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Verity by Colleen Hoover

383 reviews

kyra_613's review against another edition

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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

2.5

when i first read the book i liked it a lot because i thought it was just supposed to be a psychological horror/thriller, but upon discovering that this is supposed to be a dark romance, i like it significantly less. protagonist is far from the main character, everyone is awful, and there are so many missed opportunities for genuine character development. the romance is the most insufferable part of the book, but it was tolerable when i thought it was meant to be a horror element. so if you just pretend to not know you’re reading a colleen hoover book, this is a solid 3.5 for simplicity and tropes

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brookey8888's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

I think I’m team manuscript. 

I enjoyed this! It wasn’t asking creepy as I was expecting(people made it sound so creepy). I was intrigued and wanted to see what was going to happen, but I was honestly mostly in this for the romance honestly. Some parts of this were very hard and disturbing to read. I don’t love the ending it just felt kind of rushed idk. It was enjoyable, but I didn’t find anything shocking tbh. 

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ennyesberg's review against another edition

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

4.75

A big plot twist not shore that i liked it

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witcheslovingwitches's review against another edition

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

4.0


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ashuhlee's review against another edition

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

3.0

I hated how entertaining this was.
There was definitely plot holes but I was willing to overlook them. Overall it could have been worse

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courtreads1010's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0


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dpearson5257's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Ok, I have thoughts, I think but first ⚠️!!! Yes this is a thriller and creepy but you are also opening yourself up to child abuse, child endangerment and murder. So if this is not for you I highly suggest to protect your peace and not pick this up. Read a spoiler review, this book shan’t be read!!

This story is extremely twisted but what do you expect from CoHo! She’s gonna give you complex topic, chaotic and messy characters, very questionable decisions and probably toxic relationships to some extent. Because this is a thriller I can’t really say too much without giving out too much. But there were some moments when I was like did we actually need this? I did enjoy it, it is addicting and read basically the last half in like a day, you will be creeped out lol and the ending will have you questioning everything!!!



Why it’s not a 5⭐️ for me ⬇️ mild spoilers
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There were 2 things mentioned between the characters and I guess I was expecting them to be more detailed or have a bigger part on the story than they did. They were literally just, here you go and it’s here because I the author put it there, and that’s it lol like did we need it? We needed one of the things but not both. 

And the other reason why this isn’t a 5⭐️ is simply because I would have to guard people of what they’re truly about to get into to. You have to be in some kind of therapy to be able to write something this terrible to not just kids but infants, babies! And CoHo’s books really need to start coming with a trigger warning page because everyone and their mother talked about this thriller and this creepy manuscript but no one mentions the messed up things within the pages of said manuscript 🤦🏾‍♀️ so take it as you will. Enjoy and happy reading.


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ladylucy22's review against another edition

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challenging dark slow-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


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mishasbooks's review against another edition

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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? It's complicated

4.75


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ellestark's review against another edition

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challenging dark tense

3.75

…there were some really sick parts tbh 🤢

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