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Verity by Colleen Hoover

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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.

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alexandrahco's review

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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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matism's review against another edition

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dark tense

4.5

Wowww twisty, twisty, twisty. That’s really all I can even think because this … I don’t even know what to believe. Wild. Crazy. Last 50 got me.
Felt a lot like Rebecca. But creepier.

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heatherlynnhla2's review

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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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nickel28's review

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dark tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
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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kecskestimi's review against another edition

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dark 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

2.0

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kzweig13's review

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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baries's review against another edition

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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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kyliemcmillan22's review

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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reading_with_em224's review

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challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.5

This book. I came into reading this book with a set of expectations and it definitey threw those for a loop. The tension in the book was palpable to the point that I had to put it down multiple times because it became too much. As a mother the scenes that were in the manuscript were horrifying and heartbreaking. There were spicy scenes that lightened the mood a bit but then you'd remember that there was this tension always lurking in the background. Fiction is a crazy place and this book does a great job of diving into the dichotomy that a writer, I'm sure has to live and work through. Great read, but kinda f***ed me up.

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