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Verity by Colleen Hoover

118 reviews

francess_m's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Addiction, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Child death, Death, Mental illness, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Grief, Medical content, and Vomit

soph22'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

3.5

This books triggered me a lot and actually caused me anxiety. It dealt with a lot of betray and abandonment issues and I wasn’t really prepared for how it would make me feel. Maybe if there had been one character who wasn’t a truly awful and despicable person, I might have found it better. It needed a Cousin Greg (Succession). I could never get past feeling that Jeremy was a manipulator and never telling the truth and ultimately I think believe the letter. Maybe I’m coming at it from the wrong point of view but that’s how I felt. The sex scenes in this are also a bit … weird - even a character says she’s bored reading them! Overall, I’m not sorry for Lowen. She made her bed, and now she has to lie in it.

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Content Warnings

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

kaireading's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Child death, Murder, and Abortion

Moderate: Abandonment, Vomit, Sexual content, Miscarriage, and Physical abuse

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Death, Cancer, Medical trauma, Grief, Cursing, Confinement, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Body shaming, Alcohol, Eating disorder, Torture, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Medical content, Mental illness, and Forced institutionalization

Very graphic and insensitive description of sensitive topics including but not limited to child murder, eating disorders, vomiting/emetophobia, miscarriage, violence/child violence, mental illness, sex, language.

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

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

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

Minor: Animal death and Confinement

caitlinderocker'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Mental illness, Murder, Animal death, Blood, Car accident, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Medical content, Vomit, Child death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, and Violence

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

Moderate: Body shaming, Ableism, and Grief

Minor: Car accident

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, Murder, Self harm, Grief, Pregnancy, and Sexual content

Moderate: Infidelity, Car accident, and Suicidal thoughts

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

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

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

Minor: Abandonment

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

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

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