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Verity, by Colleen Hoover

494 reviews

corinnemarycox's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

honeybunchesofoats06's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Terminal illness, Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Car accident, Death, Gore, Medical trauma, Abortion, Body horror, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Mental illness, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Child death, Grief, Injury/injury detail, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

tjbkorean's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No

2.25

This book seriously needs some content warnings 😫
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I would not have read it if I’d have known of the disturbing violence towards infants/children in it. If you are a fan of being in shock/horror/disturbed then you may enjoy this more than me. I just don’t have the stomach for that type of thing since my first pregnancy and I actively avoid anything of that nature whenever I can. 

With that being said. It definitely made it easy to visualize how much of a psychotic disgusting person this character is when you read it. You can’t help but be completely blindsided by the level of evil. Now that’s by design obviously for the character and for the book to have that shocking effect, but just not my cup of tea. 

🌶️There is also plenty of seggs scenes sprinkled throughout and while I haven’t read any of Hoover’s other books, I’m sure her history in romance lends well to those parts in this story. For that, I am considering reading one of her romances to see how that compares to this book. I can’t say I enjoyed them as much cause I was constantly reeling from the fact that these people are sickos….

⭐️For me this is a solid 2.5 star book but if you aren’t swayed by violence towards children you may have a higher opinion of this mysterious/thriller romance.

***MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS AHEAD***

So I’m not sure when the bonus chapter edition of the book came out but if you haven’t read it then the story would be so very different and idk if that’s in a good way or not. After being brought to a level of disturbance that I have yet to find in other stories, you get a twist that doesn’t solidify anything other than, you just don’t know wtf happened. There is no truth, not really. It makes EVERYONE in the story look absolutely psycho and horrible, INCLUDING Crew! 

There’s also a handful of loose ends that make you wonder why those details even exist. The sleepwalking? The knife thing with Crew? The home nurse? Just stuff that could have been more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Child abuse, and Abortion

Minor: Body shaming and Vomit

allya2259's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Sexual content

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Abortion, Child abuse, Violence, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, and Suicide

caseylovett's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Suicide attempt, Car accident, and Gaslighting

xy_francis's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I swore I knew how the book would end the whole time I was reading it…and I was half right, half not quite right. I definitely have theories that weren’t addressed by the book - but was I just reading into it too much?? I read the second half of the book in a day, so it was definitely a page turner! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Medical content, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Car accident, Death, Abortion, Child abuse, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Murder, Infidelity, and Vomit

Some parts of the book may be hard to read, but are in digestible chunks if that makes sense.

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

caseyae96's review against another edition

challenging 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? Yes

3.0

I do like a mystery thriller, and didn’t mind a romance thrown in the mix. Unfortunately I found a lot of it… meh. The sex scene’s began to feel repetitive and somehow off (even if it is somewhat explained in Verity’s letter). I felt like I came up with more exciting twists about the manuscript than what existed, though it is interesting to be left wondering what the truth is. All of this would have left me with 4/5 stars, but the child abuse, real or imaginary, really disturbed me and turned me off of the book. I don’t vibe with child abuse in books at all. For fans of this book I recommend Rock, Paper, Scissors by Alice Feeny. It has mystery and marital suspense, though certainly less sex. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Violence, Vomit, Murder, and Child death

katylizg'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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Death, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Child death, Grief, Murder, Injury/injury detail, Abortion, and Self harm

chloe927lou's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, Child death, Infidelity, Injury/injury detail, Abortion, Murder, Vomit, Violence, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, Medical content, Death of parent, Grief, Chronic illness, Car accident, Alcohol, and Blood