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Verity, by Colleen Hoover

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chiannedawes26's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

Gonna start off by saying, this book is very disturbing all the way through. ⚠️ Please check trigger warnings!!! ⚠️

I read this in just over a day, it does grip you and make you want to find out what happens, and I did not see the end coming at all!

There were a few times that I was “spooked” but it’s not very intense/thrilling like I was expecting.

I did however like the idea, plot and the way the writer portrayed the characters.

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jdoerhoff's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

4.25

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charlie6's review against another edition

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dark 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

2.0

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mammawendy39's review against another edition

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dark sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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eahasken's review against another edition

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dark emotional 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? No

3.0

The hype doesn't give this book the payoff it would deserve if you came on it naturally. It's fine, but don't expect the momentous twist promises by booktok.

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texas666's review against another edition

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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? Yes

1.5

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acogna's review against another edition

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dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

2.5

The thing is, this book has an excellent plot. I mean that in the best way. It's extremely Rebecca-esque with the big house and beautiful untouchable husband and the shadow of the former wife that needs to be filled in. But the strange inability for this book to engage with its meta-narrative of writing

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and especially writing as a tool for destruction

and in general its extremely uncomfortable moments of prose genuinely shattered any praise for this book I could give.

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That twist in the end is also quite expected, but in hindsight it was also extremely dumb. There's a lot to be said there about whether or not writing should be believed at face value, but it doesn't go into it farther than that. Also, I just think the twist is just super inconsistent with the rest of the plot. And I also think just writing fucked-up shit like that, even as a coping mechanism, should be put under lock and key forever. Why the fuck was her laptop open for that? Why the fuck was it open on something like that?

Anyway, like all Hoover books I will never read, I will give it the same diagnosis: great plot, terrible execution. Her plot made me finish this in a day; her prose made me want to finish it faster, and not out of love for it.

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