Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

Verity by Colleen Hoover

23 reviews

rory_john14's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Abortion, Child death, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Grief

Moderate: Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Car accident, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Kidnapping, Ableism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Confinement, and Forced institutionalization

planetshelf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Colleen Hoover used trigger warnings as a checklist and over-explained things too much to maintain the ‘suspense’ aspect of this suspense novel, but I found myself enjoying it and looking forward to reading further.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Violence, Vomit, Death, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Child death, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Abortion, Cursing, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Death of parent, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Fatphobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide attempt, and Body shaming

Minor: Rape, Alcohol, and Drug use

morganpsmith's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Ableism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, Child death, Abortion, Infidelity, Murder, Mental illness, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Sexual content, and Car accident

Moderate: Death of parent

saturnpersonified's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• 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, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death, Grief, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Infidelity, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Car accident, Death of parent, Medical content, Suicide attempt, and Vomit

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Ableism, and Alcohol

nialiversuch's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Vomit, Pregnancy, Self harm, Abandonment, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Violence, Ableism, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Murder, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, and Miscarriage

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

carol_c26's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Body horror, Child death, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Ableism, Addiction, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Torture, Abortion, Infertility, Infidelity, Medical content, and Self harm

raemow's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Violence, Death, Miscarriage, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Gaslighting, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Car accident, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Child abuse

annabulkowski's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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: Alcohol, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Gaslighting, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child death, Child abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, and Medical trauma

lillystahl'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

0.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Grief, Abortion, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Sexual content

Moderate: Drug use, Alcohol, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness