Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

Verity, by Colleen Hoover

11 reviews

leleloni's review

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

It was a good story, I only gave it 3 stars because i‘m just not a huge fan of thriller so it wasn’t my genre to begin with!! BUTTTTT I read this book because it was recommended so often and it killed me!! I had to lay it down a couple of times because it was too brutal for me to continue reading, as I was also in a „mental state“ where i was looking for a cute, romantic book and got completely fooled by the recommendations!! the story literally scared me so much!! But other than that, it was well written and really hooked me!! Still: if you get spooked easily and want to read something rather lighthearted I would NOT recommend this book!! 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Stalking, Medical content, Pregnancy, Child death, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, and Murder

mavensfavoritehoe's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

It’s a really good read but i rated it 4 stars because i had such high expectations since everyone’s saying how this book has a huge plot twist and how it makes them feel nauseous when reading and stuff. Didn’t really feel nauseous OR that surprised at the end, i expected it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Child death, Body horror, Violence, Car accident, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Hate crime, Blood, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

Some people felt nauseous reading this book and actually ended up vomiting.

ayshereads's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Vomit, Blood, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Grief, Hate crime, Violence, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Death, Death of parent, Car accident, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

laulaubooks's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Hate crime, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Death, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Mental illness

alenabaggins's review

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Car accident, Murder, Hate crime, Toxic relationship, and Pregnancy

siuowlts91's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

the ending made the book better, that's the only reason this book gets 4 stars, otherwise it would've been a 2?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Car accident, Child death, Death, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, and Medical trauma

lucilleowen's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Very very very dark!! But I loved it 😍 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Blood, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Terminal illness, Abortion, Car accident, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, and Toxic relationship

pigro's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Child death, and Hate crime

az_makro's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

4.5

I haven’t read any of Colleen Hoover books before, but I knew most of them were romance books. So that was exactly what I was expecting. Until she pulled out the Thriller card. I can not put into words how I felt while reading this book. Heart rate was nowhere near normal. Her writing is  brilliant and thought through. 

Spoiler

I honestly was convinced Verity was a manipulative piece of person, but when the unforseeable, unexpected and unthinkable plot-twist found it’s way into the book, I was shook. In utter and complete shock. Now I don’t know what to believe.

This book will stay on my mind for a extremely long time and I will definitely have to think about it. 

Why minus .25 stars you might ask? It’s just the open ending with a question is not my favorite. Sure, it’s a clear authors choice, but do I like it? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Child death, Death, Abortion, Miscarriage, and Murder

Moderate: Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Hate crime, Infertility, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, and Vomit

peasant123's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death, Abortion, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Grief, Car accident, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Murder, and Physical abuse