Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Verity by Colleen Hoover

386 reviews

ellie_girl2929's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

5.0

This book made me feel so many emotions. I can’t explain how my mind can be confused but also contain everything I just read. This book was so unpredictable and I never really read this genre/style of writing but I loved it and this was the first Colleen Hoover book I read. I had so many thoughts and possible scenarios going through my head while reading trying to figure what I think could come next. This book felt so real that I thought it could possibly come to life. I never felt like that towards a book before and I loved it.

To answer Lowen’s question “Which truth was she manipulating?” I think Verity was truly sick in the head to make up anything in that matter. I feel like Verity did kill Harper and that her manuscript was all truth. I feel like Verity made that letter up in case she got caught and Jeremy really did report her to the police.> This book made me so spooked that I thought Verity could jump out the book. My mistake for reading a bit at night.

I really felt that Verity was cruel inside with her whole thought process. Every time Lowen described when Verity had her eyes on her, was at the top of the staircase, or on the floor crawling I was so scared because every detail that was described felt so real to me. I even thought if I turned around Verity would be in my room. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual content, Child abuse, Death, Toxic relationship, and Child death

Moderate: Abortion, Blood, Car accident, Cursing, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Grief

whatchareadingheather's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

3.5

Did I think this was a perfect plot? No, and I feel like I've seen a few movies that do this same thing. BUT, I will say that I can see how people can get hooked by Hoover's writing because I found myself really wanting to just drop everything to read this book. If I had a day to do absolutely nothing, I 1000% would've devoured this in one go.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Child death, Vomit, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Infidelity, Confinement, Infertility, Abortion, Blood, and Car accident

ablespia's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Cursing, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Abortion, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Murder, Addiction, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

randilion28's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I loved this book. I finished in a day - after not reading for years. It may not be for everyone so I never really pay attention to reviews because a lot of books I've loved and others haven't and vice versa. Definitely a wild ride IMO. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Child death, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

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

brookey8888's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Death, Grief, Car accident, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Violence, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Gaslighting, Murder, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

ennyesberg's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gaslighting, and Murder

witcheslovingwitches's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Violence, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, and Child death

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Murder, Vomit, and Pregnancy

Minor: Miscarriage, Gore, Car accident, Alcohol, Abortion, and Drug use

ashuhlee's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Death, and Gaslighting

Minor: Car accident

courtreads1010's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting