Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Verity, by Colleen Hoover

208 reviews

chaotically_katie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

Pretty decent book, liked the plot twist towards the end, but the writing is somehow both convoluted and simplistic. 

One of the best pieces of writing advice is to trust your audience. And while I appreciate the spoon-feeding to a certain extent, there comes a point where it’s a bit excessive.

Overall, I recommend reading it. Just not at the top of your reading list.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Infidelity, Injury/injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Ableism, Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Gaslighting, Grief, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Body shaming, Car accident, Violence, and Vomit

lostreader_101's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.75

I couldn't put this book down I mean the characters were all so interesting and at the end I still don't know what to think. This book is creepy, thrilling, and very tense and dark. It's definitely a psychological thriller. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Violence, Cursing, Medical content, Grief, Child abuse, Infertility, Chronic illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Murder, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Gore, Gaslighting, and Child death

ayshereads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Vomit, Blood, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Grief, Hate crime, Violence, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Injury/injury detail, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Death, Death of parent, Car accident, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

shels96'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: Physical abuse, Infidelity, Cursing, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Child abuse, Car accident, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Medical trauma, and Death

eimii's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Vomit, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Car accident, Child death, Violence, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Blood, Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, and Suicide attempt

corndogqueeen's review against another edition

0.5

I can't even put into words how bad that book was. I assumed I'd at least enjoy the story due to the high praise literally everyone else has for it but holy shit it is so bad. I absolutely cannot even believe the reception to this LMAO

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Murder, Grief, and Death

abooklikeyou's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, Cursing, Death, Toxic relationship, Child death, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Medical trauma, Gore, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Pregnancy

danielle_things's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I thought this was well written and performed. Really interesting plot. I’m actually glad I listened to the audiobook instead of reading it because of the two different points of view.  

Spoiler

Avoid if you are triggered by child abuse or psychological abuse.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Abortion, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Car accident and Child abuse

courtney_1's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Domestic abuse, Death, Child abuse, and Child death

Moderate: Medical trauma and Car accident

macykey's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

This books twists and turns definitely shocked me. I personally am not a fan of books where you can’t clearly tell who’s the bad guy and who’s the good guy in the end. But this book was definitely a page turner for sure. Some of the sex did seem gratuitous and edged on a little too violent for my taste. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexual content, and Murder

Moderate: Miscarriage, Abortion, and Car accident