Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Verity by Colleen Hoover

247 reviews

gmbooks11_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Abortion, Medical trauma, Medical content, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Death, Murder, Chronic illness, Gaslighting, Self harm, Body horror, Blood, Car accident, Abandonment, Body shaming, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, and Violence

melike_k's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

First Colleen Hoover book I've read. Loved the dark elements and the twists and the ending did not disappoint 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Child death, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Murder, Medical content, and Medical trauma

planetshelf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Colleen Hoover used trigger warnings as a checklist and over-explained things too much to maintain the ‘suspense’ aspect of this suspense novel, but I found myself enjoying it and looking forward to reading further.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Violence, Vomit, Death, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Child death, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Abortion, Cursing, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Death of parent, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Fatphobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide attempt, and Body shaming

Minor: Rape, Alcohol, and Drug use

jesstergaard'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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Car accident, Child death, Death, Gaslighting, Mental illness, and Self harm

geneav21's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

Mind blowing ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Blood, Fatphobia, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Sexual content, Violence, and Vomit

savannajv's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Death of parent, Abortion, Cancer, and Murder

kr29's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Suicide attempt, Murder, Death, Child abuse, Medical trauma, Medical content, and Mental illness

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, and Grief

gn_blomgren's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Whoa. It’s clear early on that each of the main characters have their own baggage of trauma and flaws. What may never be clear is the truth each character hides, except for (maybe) Lowen. Colleen Hoover at it again with her incredible talent for depicting how complicated the human experience is.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, and Sexual content

hannah_998's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Domestic abuse, Blood, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Death of parent, Car accident, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Gaslighting, and Grief

crmccleary's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Child death and Death

Minor: Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Suicide, and Vomit