Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Verity, by Colleen Hoover

607 reviews

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

sarafread's review

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Vomit, Abandonment, Abortion, Grief, Blood, Child death, and Murder

editorsel's review

dark 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? It's complicated

4.0

I thoroughly enjoyed this thriller! It was quick and kept the pace very well throughout the book, and the ending really left me questioning what I believed. Exactly what I needed to get out of a reading slump. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Child death, Death, and Death of parent

elliejg29's review

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Child death, Abortion, and Blood

gingerspark_96's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Blood, Death, Child death, Infidelity, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Sexism

gellyreads's review against another edition

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? No

2.0

I really don’t like when authors try to fuck with you an entire book, are predictable, and then

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at the last minute try to make you question what is real.

This book is fast paced, and unlike the other Hoover book I read, the characters are far more compelling and complex. I did actually care and couldn’t put it down. 
But the ending was awful! Also!! To be so sex positive (even though the sex scenes were awful) and then throw that away and say that women aren’t that sexual?! WTH?! 
I really enjoyed this until the ending, when it felt like she was wagging her fingers at me and going “Oooooooooooo.”

Alright, I just read the *bonus* epilogue online. 

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I am annoyed that she still didn't really give an answer? And I don't like that when I tell people I finished it the first question I get is - Do you think Verity is crazy or not? Um. Did we read the same book? It doesn't matter. She didn't give us enough detail either way to tell you whether Verity is crazy or not. This book isn't well written enough or gives enough detail to answer that question or to make me care. Gun to my head? I would say she isn't, and I would've said that before, and now especially after watching these gross ass men in the second epilogue.

The point of the book is to have a plot twist, and that infuriates me a bit. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Murder, Toxic relationship, Death, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Child death, Abortion, and Violence

Moderate: Blood and Car accident

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

ankiaisreading's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Violence, Murder, Car accident, Gaslighting, Death, Child death, Sexual content, Self harm, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief

Moderate: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Blood, Abortion, and Domestic abuse

reen0013's review against another edition

• 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

3.5

3.5 ⭐️ 
After I lost all my hopes in her books, this one was still better. I liked it and the way it kept me on the edge was. 😮‍💨
I didn't really expect the ending, it was definitely unexpected.
It was definitely predictable till the letter.
But I still have some questions left...like what did verity do when lowen entrred her room at night while sleepwalking??

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Blood, and Child death

Moderate: Car accident

love_chloe_c's review

dark mysterious 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

4.5

Gone Girl-esque thriller that'll have you sleeping with the lights on.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Abortion, Blood, Self harm, Pregnancy, and Medical trauma

Minor: Vomit, Car accident, Miscarriage, and Suicide attempt

Detailed content warning:

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there are some graphic descriptions of a mother attempting (and at one point, succeeding) to murder her child at multiple different ages. When the baby is in the womb, prior to 1 year old, and then again at around 8. Read at your own risk, it is quite graphic and quite disturbing