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Verity by Colleen Hoover

140 reviews

rory1387's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious fast-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

my god--I just finished the audiobook and I could HEAR my heartbeat during those last few chapters. no sleep for me tonight, I guess!!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Murder, and Chronic illness

Minor: Ableism

rusereviews's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

 Verity by Colleen Hoover is a compulsively readable romantic suspense novel. I listened to the audiobook, which clocks in at a little over eight hours and is narrated by Vanessa Johansson and Amy Landon. If you have an Audible Plus membership, it's included through the end of October 2022.

This is my first read by the author, and I've heard so many different things about CoHo. Some people love her books, some people hate them. I think she included a self-reference in this book:

"I'd trolled Verity's reviews before coming here, and in nine out of ten of them, the reviewer referenced wanting to throw their kindles or books across the room."

This book starts out dark, and gets even darker as you keep reading. The content is pretty rough for various reasons. Check the content warnings before you pick this one up. My jaw literally dropped several times throughout this book. It's laid out in a frame story, and the internal story is a bit trauma porn with a side dish of erotica.

Hoover's prose flows very well, and I think she's fairly skilled as a writer. She is particularly good at putting a hook at the end of a chapter that makes you want to read the next one as soon as possible. I call this style of writing potato chip prose. Once you pop, you can't stop, you know? It's easy to see why her books are so popular.

By the end of the book, a few of my theories were correct, so I felt very vindicated.

CW: accidental death (on-page), fatphobia, absent/abusive parents, child abuse, toxic relationships (obsession), death of parent (referenced), cancer (referenced), self-harm, attempted murder, murder, infidelity, ableism 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Self harm, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, and Murder

Moderate: Fatphobia and Ableism

Minor: Death of parent and Cancer

ravens93's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

1.0

The more I think about this book the more I actually despise this book. It only got one star because it was slightly better than The Silent Patient. SLIGHTLY.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Abortion, Violence, Ableism, and Child abuse

Moderate: Child death

This book is just one giant red flag.

vezreads'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

1.75

Sensitivity readers exist for a reason. That's all I have to say

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Minor: Fatphobia

pinkskieslexi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

This book is insane the second you form an idea about where its going theres a new twist, love love love this book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Car accident, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism and Child death

Minor: Rape

froggybooks's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.5

this SHOCKED ME. ms hoover needs to write more thrillers. 

however i just feel a bit funny about the disability rep/views portrayed in the book to give it a 5 star rating. like yh the whole book was yucky and I LOVE THAT. but i think it’s the subtle ableism in it that i draw the line ygm. 

talking about disability rep in the book: 

 the they’re better off dead than disabled trope (awful). the faking disability, adding to a lot of ableism in society. “asperger’s” being used rather than ASD. the portrayal that autistic people have no emotions and are capable of murder bc they have no emotions. incredibly yucky.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Pregnancy, Murder, Gaslighting, Child death, Vomit, Medical content, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Child abuse, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Infidelity, Grief, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Car accident, and Abortion

Moderate: Ableism

sarahmae531's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

My first CoHo book, and I’d say it was a success. This book had me scared to walk around my house at night, and it will probably stay that way for a few days.. Lots of twists and turns. I enjoyed not knowing who to trust as the book went on. Is something up with Verity? Is Lowen an unreliable narrator? I liked the way it ended too

I’m excited to discuss the ending with friends that have also read it to see which version of Verity’s stories they think is true!

Will definitely be picking up more of Hoover’s books in the future!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child death, Murder, Sexual content, and Child abuse

Moderate: Ableism, Vomit, Infidelity, Abortion, and Injury/Injury detail

vaguely_pink's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Abortion, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Grief, Infidelity, Murder, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual content, Ableism, Vomit, Terminal illness, Car accident, Miscarriage, Blood, Confinement, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Cancer, Medical content, Alcohol, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Eating disorder, and Chronic illness

carol_c26's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense 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? Yes

1.5

meh didn't really like the book and it was very predictable. I feel like a lot of the appeal comes from the scandal of it all but it's just poorly written and I’m not super interested in this sensationalism. feels like it's just a bunch of sad and dark stuff thrown in together for a sad and dark soup 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Body horror, Child death, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Ableism, Addiction, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Torture, Abortion, Infertility, Infidelity, Medical content, and Self harm

karicutie's review against another edition

fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Manuscript girly