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Verity by Colleen Hoover

131 reviews

bethy_joy's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, and Cultural appropriation

psyched_np's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

froggybooks's review

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.5

this SHOCKED ME. ms hoover needs to write more thrillers. 

however i just feel a bit funny about the disability rep/views portrayed in the book to give it a 5 star rating. like yh the whole book was yucky and I LOVE THAT. but i think it’s the subtle ableism in it that i draw the line ygm. 

talking about disability rep in the book: 

 the they’re better off dead than disabled trope (awful). the faking disability, adding to a lot of ableism in society. “asperger’s” being used rather than ASD. the portrayal that autistic people have no emotions and are capable of murder bc they have no emotions. incredibly yucky.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Ableism

clairew97's review against another edition

challenging dark tense

• 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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

lexslillibrary's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I quite literally read this book in 3 hours. I think this thriller/suspense with a sprinkling of romance might be where Hoover thrives. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Physical abuse, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Gaslighting

Minor: Body shaming, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, and Alcohol

things100's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Ok so welcome to a mind fuck of a book. Cuz what the heck was that ending. I’m still confused

is the letter the truth or the manuscript???? Like was verity lying did they kill an innocent woman like what the actual heck. I think I’m team manuscript but like I wanna believe the letter cuz I don’t want verity to have been that psycho

Such a great book tho it helped get me out of my 2 month reading slump. Definitely recommend  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Abortion, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Body horror, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Vomit

emilymbrown'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

2.75

i don’t think i like colleen hoover lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Pregnancy

vaguely_pink's review

challenging emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Grief, Abortion, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Vomit, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Cancer, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Medical content, Death of parent, and Alcohol

bookbaby's review

adventurous tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Vomit, Grief, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

lecta's review

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

this is the book people love and cry about it !?
i just can't believe i spent my time on it. it was so stupid like i saw two of the plot twist coming and it was so boring to read. i think the writing was bad, there were many plot holes. i didn't care about the characters and some of the relationships between them were underdeveloped. it was also very repetitive and there wasn't anything thrilling or mysterious too. also the ending like what was that 

 update : after reading the new "exclusive" chapter if it was possible i would have given this book a negative star rating. i want to bleach my eyes after that one smut scene. it should have come with a trigger warnig tbh (my original rating was 1,5 stars)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Sexual content, Blood, Abortion, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Pregnancy

Minor: Miscarriage, Self harm, and Death of parent