Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Verity by Colleen Hoover

115 reviews

likeasloth's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Abortion, Murder, and Abandonment

tish12's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I want to give it a 5 but something is stopping me and I don't know what. I don't know if it's the tense story stuff or a fault in a character or two. But overall I did love it if it wasn't for real life distractions I would have easily read in a day. 
Please read the warnings though. It's intense. I'm shocked how this went. Overall another great read from colleen hoover. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

hiddeninfantasy's review

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Fatphobia, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

ybrijette's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

thebookaddict's review

adventurous challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

🇳🇱: Dit boek was een ander soort thriller dan verwacht. In het begin vond ik hem erg oppervlakkig. Ik had niet het idee dat ik een thriller las. Later werd dit duidelijker. Het is niet echt een thriller vol gebeurtenissen, maar vooral de vibe is spannend. Je zit de hele tijd te wachten op actie die uitgesteld wordt. Ik had de hele tijd al het idee wat het plot zou zijn, maar het einde had ik zeker niet verwacht.  Voordat je in dit boek begint zou ik wel de trigger warnings lezen, want die kunnen vrij heftig zijn!

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    This book was a different kind of thriller than expected. At first I thought he was very superficial. I didn't feel like I was reading a thriller. This became clearer later. It is not really a thriller full of events, but the vibe is especially exciting. You spend the whole time waiting for action to be postponed. I had an idea all along what the plot would be, but I certainly didn't expect the ending. Before you start this book, I would read the trigger warnings, because they can be quite intense!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Alcohol

ruexx's review

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

This was so shocking. I did not see the plot twist coming and I don’t know if it’s because it was that good or I’m just stupid but overall this book was incredibly disturbing and yet I really enjoyed it and would reread. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

acbh's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

There is no real character development. There’s a great deal of mental illness, but no explanations, just vague speculation. Clearly the author believes giving out small bits of disjointed information makes the plot more mysterious. I assume she’s going for an ‘art imitates life/life imitates art’ vibe, but it falls short as she’s given the reader little of either. I determining what is truth and what is fiction, look for the biggest holes in the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Abandonment

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

mishasbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

ellescuriosity's review against another edition

challenging dark tense

3.75

…there were some really sick parts tbh 🤢

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

siennakt30's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail