abortion tag i added i also need to say that it's attempted abortion/miscarriage

isco1428's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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

4.0

At first I thought the final plot twist was underwhelming and predictable —but then, there was a second final plot twist that was so so good! You spend the course of the book developing all these theories and while some of mine were correct, there were many twists and turns that I didn’t predict. A solid read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Abandonment, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Gaslighting, Murder, Pregnancy, Child death, and Chronic illness

pigro'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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Child death, and Hate crime

brynleenic's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Abandonment, Child death, Death, and Pregnancy

Minor: Stalking