Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Verity by Colleen Hoover

277 reviews

cjfooks's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.0

Psychological thriller/drama/erotica. 

This book made me thoroughly enjoy being uncomfortable. There’s so many dark elements to it but the overall plot is fascinating and leaves you unsure what will happen at any given moment. 

It’s one of those books where you’re not sure if you can trust hard facts and then proves you right at the end.

Lots of sex that’s written in an excruciatingly uncomfortable but somehow still sexy way. 

It also falls into a weird category of I-don’t-like-the-main-character-but-I’m-still-routing-for-her, even though usually I can’t stand books like that. 

Honestly, I think it’s my favourite Colleen Hoover book so far. I wouldn’t necessarily say it’s better, but the horror undertones and overall uneasy plot appeals to the horror movie fan in me massively. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Child death, Miscarriage, Suicide attempt, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content

kinca1d_j8nna's review against another edition

dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Murder, Child death, Medical trauma, Terminal illness, Sexual content, Death, Grief, and Mental illness

lucykae's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Child death, Gaslighting, Death, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Car accident and Blood

hailey_brueggen's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Murder, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Ableism, Child death, Violence, and Gaslighting

Minor: Abortion and Child abuse

rosedustgirl's review against another edition

adventurous dark lighthearted 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

1.0

Usual tropes and predictable plot, the characters are not redeemable or likeable at all, the only part I did enjoy was the ending and was wishful throughout we could have followed Verity. Alas, we had beige toast instead.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Medical content, Self harm, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, and Suicide attempt

fink1129's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Car accident, Grief, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Child death, Chronic illness, Vomit, and Child abuse

lavaly_1's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Infidelity, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Sexual violence, Death, Car accident, Gaslighting, Sexual content, and Domestic abuse

madalina0_0's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Terminal illness, Body shaming, Gaslighting, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Murder, Vomit, Violence, Addiction, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Self harm, Death of parent, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Infertility, Medical content, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

emwright_33's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Child abuse, Murder, Mental illness, Abortion, Medical trauma, Car accident, Chronic illness, Death, Self harm, and Sexual content

emkrob's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Child abuse, and Medical trauma