Reviews tagging Cursing

Verity, by Colleen Hoover

179 reviews

holliesatchell'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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, Car accident, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug use, Grief, Alcohol, Miscarriage, Abortion, Child death, Death, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Murder, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

nadiajanai's review against another edition

There were zero content warnings  about the graphic and honestly disturbing sexual descriptions in this book. I tried to bypass the first few thinking it would get better, but they started showing up several times per chapter. The author uses the expression f-ing throughout, which is excessively vulgar. I wish I had a heads up before beginning this book. The premise is so intriguing, but the content is offensive. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Child abuse, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Death, Emotional abuse, Child death, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

emmareedspages's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Child death, Child abuse, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Cursing, Self harm, and Pregnancy

amaranth_wytch's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Cursing, Sexual content, Child abuse, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Abortion, Vomit, and Grief

Minor: Miscarriage, Infidelity, Injury/injury detail, Car accident, and Confinement

chandlerwood's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

1.25

Compulsively readable but one of the worst mystery reveals I’ve ever read in my entire life. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Ableism, Abortion, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Vomit

Moderate: Cancer, Car accident, and Cursing

anielabooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child death, Physical abuse, Violence, Mental illness, Abortion, Blood, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Car accident, Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Grief

Moderate: Ableism, Sexual content, Suicide, Vomit, Pregnancy, Self harm, Infidelity, Suicide attempt, Injury/injury detail, and Cursing

Minor: Alcohol, Miscarriage, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, and Rape

turtle_puff95's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

Very dark, emotionaly hard to read at times. Way too raunchy for my taste. The ending left me feeling disappointed, but for the characters themselves. What an awful way things came together in the end. And

Spoiler

was the letter at the end real, or are we supposed to believe the manuscript that was throughout the whole book? Was a Verity just a distant mother, or was she actually a murderer?

The plot twist was definitely there, but it left me feeling terrible about it. Hated the ending, and really by the end, I hated the main characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Grief, Child death, Murder, and Sexual content

hayleythegoose's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Infidelity, Medical content, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/injury detail, Abortion, Murder, Vomit, Death, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Drug use

literallysam's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? No

5.0

HOLY SHIT!! WHAT A BOOK-
After being disappointed a couple times I try not to read such hyped books with any expectations. But this book, I think, is DEFINITELY well deserving of all the hype it has gathered. If you're a beginner of thrillers then you should really go for it, but if you are a more traditional thriller reader then you may not appreciate it much. I personally haven't ready many thrillers, so I found it really captivating.

The author is know for her heartbreaking romance and this is not the kind of book that she usually writes. It gave superrr creepy vibes.. and I really liked it. It's captivating, brainstorming and well-written. Some scenes were so so spooky and frightening, I got goosebumps. The book has a perfect balance between romance, thrill and suspense. Though there's just an awful a lot of smut in the name of romance but I think it added the element of obsession into the book which was essential for Verity.

There were also some elements which gave me mixed feelings for the book. Like, Jeremy's character felt way too stiff & shallow in the entire book and Lowen on the other hand felt so inconsistent as a protagonist. But nonetheless, I really reallyy enjoyed it- It's like I love this book most the way but not all the way. Despite all the cons, Verity is a true page turner. I was completely hooked and just couldn't put it down. Pages upon pages of this book had me gasping with utter shock and surprise.

Best part of the book was the end- THE ENDING WAS THE ESSENCE FOR ME!! Like, just when I thought that the book could not get any more twisted, it did. It just blew my mind- whew..

⚠️It's really dark and edgy, pls look into Trigger warnings before reading.⚠️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Pregnancy, Cursing, Mental illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Sexual content, Murder, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Child death, and Child abuse

Moderate: Abortion and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

sophiaaliyaali's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Violence, Child abuse, Mental illness, Grief, Abortion, Infidelity, Sexual content, Death, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Toxic relationship