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Verity by Colleen Hoover

1335 reviews

unordinarynikki's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

This book had a good mix of mystery and psychological tension, with some surprising twists that kept me hooked. But the ending, especially the letter twist, felt a bit forced, and the romance didn’t leave much of an impression. It’s a fast paced and entertaining read, but not something that will stick with me for long.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death of parent

Moderate: Car accident

tammyhai'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? No

3.75

I really enjoyed the journey of the book--at first. Verity was intense, psychotic, and a creepy little villain. I kept waiting for the big twist and I was really disappointed by the end. What a letdown! I think I'm in the minority with my disappointment but honestly when it comes to Colleen Hoover, I don't agree with the rest of the world. While everyone else was swooning over "It Ends with Us," I was underwhelmed. My original criticism of Hoover stands. She's not that great of a writer. Her skills are probably where mine are at. We can write passable YA material but we'll never win pulitzers. But I also think Hoover has exciting ideas that she struggles to execute. 

I do wonder if her flimsy descriptions of our leads are purposeful. We know Jeremy is hot, his looks give our female lead the tingles in every which way. But our female lead suffers from Bella Swan syndrome, she's a fuzzy image that the reader is probably supposed to paste their faces onto. Which may be tantalizing and fun for some readers but not what I'm looking for in a book. 

If you're looking for a dark and twisted thriller, you may need to look elsewhere. The ending is tepid and I really wish the "twist" packed a bigger punch. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Sexual content

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Violence, and Car accident

bdeal096's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This was book was really interesting and I found myself not wanting to put the book down, at first it was a little slow but once you reach a few chapters it it gets really good but the ending had me questioning whether what I was reading was actually what happened.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Grief, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Cursing, Gore, Miscarriage, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, and Murder

Minor: Animal death, Abortion, and Alcohol

abranco02's review

dark mysterious 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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Self harm, and Car accident

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Stalking, 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

matthewmclane's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Abortion, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Body horror, Domestic abuse, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Miscarriage

micky_grace's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

This was the first book to get me reading, I love this book even though the author is controversial this book shaped alot of what I like reading today but if you don't like plot twists your probably not gonna like it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Car accident

bjason21's review

mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

This thriller kept me on my toes! I was hooked from the first chapter and couldn't put the book down once I started reading. I finished in 2 days, probably would have been one if I would have started earlier in the day. It was my first thriller and I really enjoyed it and look forward to reading more thrillers in the future. The romance that transpires between the FMC and MMC was unexpected but very much enjoyable. Overall a great read and the plot, lets just say THICK.  10/10 would recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Self harm, Grief, and Car accident

Minor: Pregnancy

heatherlynnhla2's review

dark mysterious 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

2.75

 Edit: The more I sit and think about this book/ this author, the more unsettled I become. It's like something that leaves a bad taste in your mouth that won't quite go away...

Spoiler  Wow, this book was fucked up. I suppose that's not so much a spoiler as it is a censor, but I cannot think of another way to describe this wild ride. Going into it, I knew Verity was a thriller, but I didn't know it was also part romance... Was a little spicier than I usually read, but I'm wiling to overlook that because of the layers of deception, creepiness, and manipulation all of the characters use. Wish I could read the ending again for the first time, with all the twists and turns.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Self harm, Sexual violence, Violence, Car accident, and Abortion

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