Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Verity by Colleen Hoover

266 reviews

conina's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Child death, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Terminal illness, Emotional abuse, Blood, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Murder, Abortion, and Sexual content

revolutiondeathsquad's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

0.5

i went into this knowing i was gonna hate this, but as a hate-read it was incredibly entertaining. just not any good. please look at the content warnings before you read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Miscarriage, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Child abuse, Child death, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Misogyny

mard3ytv's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.0

It is a solid B book. It doesn’t deserve all the hype it gets. I don’t hate it, the plot twist be twisting! It was at least entertaining I guess and that’s all that matters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Toxic friendship, Child abuse, Suicide attempt, Car accident, Miscarriage, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual assault

gabydarling's review against another edition

dark

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Do not read. If you start the book and get angry, it’s probably worth finishing to find out the ending. But I felt sick reading the words written. I have NO idea why this book is so popular. The words are atrocious. The characters are all horrible horrible people. Colleen Hoover needs therapy. The level of description she gives to awful events is scary and sickening.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse

cervella's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

3.0

This book is so triggering. Abortion, abuse, sex, infanticide, matricide … this book is a lot. 

Perhaps it’s a consequence of the “thriller” genre, but I find the way these kinds of books to develop leaves much to be desired. I feel like the first half of the book was setup and then the denouement and finish were lackluster and rushed. In the acknowledgments she mentioned that she hadn’t finished the book until four days before press so maybe that’s got something to do with it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Death of parent, Abortion, Murder, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Vomit

callistafunk's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

child death is referenced a lot, so tread cautiously and this is especially a tough one if you are a parent to twins! So TW for my fellow twin parents!

ailurus's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Emotional abuse, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Child death, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Domestic abuse

maryjames's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Car accident, Murder, Body shaming, Abortion, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Ableism

Moderate: Blood and Vomit

Minor: Fatphobia, Domestic abuse, Car accident, and Grief

kyra_613'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

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Child death, Child abuse, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Car accident, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Grief, Abortion, and Eating disorder

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Ableism, and Vomit

pages_to_go_until_i_sleep's review against another edition

slow-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

0.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Murder, Child abuse, Child death, and Car accident