Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Verity, by Colleen Hoover

154 reviews

taulkstoomuch's review

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? Yes

1.0

This book had such potential to be an excellent novel on the struggles that women face, especially surrounding pregnancy. Not only were those problems not addressed, but the women were also villainised for resenting children that they did not want in the first place.

After seeing my visceral reaction to the awfulness of the book, my sister asked me if the book was actually good since it was able to get such a reaction out of me. I wondered about this for a while, maybe she had a point, but after thinking about it for a couple of days, I can say that she was wrong. It's not that the book was amazing bar one thing... it was awful bar one maybe. The plot was awful, as mentioned above; the ending felt like a cop-out.

Spoiler

All that disgusting description of all the things Verity can't be justified by it all being antagonistic writing. That doesn't make up for the fact that all that horrible stuff was written.

This was accompanied by not-so-good writing. How are 2 women so besotted by what seems like the most average man in the world, to the point where they are able and willing to commit actual crimes? There's no man in the world that is worth that, it has to be a joke.

I can't think for a second why someone would enjoy this book, let alone make it one of their favourites. If this is the case, I thoroughly recommend some sort of psychiatric help, even if it is for reassurance purposes. If you are considering reading this book, I suggest you heed the instructions written in Colleen Hoover's acknowledgements to her husband and 'don't' :)

Anything I have missed is more eloquently and passionately said by Cindy (withcindy) in her YouTube videos about this abomination people call a novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Body shaming, Ableism, Abortion, Car accident, Death, Gore, and Emotional abuse

rumfordsam's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Grief, Infidelity, Violence, Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, and Gore

worldofv33's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, Gore, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Child abuse, Cursing, Violence, Mental illness, Abortion, Pregnancy, Blood, Car accident, Gaslighting, Grief, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer, Kidnapping, Drug use, and Rape

eggfartz's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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: Child death, Death, Infidelity, Vomit, Gore, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Alcohol, Death of parent, Grief, Cursing, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, and Physical abuse

courtneyluna15's review

dark 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

4.0

Just wtf 😂
Also, check TW's before reading!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Abortion, Murder, Death, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Grief, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Medical trauma, Medical content, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Vomit, Sexual violence, and Cancer

LOOK UP TW'S BEFORE READING!! Graphic details!!

sleepylit's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Abortion, Body horror, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Violence, Gore, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

Minor: Vomit, Kidnapping, Terminal illness, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

kirameehan's review

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

3.75

A rollercoaster and a half. I thought I saw the end coming and then it was flipped upside down on its head. I have no idea how to feel about the ending, low-key think it was a cop out. Someone else suggested it could be because of plot holes within Hoover’s writing and that would make sense. At times I felt the writing was far too repetitive, with most of the chapters in between Verity’s being exactly the same. I think the book would have been vastly better without the romance, as much of it felt tacky, ill-placed and inappropriate, considering the content that had come before it. Characters were relatively unlikeable, with the ending only cementing this further. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Blood, Mental illness, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Abortion, and Gore

eheth's review

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Overall I really enjoyed this book as the twists and turns kept me on my toes. This book definitely has me thinking I need to read trigger warnings in the future. Now that I have a child, I find reading anything with child abuse very hard to read. Also, the first page of the book was a bit much for me .. I struggled to get the imagery of what happened out of my brain. But I struggle with the idea of gore. 

Besides that, I really enjoyed the storytelling of this book and was nice break from the mostly romance books I have been reading as of later. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Child abuse, and Death

Minor: Gore

brooklynbrewer's review

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Gore, Sexual content, Child death, and Death

cde10's review

dark 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Car accident, Child death, Abortion, Gore, Miscarriage, and Murder

Minor: Death of parent