Reviews with content warning for Addiction - Verity

I don’t understand the hype.. don’t get me wrong, I still enjoyed reading it as I finished it in 3.5 days when it usually takes me 2 weeks to finish a book. I heard that the twists in the book are so unexpected, and I was anticipating them, but I figured them out after 100 pages into the story. I was expecting the ending to be more impactful, it felt rather abrupt and unmemorable.

*my idea of a better ending is below. please do not read it if you haven't finished the book*

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I feel the ending would have been better if the author continued emphasizing the whole “verity writing from a villain’s pov” idea. It would have been amazing if the entire story was literally from Verity’s book and if she used both Lowen and Jeremy to write it. All the events are real, but some parts are exaggerated, reflecting how twisted and disturbing the villain is when they are obsessed with someone. Except, the letter Lowen found was planted by them and reveals how everything was set up, from the moment she met Jeremy to Jeremy attempting to kill Verity. Verity is still alive because she was faking it again and they basically used Lowen to help her get out of writer's block and finish her book series. However, after Lowen realized that she's in danger she tries to call the police, but they kill her to keep everything a secret. They moved out of that house and lived in another state with Crew to start over. Years later, Verity regained popularity when she recovered from her “injury” and released the remaining books in her series. They became super popular because of how realistic it felt, as if she was writing from a real experience. The secret here is that what she wrote in all her books is real and the villain lives happily ever after both on paper and in real life. Then the last sentence at the end of the story is a line from her very last book on the very last page, “No one ever believes the villain, but when they do, all they see is Verity.”

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bkmckown's review against another edition

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5.0

That was such a crazy book! You weren’t sure who to trust, everyone was crazy in one way or another. Verity’s chapter were SO hard to read. As a parent, I felt physical pain reading them. If I were in Jeremy’s shoes, I would’ve done the same. This book has lots of trigger warnings: abortion, child death, suicide, violence. It is not the usual Colleen Hoover book but it was a fantastic, edge of your seat thriller.

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grace_lynn08's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional 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? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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carol_c26's review against another edition

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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? Yes

1.5

meh didn't really like the book and it was very predictable. I feel like a lot of the appeal comes from the scandal of it all but it's just poorly written and I’m not super interested in this sensationalism. feels like it's just a bunch of sad and dark stuff thrown in together for a sad and dark soup

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book_becca's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional 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

4.25

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sxrxh_lenx's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I can’t believe that I’m giving this book 5 stars but it is what it is…

I always knew that Colleen is an incredible writer but this book acceded my expectations. I just finished reading it and I feel like I need to throw up.

The plot of the book was terrible, I am not a fan of cheating. Having Low being a home wrecker was not something I liked and even more Jeremy actually starting the affair with her.

Lowen is noisy and has her nose up in everything but the things she is supposed to do, write the books she’s supposed to.

The whole book is based on the relationship of Lowen and Jeremy, eventhough you could get the impression in the first few chapters that it really focuses on Low‘s career (which I would have preferred to read more about than this affair).

What I think was interesting is that we don’t get clarification on what really happened, we have the manuscript of verity but then there’s also the letter addressed to Jer. Personally I believe the manuscript over her letter but only because I saw through the whole book, just how manipulative Verity was and honestly I can see how she’d do the things she wrote about. Maybe the letter was a hope for saving her „marriage“ even though it was more obsession from her side than anything else.

Even though I HATE the plot line (mostly because of the cheating), I can’t help but see the work Colleen put in it. I don’t know what it is about her writing but it just makes me addicted to her books. As soon as I start one I cannot put it down until I finished it and that’s what makes a Book Good!

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francess_m's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging 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

5.0

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