Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

Verity by Colleen Hoover

143 reviews

revolutiondeathsquad's review

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

0.5

i went into this knowing i was gonna hate this, but as a hate-read it was incredibly entertaining. just not any good. please look at the content warnings before you read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Misogyny

felixthesmexyfox's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

1.0

What the flippity fuck did i just read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Fatphobia, Gore, Blood, Grief, and Car accident

maryjames's review

dark mysterious 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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Car accident, Abortion, and Murder

Moderate: Blood and Vomit

Minor: Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, and Car accident

kyra_613's review

dark mysterious 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

2.5

when i first read the book i liked it a lot because i thought it was just supposed to be a psychological horror/thriller, but upon discovering that this is supposed to be a dark romance, i like it significantly less. protagonist is far from the main character, everyone is awful, and there are so many missed opportunities for genuine character development. the romance is the most insufferable part of the book, but it was tolerable when i thought it was meant to be a horror element. so if you just pretend to not know you’re reading a colleen hoover book, this is a solid 3.5 for simplicity and tropes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, and Pregnancy

Minor: Ableism, Forced institutionalization, and Vomit

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

2.5

I enjoyed the twists but there was far too many sex scenes for a thriller and I didn’t connect to the characters at all. It just felt a little flat is all. However, it was extremely easy to get through and I found that every time I picked it up I struggled to put it down!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Abortion, and Murder

Moderate: Body shaming, Chronic illness, Cursing, Blood, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, and Dysphoria

pam_'s review

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

The best Colleen Hoover novel I’ve ever read. The twist at the end was actually good (though yes, there was a lengthy explanation). Parts of this book were horrifying. I was constantly trying to guess how it would end and I could not stop reading (finished this in four days). This reminded me of “Flowers in the Attic” by VC Andrews for some reason.

The only negative: the main character is annoying and downright unlikeable by the end (but it works with the ending imo).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Blood, Car accident, and Abortion

Minor: Ableism, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Violence, Medical content, Grief, and Pregnancy

davianareads's review

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

bmitch21's review

challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.25

This is one of the hardest books I’ve ever read. There were points where I HAD to put it down and walk away bc it was so dark. 
I’ve never read a book that made me feel so disgusted and sick to my stomach and made me cry like this. There absolutely should be a trigger warning before the book even starts. 
There’s no romance to me in this book. It’s smut, which I’m okay with, while others aren’t. 
If you have triggers of child death and abuse, this book is NOT for you. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

iliketoreadxoxo's review

dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, and Abortion

Minor: Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Fatphobia

0liviamarie's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Graphic: Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail