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Verity by Colleen Hoover

283 reviews

ank3's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Self harm, Abandonment, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Violence, Ableism, Death of parent, Abortion, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, Grief, Murder, Torture, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Vomit

Minor: Cursing, Animal death, and Alcohol

17nhammad's review against another edition

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? Yes

3.0

the plot did not justify being forced to read all the atrocities and mediocre smut in this book. the ending felt like a cop out and left me wishing hoover had taken the horror route instead. the characters aside from verity herself felt extremely two-dimensional and the relationship between lowen and jeremy was forced at best.

the bland writing made this book extremely digestible and easy to read. i was able to finish it in two sittings, but i’m not sure that’s a good thing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Sexual content, Murder, Grief, Abortion, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, and Car accident

lizkdsb's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Murder, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Violence, Ableism, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Grief, Dysphoria, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Confinement, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

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

mollies_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

Wow…

Now I get the hype over Hoover’s books. This was addicting, fast paced, and suspenseful. I had so many theories, each one squashed with a new chapter. I really enjoyed the mystery and thrill of this story, and will definitely be thinking about the characters and questioning the truth for weeks to come.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Murder, and Child death

Moderate: Abortion, Infidelity, Physical abuse, and Vomit

Minor: Fatphobia, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

michelleub's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

3.75

As someone who usually doesn’t read thrillers, I really did enjoy reading this one. I know CoHo gets criticized a lot but this one actually has a good plot. I think maybe CoHo should stick to thrillers and maybe part ways from the romance genre, her books just need more than just romance, for example it ends with us, it was good because it had that whole domestic violence thing going on. This book? It had the manuscript, the creepy verity and the sudden deaths of her two children. I never knew what she was going to do next, but I just had to find out, which why I practically ate this shit up. Read half of the book in one day even though I had to learn for my exam. 
Anyway now you know how I feel about the book but I also want to talk about the important stuff.
Her writing. I felt like she did not really describe places or people so I couldn’t really imagine anything or anyone but Jeremy and I think the only thing I know about him is that he is attractive, oh and verity is skinny is something I just have to guess from her mindset about her body. The irony in this is that I also felt like CoHo sometimes talked about stuff that was unnecessary, for example the sex scenes, we get they had sex, I don’t need it described all the time. But the unnecessary stuff, apart from the sexual content, got better, either that or I stopped noticing because I only cared about the manuscript. 
Overall, this book was like most of CoHo books, easy to read and get through, definitely a good book when your just getting started with thrillers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Sexual content, Child abuse, Child death, Mental illness, and Murder

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

Minor: Sexual harassment

charliebites's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, Death, Child abuse, Abortion, Grief, Pregnancy, Murder, Violence, Car accident, and Child death

Moderate: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Confinement, Terminal illness, and Vomit

hiddeninfantasy's review against another edition

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

_pxstel_pxges_'s review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

OMG...where do I begin??? This book had so many twists and turns that I was panicking the entire time. The ending had me gasping. Omg... 10/10 read. Please be aware of the triggers. Highly recommend

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion

Minor: Suicide and Suicidal thoughts

samshepx's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Body horror, and Child death

Minor: Vomit and Self harm