Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

Verity by Colleen Hoover

30 reviews

morganpsmith's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent

saturnpersonified's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-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: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Abortion, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Forced institutionalization, and Alcohol

nialiversuch's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

chaotically_katie's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

2.5

Pretty decent book, liked the plot twist towards the end, but the writing is somehow both convoluted and simplistic. 

One of the best pieces of writing advice is to trust your audience. And while I appreciate the spoon-feeding to a certain extent, there comes a point where it’s a bit excessive.

Overall, I recommend reading it. Just not at the top of your reading list.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

carol_c26'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? Yes

1.5

meh didn't really like the book and it was very predictable. I feel like a lot of the appeal comes from the scandal of it all but it's just poorly written and I’m not super interested in this sensationalism. feels like it's just a bunch of sad and dark stuff thrown in together for a sad and dark soup 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexual content, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

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

annabulkowski's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

lillystahl's review

dark mysterious 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? No

0.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Infidelity, Sexual content, Grief, Abortion, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use, Forced institutionalization, and Alcohol

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

faeriequeenlauren's review

dark emotional mysterious tense 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gaslighting

kaireading's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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: Child death, Death, Violence, Blood, Abortion, and Murder

Moderate: Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Vomit, and Abandonment

Minor: Body shaming, Cancer, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Very graphic and insensitive description of sensitive topics including but not limited to child murder, eating disorders, vomiting/emetophobia, miscarriage, violence/child violence, mental illness, sex, language.