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illeling05's review
dark
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
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
4.25
It really is a good story and I love the ending. Such a beautifully made plot leaving you with goosebumps.
There has been moments where I've felt disgust, sadness, anger and awe to the stories.
The only thing I wish, is that I was aware of how graphic and sexual some of the content was... Which made me skip some lines here and there.
Eitherway, it's an amazing story which I recommend. The plot is well made and at the end you won't know what is true and what is not.
There has been moments where I've felt disgust, sadness, anger and awe to the stories.
The only thing I wish, is that I was aware of how graphic and sexual some of the content was... Which made me skip some lines here and there.
Eitherway, it's an amazing story which I recommend. The plot is well made and at the end you won't know what is true and what is not.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Sexual content, Abortion, and Murder
Moderate: Death and Violence
Minor: Cursing and Pregnancy
jenjeha's review
dark
mysterious
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? No
3.75
Verity is a good read, definitely hard to put down and very dark. The ending was a little weird and left me feeling off about everything. Overall I would recommend it!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse and Abortion
tanyanguyen's review against another edition
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
1.5
- the writing is unbelievably uncreative and boring. i don't think figurative language was ever used, save for a simile here and there. she never describes what anything looks like. i can think of only two times when she maybe mentioned a color. it was like reading the stage directions of a script because she only wanted to describe in excruciating detail the characters' actions.
- my hot take is that my seventeen year old self could've written this book. my author friends' writing skills already surpassed this book in like 2018.
- it was mysterious and suspenseful so that was fun
- ambiguous ending which i can enjoy
- it may have been a fun thriller but this is definitely not a romance 😠the romantic leads are so incredibly flat and they have no chemistry at all. no one has any redeeming traits. the only character with a personality at all is girlboss verity
- there is way too much smut in this book and i eventually skipped those parts because i was bored. also why is verity describing every single time she had intercourse in her autobiography
- we need to decenter men in 2025. every sentence is just about jeremy, the most boring man on the planet. even though the protagonist and eponymous character are both women. this book does not pass the bechdel test. i strongly believe that all women authors' books should pass the bechdel test
- also why does it feel like everyone's deduction skills are very poor. like aren't you guys mystery writers
i'm being unnecessarily nitpicky but there's some random manipulation power dynamic going on with how jeremy already knew who she was and specifically chose her to hire blahblahblah. it's annoying and kind of strange it was like she tried to write a gone girl but wanted to make nick dunne triumphant at the end. unfortunately, just like gone girl, i was always rooting for amy dunne/verity
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, and Abortion
Moderate: Miscarriage
Minor: Death of parent
zoejenpick's review
dark
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? It's complicated
4.0
This book is actually insane but a great book to get me back into reading
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Abortion, and Murder
hconner's review
dark
emotional
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? No
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Sexual content, Grief, Abortion, and Murder
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
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
dak_notprescott's review
challenging
dark
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
4.0
I thought I knew what was coming and they may have been true if some parts but man it shocked me in many ways
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, and Abortion
penapeed's review
medium-paced
4.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child death
Minor: Child abuse, Abortion, and Murder
aaashtyn's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
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
4.0
A very intriguing and quick story! It caught my interest from the beginning and I was interested to keep reading. I do feel like the build up to the turning point took a while and more action could have happened in the middle. I do also wish that some of the book series that Verity wrote was included to get a sense of how her stories were written to see if her true self was written in her books. I did have a feeling that Jeremy was involved in Verity’s accident, and I believe the truth is a mix of the manuscript and the letter.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Abortion, Death of parent, and Murder
Moderate: Cursing
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.
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