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Verity by Colleen Hoover

698 reviews

kieragiles's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Murder, and Toxic relationship

mikaylarupke's review against another edition

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

4.75

I wanted to see what all the hype was surrounding Colleen Hoover (I had never read one of her books) and this book intrigued me. That being said, I very much enjoy a dark novel that has a twist so this did that for me. While her writing style isn’t my favorite, I still very much enjoyed the book and had a hard time putting it down. 
There were many gasps and ‘I need a minute’ moments that I appreciate in a book. And while there were a few things that I kind of saw coming, there was quite a few that I didn’t. 
Overall, I really enjoyed it. I would recommend it to anyone who likes dark & twisty with a good bit of smut. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Abortion, Miscarriage, Murder, Physical abuse, and Suicide

Moderate: Violence, Car accident, Confinement, and Blood

cameronlk's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Cursing, Child abuse, Death, Infidelity, Murder, Child death, and Blood

ablespia's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Cursing, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Abortion, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Murder, Addiction, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

antimony27's review against another edition

challenging 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Mental illness, Murder, Death, Blood, Car accident, Confinement, Violence, Child death, Grief, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

brookey8888's review against another edition

dark 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

4.0

I think I’m team manuscript. 

I enjoyed this! It wasn’t asking creepy as I was expecting(people made it sound so creepy). I was intrigued and wanted to see what was going to happen, but I was honestly mostly in this for the romance honestly. Some parts of this were very hard and disturbing to read. I don’t love the ending it just felt kind of rushed idk. It was enjoyable, but I didn’t find anything shocking tbh. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Death, Grief, Car accident, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Violence, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Gaslighting, Murder, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

witcheslovingwitches's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Violence, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, and Child death

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Murder, Vomit, and Pregnancy

Minor: Miscarriage, Gore, Car accident, Alcohol, Abortion, and Drug use

raizynbran's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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? N/A

1.0

I haven't disliked a book this much in a long time. First, it's so slow and almost entirely inner dialogue. Tediously descriptive. My interest was lost fairly quick and I had a very difficult time getting through this book. Ended up doing more skimming than quality reading. None of the characters were lovable or had any redeeming qualities. And I mean, NONE! Even the son wasn't likeable by the end. This whole family is just...a bunch of psychos. The whole story was fairly predictable. Verity was a terrible person and Lowen and Jeremy having an affair in the same home as his "sick/injured" wife gave me the ick! The only reason I finished this was because it was a recommendation from a family member and she enjoyed it. On my own I would've DNF'd this one when Lowen started reading Verity's journal. If you know why, you know why. This just wasn't a book for me.

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Content Warnings

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

iloponis's review against another edition

2.5

the ending bumped this from a 2 to a 2.5
cons include miss hoover never having heard of “show dont tell” and bashing the reader over the head with the same information over and over (

Spoiler

oh, im attracted to jeremy but i shouldnt be! this house is creepy! im fucked up and traumatized bc i sleepwalk! verity writes from the perspective of the villain!

) 
the only pro i can think of is the interesting ending

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Child death

blucbell's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

it shocked me for days, i like the plot twist even tho verity's autobiography triggered me a lot

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pregnancy, Car accident, Child death, and Violence