Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Verity, by Colleen Hoover

526 reviews

sarahtaylor622's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Child death, Abortion, Death, Grief, and Toxic relationship

rebeccaelizabeth94's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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

Holy mother forking shirtballs. This book was A LOT. I saw a lot of hype around Colleen Hoover and wasn’t sure what to make of it. Now that I read this book I get it. This book had me hooked and counting down the minutes until I could read it again each time I put it down. When I sat down to read every time I was transported to a Vermont home on a lake with a hospital bed and a sense of dread. The dual perspectives of Verity’s autobiography and Lowen’s perspective were amazing. Despite being absolutely repulsed with Verity’s autobiography I couldn’t get enough of the gory, horrid details. I got upset with Lowen when she didn’t read enough but skipped pages because I wanted to know what she was reading too.  The extended edition with the bonus chapter was worth it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Child death, Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/injury detail, Death, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, and Terminal illness

r0nnis's review

dark 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? It's complicated

1.0

Ei bok som hadde ein kjempe god moglegheit til å ha ein bra plot, men hadde heller ein veldig billig ein i staden: trist. Var ganske openberr i mine auge, som gjorde boka egentleg kjedeleg.

Karakterene har absolutt ingen personlegdom utanom å vere kjekk, fin, og ha mykje traumer for å så vere utruleg kåt i dei mest idiotiske tida.

I tillegg skriv forfattaren utruleg rart og bruker alt for mykje kursiv, for å framheve noko som ikkje er viktig i det heilt tatt.

Må i tillegg seie at den er utruleg grov og ond til tidar, som ikkje blir nemnd før ein les.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Abortion, Car accident, Child abuse, and Child death

Spoiler

OBS at ho skriv om korleis ho prøver å ta abort med ulike gjenstander og handlinga. Seinare om korleis ho ikkje tek vare på ungane og drapstanker om ungane. Skriv om korleis ho prøvde å drepe ein unge med å kvelde den. Korleis ho drepte ungen i ein seinare alder.

burntout20yrsold'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? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

So,
Overall, this is one of Colleen Hoover's best books in terms of plot and pace. It was a wild ride, but worth it if you enjoy thriller books. 
For me, most of the plot was predictable, yet it never failed to make me sick. 
I even liked the ending even though it didn't really suit a book. I could imagine it more as a movie ending scene.
Btw, this could make a great movie! The one that goes viral easily..
I had two main problems with this book that made the rating only a 4; the writing style, and the heavy amount of sex scenes.
The writing style was lazy at times, and decent at times. But overall, it was weak. It didn't fully stop me from enjoying the book, yet it could've made the thriller experience in a whole new level. Because solid thriller with great writing is always magical. And this is a problem with most Colleen Hoover's books. She needs to work on her writing style a little bit.
The sex scenes were not necessary most of the times. Sometimes it felt so disturbing and childish. 
I would give this book a 3.9 but let's say it's rounded up to 4⭐.

Do check TW before reading this book!!!!!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Vomit, Sexual content, Murder, Cursing, Toxic relationship, and Violence

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

hannaheatsbooks's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Gore, Child abuse, Child death, and Toxic relationship

groovyshay's review

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Medical trauma, Blood, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Medical content, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Child abuse, Murder, Vomit, Abortion, Cancer, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Child death, Grief, Injury/injury detail, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Violence

aiden2003adamson's review

adventurous dark mysterious relaxing 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

Wow! I just finished this like moments before writing this review.  

Spoiler

I guessed the plot twist in the manuscript storyline. I’m firmly team manuscript, I believe Verity killed Harper.  I also guessed that Verity wasn’t catatonic. I didn’t really like Jeremy.  

  Loved the book though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Toxic relationship, Car accident, and Injury/injury detail

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

barelyghosted's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

Wanna question everything? Read this. The story does so much to build an unsettling narrative. Just when you think you know what's going on, it throws you a curveball that make you the detective that needs to decipher the truth. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Child death, and Sexual content

Moderate: Abortion