Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Verity, by Colleen Hoover

382 reviews

emiliakajsaa_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

2.0

I don’t think much of Colleen’s writing, she’s not the best author I’ve read from. But I have to give her this, she has a great and disturbed imagination that can come up with flawed characters like these ones. I read this book for a school project and all I can say is, I have ALOT to talk about….

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Child abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Self harm, Cursing, Death, Suicide attempt, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Body shaming, Panic attacks/disorders, and Domestic abuse

lynzostronger's review against another edition

mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child death, Death, Murder, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

kimziemae's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Murder, Death, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Child abuse, and Confinement

texas666's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual content, Murder, Physical abuse, Child death, Confinement, Abortion, Car accident, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Violence, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Miscarriage, and Toxic relationship

lauren717's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Blood, Pregnancy, Grief, Abortion, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, and Sexual content

Minor: Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Death, Gaslighting, Injury/injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Abortion, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Blood, Cancer, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Medical trauma, Murder, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Car accident, and Child abuse

trogers71's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Sexual content, Murder, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse

Only read this if you can manage murder and heavy subjects. It is intense

dloury's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Child abuse, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Murder, Pregnancy, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Murder and Car accident

flowchelle'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

2.0

If you can get past the vast amount of things that people would never do in normal life, then the story makes you want to read more to know what happened in the end. However, no right minded person would ever stay in the house or worse sleep in the bed of a woman whose family has experience the tragedy that verity’s has. Those types of eye-roll-inducing plot points continue and you have to accept how ridiculous they are and get past them to enjoy the rest of the story! Overall, it read like a young adult book with amateur smut and a predictable twist. This is the first Colleen Hoover book I’ve read and probably the last. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Pregnancy, Grief, Car accident, Misogyny, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Abortion, Blood, Death of parent, Medical content, and Murder

readwith_le's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Injury/injury detail, Grief, Drug use, Abortion, Child death, Child abuse, Violence, Pregnancy, Medical content, Death, Murder, Miscarriage, Car accident, Death of parent, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Chronic illness, and Blood

amartin713's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Fatphobia, Violence, Emotional abuse, and Murder