Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Verity, by Colleen Hoover

376 reviews

flowchelle's review against another edition

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

2.0

If you can get past the vast amount of things that people would never do in normal life, then the story makes you want to read more to know what happened in the end. However, no right minded person would ever stay in the house or worse sleep in the bed of a woman whose family has experience the tragedy that verity’s has. Those types of eye-roll-inducing plot points continue and you have to accept how ridiculous they are and get past them to enjoy the rest of the story! Overall, it read like a young adult book with amateur smut and a predictable twist. This is the first Colleen Hoover book I’ve read and probably the last. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Pregnancy, Grief, Car accident, Misogyny, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Abortion, Blood, Death of parent, Medical content, and Murder

readwith_le's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Injury/injury detail, Grief, Drug use, Abortion, Child death, Child abuse, Violence, Pregnancy, Medical content, Death, Murder, Miscarriage, Car accident, Death of parent, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Chronic illness, and Blood

amartin713's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Fatphobia, Violence, Emotional abuse, and Murder

nadiamarjolein's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I liked the tension - it kept me reading it in almost one go - but I think the plot had potential but was not fully thought through. Some loose ends make the story weaker and less believable 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Blood, Abortion, Body horror, Child death, Death of parent, Death, Grief, Injury/injury detail, Murder, Pregnancy, and Vomit

sammhoff's review against another edition

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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Vomit, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, and Pregnancy

juleskr02's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.25

you know, i told myself i would never read a colleen hoover book but this one was recommended to me by a friend who loves to read, and a mystery novel was a new genre for me, so i decided to give it a go. 

i’m not gonna lie, i lowkey ate this up. i don’t think colleen hoover’s writing is anything spectacular, and it sort of very much scares me that the premise of this book even came to her mind, but i enjoyed the intensity of this mystery thriller. 

wasn’t a fan of the ending i’m not going to lie. though there is some resolution, the final chapter makes it very unnerving and as if we really did not get that closure. i learned new things about characters so late into the book that we couldn’t go further, and i’m not sure i enjoyed reading an entire novel where i have no idea what’s real and what’s not. 

it was a fast read, and i didn’t hate it. i have definitely read worse books. i enjoyed a lot of it, too! while some aspects lacked in depth and characterization, the suspense locked me in. overall a captivating read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Pregnancy, Child death, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Car accident, Murder, Injury/injury detail, Emotional abuse, Death, Cursing, and Blood

hanwan17'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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child death, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Murder

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

girl_in_the_books's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Abortion, Death of parent, Alcohol, Body horror, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Alcoholism, Blood, Cancer, Child death, Dysphoria, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Miscarriage