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Verity by Colleen Hoover

143 reviews

sambolin's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-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? Yes

3.75

Verity lives up to they hype of the mystery and tension. Even writing this I’m still a little freaked out by the concept. The almost open-ended-ness of the ending is definitely going to sit with me for a long time. However, the obsession over a man that’s only traits I can remember are being handsome and loving his children was taken a little overboard. There were many times I was rolling my eyes and even the smut felt a little much. The mystery and creepiness in the book were great- the relationships not as much. I did find the story within the story interesting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Abortion, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Fatphobia

hailsatan's review

dark mysterious sad 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

coolkid's review

dark 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

2.75

This was one of two Colleen Hoover books I read at the same time. I will give her this, her reading style is soo easy to consume. I can't believe how fast I got through these given how bad they are. This one is much better than Nov 9. Hoover's writing style is still for actual toddlers, but she does decent with darkness. If she didn't try to make it romantic, it might even be worth 3 stars. 

As is, though, this book is average at best. Lowen is very unlikable. Verity was a much more interesting character - and, as always, Hoover's shaming of motherly women who like sex remains a constant.

Also what's the weird deal with Lowan's drug addiction? Why was that never like... followed up on? And why did Crew eat a knife? Like? Hello?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Self harm, Suicide, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction and Drug abuse

planetshelf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? Yes

3.5

Colleen Hoover used trigger warnings as a checklist and over-explained things too much to maintain the ‘suspense’ aspect of this suspense novel, but I found myself enjoying it and looking forward to reading further.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Drug use, Rape, and Alcohol

geneav21's review

dark emotional mysterious 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? No

4.25

Mind blowing ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

lindasoderlundd's review against another edition

challenging 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

sldibened's review

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: Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

ink_and_wings's review against another edition

dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Sexual content, Grief, Abortion, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Body horror, Terminal illness, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Religious bigotry, and Alcohol

juliajaime98'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? It's complicated

3.5

Good book in terms of keeping you hooked, but I could not stand Lowen and Jeremy was WAY too perfect... And that bonus chapter is just so out of character for everyone involved?? Also kept wanting to go back to the parts of the book that were in Verity's  voice as she was much more compelling as a character, regardless of what you think of her. Also so much sex, it's like all these incredibly complex people can only think about one thing all the time?? Wack! Overall very thrilling read tho with the mystery I could not put it down, so mixed thoughts!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Miscarriage, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Vomit and Car accident

ankiaisreading's review

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? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Blood, and Abortion