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Verity by Colleen Hoover

791 reviews

timwilkinson96's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• 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, Death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, and Abortion

Moderate: Cursing, Vomit, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Cancer, Drug use, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Suicide attempt

addiemccoy'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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Blood, Car accident, Abortion, and Murder

ravenray549's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

This book made me end on wtf 
Then another epilogue came out, and it made me wonder what had just happened. I loved the plot twists and the emphasis on these characters. Thank you to Colleen Hoover for making another amazing, 'Can't Put It Down' book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Car accident

Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, Blood, and Car accident

Minor: Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

this book may trigger some things because of the children in the car accident but it is a really well written book

mama_meg's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder, and Pregnancy

ashleycolwell's review

dark mysterious 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

2.5

So, when I started Verity, I was thinking, this isn’t nearly as bad as I thought it was going to be. I thought, well I guess Colleen Hoover isn’t that bad of a writer. But then about halfway through, I was really struggling to continue. Maybe it’s because I already knew exactly what happened, but it didn’t feel very suspenseful to me?

I’ve recently started reading more mysteries and thrillers and I’m always so elated when I’m not in the loop, when I’m guessing about what happens next. Even knowing the plot of this book, the parts I found shocking weren’t related to the thriller part.

The most shocking part is when Lowen lifts her pelvis up to keep Jeremy’s sperm inside her? A man she’s only just met really?? Yuuuuuck.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder, and Pregnancy

gizelleinak's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

2.0

This is my latest attempt to try a Hoover book and it will likely be my last. The idea of the book was good but I think the pacing and execution make it unrealistic. The FMC is 32 yet acts like a high schooler in how fast she falls in love with a man she doesn’t know. I feel like if the timeline was spread out more it would make the story more realistic but that’s not the case. Overall, I wouldn’t recommend this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Abortion, and Suicide attempt

savvyrosereads's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

4.0

Rating: 4/5 stars

Lowen is hired to finish a popular series written by Verity Crawford—but all is not what it seems.

This one has been on my tbr for years, and everyone was always shocked to hear I hadn’t read it, so I thought it was finally time to rectify that. Overall, I enjoyed this—it was entertaining and definitely kept me on the edge of my seat and reading to find out what would happen next.

This is also a super twisted and disturbing book, and I honestly hated every single character—fortunately I’m usually okay with that when it comes to thrillers. Without spoilers, there is of course the issue of THAT ending (and the bizarre bonus chapter in the Collector’s Edition, which I’m honestly not a fan of). I know this is controversial (to say the least) but I think I’m actually Team Letter…

CW: Death/child death; blood/injury; violence; car accident; child abuse

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Content Warnings

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

jpullin1415's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Infidelity, and Blood

miriamelizabethmcneil's review

A few scenes of the book were really disturbing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Violence, Blood, Car accident, and Abortion

katlinstirling_reads's review

challenging dark mysterious reflective 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? N/A

4.0

Well.. this book consumed me to the point I physically couldn’t put it down. Dark, sinister, twisty, suspenseful, captivating, thought-provoking, addictive, completely jaw-dropping, breathtaking.. the list could go on. Verity had to say the least some pretty fucked up chapters where I literally through the book away from me I was so disgusted. I wanted to claw my eyes out with what I was reading, yet it had me going back for more. It is incredibly well-written but I felt the ending was a bit rushed. I haven’t read anything like Verity before and I have read a few CoHo books but this is definitely different to anything else she has written. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail