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Verity, by Colleen Hoover

133 reviews

emiliakajsaa_'s review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

2.0

I don’t think much of Colleen’s writing, she’s not the best author I’ve read from. But I have to give her this, she has a great and disturbed imagination that can come up with flawed characters like these ones. I read this book for a school project and all I can say is, I have ALOT to talk about….

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Child abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Self harm, Cursing, Death, Suicide attempt, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Body shaming, Panic attacks/disorders, and Domestic abuse

texas666's review

dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual content, Murder, Physical abuse, Child death, Confinement, Abortion, Car accident, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Violence, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Miscarriage, and Toxic relationship

lauren717's review

dark 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Blood, Pregnancy, Grief, Abortion, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, and Sexual content

Minor: Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Death, Gaslighting, Injury/injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Abortion, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Blood, Cancer, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Medical trauma, Murder, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Car accident, and Child abuse

erkane's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.25

As I was reading this book I thought it would be my favorite from Colleen Hoover. I could barely put the book down.  

Spoiler

I was disappointed with the ending. I thought that it undid a lot of the suspense that was built up throughout the book. I wish that the letter confirmed that Verity was a complete psychopath, and that her death was a benefit to the world. Or that jeremy somehow had written the manuscript and Lowen had found this letter warning her to stay away from jeremy somehow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Child death, and Grief

Moderate: Mental illness, Self harm, Murder, and Infidelity

hon3y's review

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.25

look at the tws before

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Car accident, Murder, Body horror, Body shaming, Gore, Child death, Death, Violence, Self harm, and Toxic relationship

gothmiku's review against another edition

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

booksbythemile's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Murder, Abortion, Toxic relationship, Injury/injury detail, Blood, Mental illness, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Death, Miscarriage, Child death, and Child abuse

hiraethtales's review

challenging dark tense 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

3.75

Spoiler

I did not see the plot twist coming, But like I still think Verity did it, How the hell can she explain so many things??? AND YES SHE DIED I COULD NOT STAND HER. Also Crew was a sweetheart and deserves the world <3333

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Self harm, and Child abuse

Moderate: Grief, Terminal illness, Abortion, Violence, and Child death

momofrank's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

2.5

cannot believe readers are giving this 5 stars. what is this book and writing style?! what kind of characters are these? feels like colleen wrote this book in hopes of it becoming a crappy lifetime movie. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Abortion, Death of parent, and Murder

allidone's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicide attempt, Child death, Sexual content, and Child abuse

Moderate: Infidelity, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Violence, Grief, Self harm, Injury/injury detail, and Eating disorder