Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Verity, by Colleen Hoover

1937 reviews

natalia22's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.0

I loved the book. It was like the perfect pace and had great writing. Literally the second book to make me physically sick tho LMAO.

Spoiler

i didn’t like tho how it wasn’t clear as to which the letter or manuscript was the truth. i understand it was to leave it with you and have you decide based off your feelings but there was some stuff that was just confusing. Besides that tho, it was a very good book and literally scared me. loved it even tho some stuff was sickening lmao

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Content Warnings

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

rachelellis'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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child abuse, Child death, Murder, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Infidelity and Grief

liviascarlett's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

1.0

This is bad. Poorly written, poorly paced, characters make bonkers decisions with very little provocation or reasoning, ending leaves all kinds of plot holes other than the intentional twist. Would have DNFd if it had not been a recommendation from one of my students. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Murder

Moderate: Vomit

kat_rowlen's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Sexual content, Child abuse, Car accident, Murder, Blood, Child death, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

e_papankova_333'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

1.0

The only relatable thing about this book was, when she wanted the attention of the husband to herself and hated children. Also, there are a LOT of tw!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Abortion, Child death, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Car accident, Grief, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

curious_axolotl's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Murder, and Child death

greenclovers75's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Child death, Child abuse, Pregnancy, and Death

Minor: Abortion, Car accident, and Blood

squidknees's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious 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

3.25

Quick and fun. Thrilling!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Vomit, Child abuse, Suicide, Medical trauma, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Abortion, Alcohol, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Self harm, Medical content, Murder, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Infidelity, Body horror, Child death, Death of parent, Ableism, Torture, Terminal illness, Sexual content, Mental illness, Chronic illness, Classism, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Drug use, and Dysphoria

Minor: Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, and Animal cruelty

basicallyki's review against another edition

1.0

if this is actually colleen hoovers best book she should not write again. it is so problematic and simply disgusting. maybe i’m missing the point but i really think that even if i am some how, it is because her writing was just that bad. 

what was the point? that’s what i asked myself after every potential plot point was never discussed again. the sleep walking, the obsession from three separate characters, the “is the husband a creep”, the “is the child a psycho” and everything else that was mentioned once and never again. 

the twist was decent but the reaction to it and what came of it ruined it. jeremy and lowen are terrible people throughout the entire book and not once was a rooting for them individually or as a couple. every single character needs therapy and i fully believe the the author does too. her exploitation of trauma is weird, the anti choice throughout the book is excessive and impossible to ignore.  

honestly i could rant forever and i’ve missed a lot of points i wanted to make in this review but i’m sure there are better ones out there that can explain it more thoroughly than i can because i want to put my phone down and forget everything about this awful experience. 

over all if felt like a waste of my time. i’ve read one other book by her and after reading them both i won’t be picking up another. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death of parent, Sexual content, Infidelity, Mental illness, Murder, Abortion, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Grief, Pregnancy, and Misogyny

Moderate: Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, and Miscarriage

Minor: Vomit

heatherymakes's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, and Child abuse