Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Verity by Colleen Hoover

29 reviews

kyraelisabeth's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual violence, Violence, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

delaneybull's review

dark 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

Total trauma porn, not a fan.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, and Abortion

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Murder, and Pregnancy

lindsay424's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

This is by far one of the most tense books I have ever read. I couldn't stop reading it. Amazing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

courtneyluna15's review

dark tense fast-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

Just wtf 😂
Also, check TW's before reading!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer, Sexual violence, and Vomit

LOOK UP TW'S BEFORE READING!! Graphic details!!

skyegbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

Compelling plot but too many 'unnecessary scenes.'

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

terpsichore_olympia'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? Yes

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual content, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, and Murder

Moderate: Cancer, Fatphobia, Miscarriage, Abortion, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, and Kidnapping

sadhvi05's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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 death, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: Sexual violence and Blood

emmashemko's review against another edition

1.0

I’m so angry and disgusted with Colleen Hoover right now. I can say with confidence right now that I’ll never be reading one of her books ever again. 

TW: sexual assault 

I don’t understand how authors can get away with using r/sa as a plot device without consequence. Especially Colleen Hoover who not only used it to advance her plot but consistently glorified and romanticized r/sa in this book. JAIL. 

Verity r/sa Jeremy twice by waking him up with sex. Never in the book does Jeremy consent to this happening to him. When Lowen reads about this happening to Jeremy instead of acknowledging the situation as r/sa she gets jealous of his sex life. r/sa is NOT sexy or romantic. It’s disgusting. 

Then later in the book Jeremy and Lowen have unprotected sex and Jeremy NEVER asks for consent to c*m inside Lowen he just goes ahead and does it. That’s straight up r*pe. 

And on top of all this Colleen Hoover promotes unsafe sex. The first time Lowen and Jeremy have sex he doesn’t have a condom and she isn’t on birth control and they agree the best course of action is to pull out. I’m sorry but there are SO many young people reading Colleen Hoover’s books and I’m disgusted that she’s promoting this to her readers. Especially considering that abortions are not legal everywhere. FU Hoover. 

If you’re going to romanticize r/sa the least you could have done is provide trigger warnings in one of the first pages of this book. Do better Colleen Hoover.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Abortion, Murder, and Pregnancy

wordinessa's review against another edition

dark 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

I feel like most people read this for the shock value, but there are better books out there that can do that for you. This isn't an enjoyable experience, and definitely isn't for everyone - please check content warnings before reading it, every though everyone and their mother is recommending this to everyone they know these days. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

cadeely's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

0.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Child death and Death of parent