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Verity by Colleen Hoover

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hailtramp's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

every character is straight up psycho. the storyline itself was actually really good but I felt like the manuscript chapters were way better than any of the current plot chapters. tension is built well but many plot points are rushed through or explained away too easily 
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taylord17's review

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dark mysterious 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

5.0

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shmear's review

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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alisiakae's review

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dark 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? It's complicated

3.0

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mykila's review

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

4.0

I think this is a lifetime movie in book form. I think it’s great for someone who considers themselves a casual reader and is getting back into reading. This is what it was for me. 
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brideal's review

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dark mysterious sad 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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illeling05's review

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dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-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

4.25

It really is a good story and I love the ending. Such a beautifully made plot leaving you with goosebumps. 

There has been moments where I've felt disgust, sadness, anger and awe to the stories. 

The only thing I wish, is that I was aware of how graphic and sexual some of the content was... Which made me skip some lines here and there.

Eitherway, it's an amazing story which I recommend. The plot is well made and at the end you won't know what is true and what is not.
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casaphaletook's review

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

5.0

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tanyanguyen's review against another edition

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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

1.5

  • the writing is unbelievably uncreative and boring. i don't think figurative language was ever used, save for a simile here and there. she never describes what anything looks like. i can think of only two times when she maybe mentioned a color. it was like reading the stage directions of a script because she only wanted to describe in excruciating detail the characters' actions.
    • my hot take is that my seventeen year old self could've written this book. my author friends' writing skills already surpassed this book in like 2018.
  • it was mysterious and suspenseful so that was fun
  • ambiguous ending which i can enjoy
  • it may have been a fun thriller but this is definitely not a romance 😭 the romantic leads are so incredibly flat and they have no chemistry at all. no one has any redeeming traits. the only character with a personality at all is girlboss verity
  • there is way too much smut in this book and i eventually skipped those parts because i was bored. also why is verity describing every single time she had intercourse in her autobiography
  • we need to decenter men in 2025. every sentence is just about jeremy, the most boring man on the planet. even though the protagonist and eponymous character are both women. this book does not pass the bechdel test. i strongly believe that all women authors' books should pass the bechdel test
  • also why does it feel like everyone's deduction skills are very poor. like aren't you guys mystery writers
  • i'm being unnecessarily nitpicky but there's some random manipulation power dynamic going on with how jeremy already knew who she was and specifically chose her to hire blahblahblah. it's annoying and kind of strange
  • it was like she tried to write a gone girl but wanted to make nick dunne triumphant at the end. unfortunately, just like gone girl, i was always rooting for amy dunne/verity
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hconner's review

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dark emotional sad tense medium-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? No

4.25

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