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Verity by Colleen Hoover

60 reviews

tatimarie8284's review

dark mysterious reflective 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

3.5

kept me hooked from the beginning. i loved the switching povs from lowen and verity. so many twists and turns yet i did not expect the ending.

i’m definitely team manuscript though

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Confinement, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Self harm, Vomit, Abortion, Death of parent, and Alcohol

sweater_swetha's review

• 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

worldofv33's review

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Minor: Cancer, Drug use, Rape, and Kidnapping

lindseyc's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Drug use, Grief, Car accident, Murder, and Pregnancy

squidknees's review

dark funny 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? Yes

3.25

Quick and fun. Thrilling!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, and Religious bigotry

ashjhenn's review

dark emotional 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Abortion, and Murder

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Drug use, Vomit, and Alcohol

mx_sunshine's review against another edition

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? Yes

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Cancer, Drug use, Vomit, and Alcohol

emilybelger's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug use, Terminal illness, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

readwith_le's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

soniaa5's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Sexual content, Suicide, and Suicide attempt