Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Verity by Colleen Hoover

108 reviews

emileeandherbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

1.0

I found a plot hole I found a plot hole !!! 

Besides that this book was “alright” <—- haha #insidejokes #exclusivity  

Some parts were captivating but a lot of it was meh. Also, there was an unnecessary amount of sex scenes. Literally so pointless. 

ALSO COLLEEN STOP USING ITALICS EVERY GOSH DARN PAGE LIKE STOP PLEASE 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Abandonment, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

becca_w_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Ableism, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Medical content, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Car accident, Child death, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Abortion, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Infidelity, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture, Body horror, Body shaming, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Abandonment

ewoheille's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Cursing, Grief, Death, Abandonment, Blood, Chronic illness, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Violence

romanysky's review against another edition

adventurous 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: Abandonment, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, and Chronic illness

emikr's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Dementia, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, and Child death

Moderate: Addiction, Torture, Vomit, Sexual content, Abandonment, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Abortion

alielinens's review against another edition

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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Abandonment, Child abuse, Child death, and Murder

imkedogger's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Murder and Abortion

Moderate: Abandonment and Car accident

Minor: Body shaming

nenya's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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? Yes

3.75

I must say I expected far worse from this book (as in: I expected it to creep my out way more than it actually did) The story is good but it didn’t knock me out of my socks. The end leaves you questioning everything you thought you knew about so far (before that, it seemed pretty predictable to me) so I‘ll give it that but for me, it’s not the kind of book that will leave you restless and unable to sleep (which is kind of what I had expected).
Overall, I liked the turns it took and the elements of the story are truly my thing but I wish they would‘ve been done a bit differently. (The smut is really good though) 
I did miss some (POC, queer, etc.) representation in there and I strongly disliked how in one of the first chapters, choking kinks were talked about as being perverse (I get when certain kinks are just simply not it for someone but to degrade (consensual) sexual preferences in such a way is not okay in my opinion).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Blood, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Violence, Vomit, Murder, Abortion, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

capybooks's review against another edition

challenging 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

what. the. fuck. how does colleen hoover think of this stuff? didn’t like the final chapter.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Car accident, Confinement, Cursing, Abortion, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Child abuse, Child death, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Violence

amanda_hoog's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Murder, Abandonment, Grief, and Child death

Moderate: Blood, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Pregnancy

Minor: Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Miscarriage, Abortion, Alcohol, and Suicide attempt