Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Verity by Colleen Hoover

21 reviews

lindasoderlundd's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Child death, Cursing, Murder, Body shaming, Infidelity, Vomit, Child abuse, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Grief, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Car accident, and Confinement

Minor: Terminal illness, Animal death, Alcohol, Cancer, and Suicide attempt

tatimarie8284's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-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

3.5

kept me hooked from the beginning. i loved the switching povs from lowen and verity. so many twists and turns yet i did not expect the ending.

Spoiler

i’m definitely team manuscript though

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Infidelity, Murder, Abortion, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Child abuse, Child death, Gaslighting, and Sexual content

Moderate: Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Stalking, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Animal death, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Bullying, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Self harm, Vomit, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, and Cursing

infjkiki's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Vomit, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Death, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Child abuse, Child death, Murder, Blood, and Infidelity

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Alcohol, Animal death, Cancer, Confinement, and Addiction

gothmiku's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Grief, Car accident, Miscarriage, Abortion, Child abuse, and Child death

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Blood, Suicide attempt, Ableism, Gaslighting, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Body horror, Fatphobia, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: Animal cruelty, Kidnapping, Chronic illness, Animal death, and Cancer

anielabooks's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

Very entertaining book. Something very different from Colleen’s romance books that I’ve read. It was very eerie and tense at times, which I loved. This might be my second favorite Colleen book I’ve read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Grief, Murder, Abortion, Blood, Child death, Death, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Infidelity, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Cursing, Ableism, and Pregnancy

Minor: Animal death, Confinement, Miscarriage, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcohol

annasbookreviews's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Violence

mamawantsbooks'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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Grief, Abortion, Blood, Body shaming, Pregnancy, Vomit, Body horror, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Child death, Murder, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Miscarriage, and Violence

Minor: Animal death

clairew97's review against another edition

challenging dark tense

• 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: Animal death, Death, Abortion, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Rape, Cancer, Car accident, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Drug use, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Medical content, Death of parent, Grief, Toxic relationship, Gore, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Terminal illness, Violence, and Vomit

vaguely_pink's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Grief, Infidelity, Murder, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual content, Ableism, Vomit, Terminal illness, Car accident, Miscarriage, Blood, Confinement, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Cancer, Medical content, Alcohol, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Eating disorder, and Chronic illness

mhhmm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

5.0

I have no idea if there are spoilers or not, anyway it's more my thoughts than book review... 

I didn't know that sometimes seeing a person being good, caring and emotional hurts more than watching him with disgust for being worst, not capable of loving, obsessed, cruel, lying manipulative monster, or villain. 

 And even after that pain, I experienced from this book end... I still can't believe that human beings can be so cruel. That is why I hurt again and again my heart thinking that she WAS capable of love and she loved, with all her heart and that every breath she took was for them. 

 I always do this, YKNW? 
 I tried to see light, even when there is no chance in dark, that she exists. I still fight my every single breath, heartbeat, my life being to bring the light. Because I'm just not capable to accept that person CAN be bad just from himself. There is always more to the story: parents who fucked up a young kid or tragedy that breaks even the strongest. So for me, no villain is entirely villain. 
 And I feel bad, I want to rip my heart as this book did, but I feel bad even for the villain from this book. And it's horrible, I can't forgive myself for that.

 But again, it would be true if I didn't take a light side of the story, and believed that the villain was just a character from a VERY messed up imagination. 

This book... It took me more than other books to write a review. 

 I could put this book down and I read her so fast as I had never done other book. I was addicted, I was shocked, horrified and sometimes I had to put this book down just to place through, but it didn't last long, because she was a drug, she was bad in so many ways, the relationships were toxic, the characters lied, but damn. It did something... 

The plot was shocking, and when I thought that I know everything, that I spoiled it somehow, I understand, that no...The is much more than what I have through and in the end, I doubted even myself...And every character was suspect for me. 

 Also, I loved little love moments and it gives me butterflies just from looks...to make this strong connection between characters is not easy. It amazed me how much love can be it these glances and you don't even need touch. I believe one character from this book would not agree with me, because to her touch was the only word of love. 

The truth is that:

 Book is good when you are done reading and can't forget her, she is good when she takes emotions from you, she is good when in the end when you are on the last page and read the words "The end" you feel numb because she ended. 

 This book ripped my heart and stepped on her with disgust. It hurt, but it made me laugh. I think I'm broken just like this book. Before and even more after. 

It is just how one sentence can change the entire plot. But it amazed me as a reader. 

Again and again, I can't get enough of this author, because it seems that every book, written by her tears my heart apart, but then again the other comes and does the same. Wow...When I think that fake characters can make me so pathetic, so vulnerable. 

 And its power, you know, to create a fake world that would look more real than the one where you live... She is powerful. 

So now this book... 
 Without further discussion or explanation, she gets 5⭐. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Toxic relationship, Child death, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Blood, Cancer, Fatphobia, Medical content, Vomit, Car accident, and Medical trauma

Minor: Animal death, Cursing, and Panic attacks/disorders