Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Verity by Colleen Hoover

909 reviews

hadams_1003's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Miscarriage, Murder, Child abuse, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Abortion, Death, Grief, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Vomit and Blood

carolinacortez'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

3.0

"I could do things you would never forgive me for. But you'll always forgive your children" 

Es el segundo libro de Colleen que leo y el último que me llamaba la atención de la autora y quiero decir que en general es bueno, pero aún así tengo mis problemas, le hubiera dado menos si no es por ese final, QUEEE FINAAAL, la verdad no lo ví venir, me tomo por sorpresa yo juraba que la historia huba por un camino y tras me dió la vuelta por completo, si hay unos detalles que son super predecibles pero el principal, al menos a mi punto de vista, no lo fue.

"I wanted to rip my heart out and feed it to you because I knew you no longer had one of your own" 

Supongo que después de leer las últimas 50 págs todas las conductas problemáticas, raras, creepies y súper red flags, tienen sentido y explicación pero aún así A MI me incómodo mucho como para darle más estrellas, sobre todo la relación/dinámica entre Low y Jeremy 

Eso sí es súper rápido de leer y te engancha muy fácil, no lo podía soltar, 

Spoiler

WTF WTF WTF CON LAS ULTIMAS 100 PÁGINAS
Hay muchas cosas que pienso al respecto en primera creo que todos en esa casa están locos INCLUIDO EL NIÑO, en segunda no se que creer si el manuscrito o la carta por qué como dice verity en su carta en serio creemos que hay mujeres que ven el sexo así (que no sea parte de una película porno obv) pero a la vez como alguien puede escribir eso sobre sus hijas sea verdad o no? Es muy pronto para tener una conclusión pero yo creo que las dos son verdad, creo que verity mato a su hija y que Jeremy intento matar a verity cuando lo descubrió
También se me hace super interesante como low se fue convirtiendo poco a poco en verity y se obsesiona con Jeremy y como ella al principio dice que el otro chavo se enamoro de la idea de ella y no de ella misma y luego ella se enamora de la idea de Jeremy a través de el manyscrito de verity que del mismo Jeremy; igual Jeremy la manera en la que el había elegido desde antes a Low por qué le gustó el personaje de sus libros, eso te da un indicio de la idea general del libro:

Creemos todo lo que leemos

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Death, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Sexual content

Moderate: Blood, Stalking, and Gore

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

jellyhavana's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Sexual content, Child death, Abortion, Vomit, and Child abuse

Moderate: Grief, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Murder, Miscarriage, Infidelity, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Fatphobia, Death of parent, and Car accident

readbycarina's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Abortion, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Child abuse, Child death, and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Death, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, and Pregnancy

Minor: Car accident, Terminal illness, Vomit, and Death of parent

accidentallyinspace's review against another edition

dark 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

2.5

Middling at best, but a quick read. Ironically, just like the main character, I could have done with about 75% less graphic sex scenes; I started skipping them. Plot twist at the end was fairly silly and honestly clashes with some other events of the book, which I suppose she intended to add to the

Spoiler

life of Pi-style ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Child abuse, Sexual content, Vomit, Murder, and Pregnancy

coolkid's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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

2.75

This was one of two Colleen Hoover books I read at the same time. I will give her this, her reading style is soo easy to consume. I can't believe how fast I got through these given how bad they are. This one is much better than Nov 9. Hoover's writing style is still for actual toddlers, but she does decent with darkness. If she didn't try to make it romantic, it might even be worth 3 stars. 

As is, though, this book is average at best. Lowen is very unlikable. Verity was a much more interesting character - and, as always, Hoover's shaming of motherly women who like sex remains a constant.

Spoiler

Also what's the weird deal with Lowan's drug addiction? Why was that never like... followed up on? And why did Crew eat a knife? Like? Hello?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Self harm, Death, Child death, Pregnancy, Murder, Mental illness, Child abuse, Misogyny, Infidelity, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Car accident, Suicide, Body shaming, and Vomit

Moderate: Drug abuse and Addiction

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

dev921's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Blood, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Miscarriage, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Vomit, Ableism, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Pregnancy