Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Verity by Colleen Hoover

44 reviews

lillycrisp's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Child abuse

anielabooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

Very entertaining book. Something very different from Colleen’s romance books that I’ve read. It was very eerie and tense at times, which I loved. This might be my second favorite Colleen book I’ve read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Grief, Murder, Abortion, Blood, Child death, Death, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Infidelity, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Cursing, Ableism, and Pregnancy

Minor: Animal death, Confinement, Miscarriage, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcohol

emmashemko's review against another edition

1.0

I’m so angry and disgusted with Colleen Hoover right now. I can say with confidence right now that I’ll never be reading one of her books ever again. 

TW: sexual assault 

I don’t understand how authors can get away with using r/sa as a plot device without consequence. Especially Colleen Hoover who not only used it to advance her plot but consistently glorified and romanticized r/sa in this book. JAIL. 

Verity r/sa Jeremy twice by waking him up with sex. Never in the book does Jeremy consent to this happening to him. When Lowen reads about this happening to Jeremy instead of acknowledging the situation as r/sa she gets jealous of his sex life. r/sa is NOT sexy or romantic. It’s disgusting. 

Then later in the book Jeremy and Lowen have unprotected sex and Jeremy NEVER asks for consent to c*m inside Lowen he just goes ahead and does it. That’s straight up r*pe. 

And on top of all this Colleen Hoover promotes unsafe sex. The first time Lowen and Jeremy have sex he doesn’t have a condom and she isn’t on birth control and they agree the best course of action is to pull out. I’m sorry but there are SO many young people reading Colleen Hoover’s books and I’m disgusted that she’s promoting this to her readers. Especially considering that abortions are not legal everywhere. FU Hoover. 

If you’re going to romanticize r/sa the least you could have done is provide trigger warnings in one of the first pages of this book. Do better Colleen Hoover.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Sexual content, Rape, Child abuse, Child death, Abortion, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, and Blood

scarlettoliver's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Grief, Infidelity, Murder, Child death, Blood, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Ableism, and Abortion

Minor: Cancer, Rape, Confinement, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Vomit, Miscarriage, Cursing, Drug use, and Gaslighting

metalcutesolid's review against another edition

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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Miscarriage, Abortion, Death, Grief, and Infidelity

Minor: Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Drug abuse

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

clairew97's review against another edition

challenging dark tense

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Abortion, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Rape, Cancer, Car accident, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Drug use, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Medical content, Death of parent, Grief, Toxic relationship, Gore, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Terminal illness, Violence, and Vomit

lucilleowen's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Very very very dark!! But I loved it 😍 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Blood, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Terminal illness, Abortion, Car accident, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, and Toxic relationship

leahlovesloslibros's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

This was my first Colleen Hoover (CoHo) book, and for as much hype as she gets, I thought it was just OK. It was very much a page-turner, but I figured out the supposed twist pretty early on, which made it disappointing when the "twist" wasn't so much a twist, but really was just what it seemed to be all along.

AKA, Verity not actually being comatose but just faking it all along? We were basically led to believe that was happening the whole time; we just didn't necessarily know why.

The romance between Lowen and Jeremy was both boring and annoying. It was predictable and really just felt forced. I know there was supposed to be a romance piece to the story, but it was just awkward and cringe-y.

The last little twist that Hoover threw in there was somewhat redeeming, especially since she left you rethinking everything that you thought you knew through the whole book. Bravo for that, at least. 

It sounds like I hated this book; I really didn't. I actually couldn't stop reading it. I just really didn't like the characters (even the ones we were supposed to be rooting for). I think the premise of the book held a lot of promise but I wish it had been executed differently. Would I recommend it? That's a solid maybe, and if so, there would be caveats with the recommendation.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Miscarriage, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Child death, Sexual content, Abortion, and Murder

Moderate: Pregnancy, Car accident, and Fatphobia

Minor: Death of parent, Rape, and Cancer

Additional TW/CW: drowning

eimearo_c's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Grief, Abortion, Abandonment, Blood, Toxic relationship, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death of parent, Car accident, Confinement, and Murder

Minor: Vomit, Suicide, Rape, Medical content, Drug use, Suicide attempt, Excrement, and Eating disorder