A review by courtneyblack
Verity by Colleen Hoover

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

5.0

Justice is such a hard topic to tackle and Colleen Hoover has done it brilliantly. The book is disturbing, challenging and mind warping. I can’t believe I hadn’t read it sooner. It is a letter to the psyche of a writer’s mind in the most complex and nuanced way. It is not a love letter but not a hate letter either. It makes you think about your own prejudice and thought processes and at its end makes you reflect on how you perceive narrative and perspective. It is so well done and really helped me get out of quite a long reading slump only taking me 4 days to read. I could have smashed it out in a day or two if it wasn’t so thrilling and scary and disturbing it is definitely not for the faint of heart. For the first time in a long time I’m giving a book 5 stars.
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