Reviews tagging Physical abuse

Verity, by Colleen Hoover

197 reviews

rachmco's review against another edition

dark sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child death, Car accident, Miscarriage, Death, Murder, Abortion, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Physical abuse

mdevlin's review against another edition

dark 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

I really wanted to love this but I just didn't. I thought the pace was good and I was interested to keep reading so it gets 3 stars but nothing was surprising, the characters all felt very one dimensional, and the graphic descriptions of child abuse are now easily one of the top most  uncomfortable things I've read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Vomit, Pregnancy, Murder, Child abuse, Death, Child death, and Abortion

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

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

mutt_lover_3's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Murder, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Child death, and Physical abuse

blondebookishbabe's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, and Child abuse

alliebee333's review against another edition

This book was just worst. Characters were unredeemable. The author attempts to make the reader believe something that is then heavily suggested to be a lie on several occasions. Lying to your readers isn’t a plot device or tool; it’s just lying. Totally illogical, but also incredibly predictable. 

There’s a whole page dedicated to a description of Verity’s mother and her “expanding waist line“ and a description of disordered eating/workout behaviors to avoid Verity experiencing the same fate, so reader beware. These are terrible characters, all written terribly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Blood, Car accident, Confinement, Eating disorder, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Fatphobia, Injury/injury detail, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Child death, Grief, Infidelity, Murder, and Physical abuse

adiisbookland91's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? N/A

5.0

CAWPILE: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I was told by my sister to give this book a chance. I had seen a lot of hype around it and then some not so great reviews…soooooo I was doubtful. Buuut it did NOT disappoint. Had me reading non stop had me intrigued by the edge of my seat while I was cooking,took it with me to the bathroom 😳 sooo yeaaahhh! It does have some trigger warning so would recommend to check those out before diving into this WILD ride ! Alsoooo hmmm, #teammanuscript here ✌🏻😌

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Child abuse, Death, Injury/injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual content and Cursing

ptitirodactyle'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? It's complicated

1.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child death, Grief, Physical abuse, Medical content, Mental illness, Child abuse, Abortion, Death, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Infidelity, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Death of parent

it’s smut disguised as a thriller/suspense.

hcrawfo3's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Medical content, Abortion, Eating disorder, Toxic friendship, Injury/injury detail, Infidelity, Grief, Gaslighting, Body horror, Child death, and Cursing

Moderate: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Gore, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting