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Verity by Colleen Hoover

131 reviews

olivia119's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

lucilleowen's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Very very very dark!! But I loved it 😍 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

sameen_haque's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• 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, Death, Grief, Abortion, and Murder

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Stalking

raemow's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

mariasilva's review

dark 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? Yes

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy

mhhmm's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

5.0

I have no idea if there are spoilers or not, anyway it's more my thoughts than book review... 

I didn't know that sometimes seeing a person being good, caring and emotional hurts more than watching him with disgust for being worst, not capable of loving, obsessed, cruel, lying manipulative monster, or villain. 

 And even after that pain, I experienced from this book end... I still can't believe that human beings can be so cruel. That is why I hurt again and again my heart thinking that she WAS capable of love and she loved, with all her heart and that every breath she took was for them. 

 I always do this, YKNW? 
 I tried to see light, even when there is no chance in dark, that she exists. I still fight my every single breath, heartbeat, my life being to bring the light. Because I'm just not capable to accept that person CAN be bad just from himself. There is always more to the story: parents who fucked up a young kid or tragedy that breaks even the strongest. So for me, no villain is entirely villain. 
 And I feel bad, I want to rip my heart as this book did, but I feel bad even for the villain from this book. And it's horrible, I can't forgive myself for that.

 But again, it would be true if I didn't take a light side of the story, and believed that the villain was just a character from a VERY messed up imagination. 

This book... It took me more than other books to write a review. 

 I could put this book down and I read her so fast as I had never done other book. I was addicted, I was shocked, horrified and sometimes I had to put this book down just to place through, but it didn't last long, because she was a drug, she was bad in so many ways, the relationships were toxic, the characters lied, but damn. It did something... 

The plot was shocking, and when I thought that I know everything, that I spoiled it somehow, I understand, that no...The is much more than what I have through and in the end, I doubted even myself...And every character was suspect for me. 

 Also, I loved little love moments and it gives me butterflies just from looks...to make this strong connection between characters is not easy. It amazed me how much love can be it these glances and you don't even need touch. I believe one character from this book would not agree with me, because to her touch was the only word of love. 

The truth is that:

 Book is good when you are done reading and can't forget her, she is good when she takes emotions from you, she is good when in the end when you are on the last page and read the words "The end" you feel numb because she ended. 

 This book ripped my heart and stepped on her with disgust. It hurt, but it made me laugh. I think I'm broken just like this book. Before and even more after. 

It is just how one sentence can change the entire plot. But it amazed me as a reader. 

Again and again, I can't get enough of this author, because it seems that every book, written by her tears my heart apart, but then again the other comes and does the same. Wow...When I think that fake characters can make me so pathetic, so vulnerable. 

 And its power, you know, to create a fake world that would look more real than the one where you live... She is powerful. 

So now this book... 
 Without further discussion or explanation, she gets 5⭐. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Abortion

Moderate: Cancer, Fatphobia, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Car accident

Minor: Animal death, Cursing, and Panic attacks/disorders

hannahrose140's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

There were some parts of this book that were predictable, but the big twists at the end really made it better for me!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, and Pregnancy

noveltay's review

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.25

I read this book cover to cover in 4 hours. This is a book that keeps you page turning. If you normally read thrillers but no spice, this is not the book for you as the 2 main plots revolve around spice. 

I would say the ending was anti-climatic for me personally, which is why this is not a 5 star review. I think the way things ended with Verity (not per say the letter), that it could have been MORE. I also want to know more about April, did she know all about Verity? That leaves me wondering.

Oh, & I’m 10000000% team manuscript.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

mheiling's review

dark mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Blood, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Vomit and Kidnapping

azapolya's review

emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Abortion, and Pregnancy