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Verity by Colleen Hoover

140 reviews

cammiem8's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.5

This is Colleen Hoover’s Gone Girl. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Ableism, Confinement, and Fatphobia

amgarrido's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Violence, Vomit, Abortion, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

erica_reads_things's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

Really great, fast paced read. Kept me guessing throughout the whole thing up until the end, and even my last minute guesses weren't correct. Beware of unexpected fatphobic content. But overall an interesting read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Car accident, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Medical content and Death of parent

megan_j's review against another edition

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

4.5

Spoilers throughout -
I did enjoy this, however I was expecting a big A HAH moment at the end - which never really came for me. The main twist was the unreliable narrator, but this is a mystery where we will never figure out the truth, which leaves it open for the reader’s interpretation. For me, I think she was psychotic, but I’d be interested in hearing why others would think otherwise. I never really grew a connection to the characters, lowen and Jeremy just didn’t really do anything for me and I didn’t really care about what happened to them. I’d been putting off reading this for a while because everyone said it was really scary, and while it was tense and a very creepy I didn’t find it scary - more disturbing. I don’t often read mystery thrillers though and I enjoyed Colleen hoovers simple writing as I always do.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death and Confinement

hlhayes7's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, and Grief

Minor: Car accident

miquiiki's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

She’s insane…they all are. Even crew. Everyone in this book needs help. That’s all.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Blood, Vomit, and Abortion

rachelplz's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Self harm, Sexual content, Grief, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, and Car accident

Minor: Ableism, Body shaming, Vomit, and Car accident

becca_w_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Body horror, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Minor: Abandonment

lipstickitotheman's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

2.0

It's fine. I wasn't into the writing style/narrative voice, but the plot kept me wanting to move forward. Might have rated it higher, but the rampant ableism made me rate it lower.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Self harm, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

hi_im_tate's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

2.5

I am truly at a loss of words about this book.

I wish I could allow myself to rate it higher, I really, really do. It is just so DIFFICULT for me to look past all of the ableism that shines through with this book. I don't know if Lowen was written as a character that could be hated, but she definitely is one for me. I think, I THINK all the ableism was written in a way to avoid readers growing attached to Lowen because some of the things that were said/written about Verity were things that seemed to me only to be things that only a blatant abelist would say, and I would like to think that is not something people would blatantly show in this day and age, but I could be wrong.

There was, also, the descriptions of the deaths. I thoroughly enjoyed the descriptions and think they add to the book in its horror. However, they could be extremely triggering for anyone who has ever lost a child in whatever situation. It could, also, be triggering for anyone who has ever been in a physically or emotionally abusive relationship. If you want to read this book, please, please, PLEASE take a look at the content warnings and be careful.

There is so much more I could say about this book. I loved and hated it. There are just so many things I cannot let myself get past with this book, so I cannot give it any higher rating than what I have.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Blood, Car accident, Abortion, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Miscarriage, Rape, Vomit, and Alcohol