Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

De waarheid by Colleen Hoover

293 reviews

0liviamarie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Blood, Body shaming, Cancer, Car accident, Chronic illness, Death, Eating disorder, Grief, Self harm, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Abortion, Domestic abuse, Gore, Miscarriage, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Murder, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

sambolin's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad 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? Yes

3.75

Verity lives up to they hype of the mystery and tension. Even writing this I’m still a little freaked out by the concept. The almost open-ended-ness of the ending is definitely going to sit with me for a long time. However, the obsession over a man that’s only traits I can remember are being handsome and loving his children was taken a little overboard. There were many times I was rolling my eyes and even the smut felt a little much. The mystery and creepiness in the book were great- the relationships not as much. I did find the story within the story interesting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Abortion, Toxic relationship, Violence, Confinement, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Fatphobia

hailsatan's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Car accident, Abortion, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Sexual content, and Vomit

dev921's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Blood, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Miscarriage, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Vomit, Ableism, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Pregnancy

emileegargano's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

2.0

the ending was so fucking stupid? also the amount of graphic sex scenes are so unnecessary for a thriller book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Murder, Mental illness, Sexual content, Child abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Car accident

john_pascoe's review against another edition

dark medium-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

3.0

 Honestly a bit creepy but Jeremy is such a romantic. I hate the last line so MUCH. This deviates so far from Colleen Hoover's usual writing style. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Suicide, Child death, Child abuse, Murder, Ableism, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, and Suicide attempt

yellowsnowman's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Domestic abuse, Abortion, Murder, Car accident, Death, and Vomit

mimmixoxo's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

0.5

This book made me legit angry in the worst way possible. I don’t know how it ended up with 4 stars on here. Such immature writing and a terrible thriller piece, if I didn’t know any better I would say it was written by a 16 year old on wattpad. To all the people who think this is genuinely good thriller please read an actual thriller like Rebecca or anything by Shirley Jackson or Riley Sager. Or anything would be better than this honestly. (Gave it a .5 bc I got at least one emotion from reading this) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Gore, Ableism, Misogyny, Infidelity, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Blood, Violence, and Sexual content

Minor: Car accident and Drug use

thebookraiders's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Child death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, and Murder

Moderate: Grief, Blood, Death of parent, and Car accident

Minor: Cancer

hannah_998's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Domestic abuse, Blood, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Death of parent, Car accident, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Gaslighting, and Grief