A review by soph22
Verity by Colleen Hoover

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