Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Verity by Colleen Hoover

760 reviews

kat_brisbane's review

dark emotional mysterious sad 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? No

4.0

It was hard to put it down at times but made me feel uneasy at the story line. Very heavy themes involving the death of children which took me by surprise.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Toxic relationship, Grief, Abortion, and Murder

alisiakae's review

dark 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, and Car accident

trinny_'s review

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.5

Fast paced mystery with weird Colleen hoover style smut throughout 
Duo pov 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy

alexandrahco's review

dark 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? It's complicated

3.75

This book really creeped me out and the mystery of it all kept me going. Much more disturbing than I anticipated. I predicted some of it but was definitely surprised (and perplexed) by the ending. Authors: please STOP glorifying and/or downplaying abuse, SA, coercion, stalking... She glorifies and downplays SA, coercion, and other blurry/icky sexual behavior on multiple occasions throughout this book. Likely won't read another Colleen Hoover book because of that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Sexual content, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Ableism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, and Blood

rwims's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.5

A page turner where we find verity a mother, wife and author seriously injured after an accident bed bound unable to finish her successful book series and lowen an author tasked with finishing the series who moves into to verity’s home to get inside the mind of the successful author. Enjoyed the start of the novel.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Toxic relationship, Car accident, and Murder

baries's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Enfermos, todos están bien jodidamente enfermos.

Fuera de eso, está entretenido para pasar el rato.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Abortion, Murder, and Gaslighting

syisreading's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Suspense is present in this novel; there are points where I feel I am on the edge of my seat. Also, I must admit there were moments when some of the scenes were told in such graphic detail that it was uncomfortable to read. Better character development would have helped the reader relate to the main character because

I think the readers would have understood why she stayed; we only got snippets of her past and thought process as a writer. We know she experienced/saw tragedies, but she was reading an autobiography-  something was presented as true, and she waited so long to act on it - I just felt something was missing

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

btowner's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Child death, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

brittrogue's review against another edition

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Sexual content, Car accident, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, Abortion, and Gaslighting

Minor: Animal death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

ccescas's review

dark sad 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Abortion