Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Verity, by Colleen Hoover

30 reviews

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

weaverca's review

dark 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? Yes

2.0

Most of the time if I don't like a book, I'm quick to say it's a DNF. This book, however, is the first one where even though I was not enjoying it, I still finished it to see just how bad it was as a whole. A "hate read" if you will. First off, Colleen Hoover's writing is pretty bare bones which unfortunately leaves a lot of room for lacking depth or exploration.

Spoiler

Like I thought the skull-crushing car accident at the beginning would be important to the story later, but then it was just... not mentioned again until one short sentence at the end?

Disappointing. That also made it hard to like the characters, and if there's one thing I hate when it comes to books, it's when they have unlikeable "protagonists." Second, I've read better smut on Wattpad for fuck's sake. All of it was so tasteless and repetitive, almost catering to the male gaze instead of the women the book supposedly gears itself towards. Last, even though I somewhat enjoyed the Gone-Girl-flipped-on-its-head ending of it all, I saw it coming from a mile away.

Spoiler

Verity using the "autobiography" as a writing exercise feels like the contemporary equivalent of when we used to write "Then I woke up and realized it was all a dream" to end the stories we wrote when we were children.

All in all, I was not impressed- and often bored in fact- by this book, and I can't say I plan on reading any of Colleen's other garbage fires.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Gore, Grief, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, and Infidelity

Moderate: Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Kidnapping and Gaslighting

ravenclaw_percabeth's review

dark mysterious 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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Murder, Sexual content, Vomit, Misogyny, Ableism, and Car accident

Moderate: Abortion, Cancer, Fatphobia, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Blood, and Domestic abuse

klubbgodis's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

I bought this months ago at my local bookstore, it was the first book I bought there but I didn't read it until now when my school picked it to be this months read and I'm so happy they picked it and I'm so excited to discuss it on friday. 

I am definitly team manuscript because even though I know it would be hard to swim to the shore with two kids it would be possible and especially if you are a mother and especielly if you are a mother who has already lost a child. And it's just f*cked up that she didn't tell anyone that she was back, why would anyone do that. I get that she was scared because of Jeremy but a sane person would have tried to talk to him. 

Overall this book was amazing and I totally get the hype. I really didn't see the letter being about what it was and it was just beautifully written by Hoover and it's amazing with how she came up with all of this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Sexual content

Moderate: Murder, Suicide attempt, Violence, Vomit, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Abortion, Car accident, Death of parent, Kidnapping, and Cancer

scarlettoliver's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Death, Sexual content, Grief, Infidelity, Murder, Child death, Blood, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Car accident, Injury/injury detail, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Ableism, and Abortion

Minor: Cancer, Rape, Confinement, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Vomit, Miscarriage, Cursing, Drug use, and Gaslighting

l_lilly_05's review against another edition

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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Vomit, Violence, Infidelity, and Car accident

Minor: Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Cancer, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Abortion, and Miscarriage

boatjo's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Grief, Body shaming, and Abortion

Moderate: Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Car accident, and Medical trauma

ivanaacosta's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Car accident, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Violence, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Murder, Cursing, Grief, and Kidnapping

elinak's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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, Chronic illness, Death, Grief, Sexual content, Violence, Death of parent, Injury/injury detail, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Moderate: Vomit, Car accident, Abortion, Blood, and Pregnancy

Minor: Kidnapping, Medical content, Miscarriage, Injury/injury detail, and Suicidal thoughts

jennsliterature's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Medical trauma, Infidelity, Gore, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Suicide, Stalking, Medical content, Kidnapping, Infertility, and Abortion