Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Verity, by Colleen Hoover

242 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

poetsofsweetpea's review against another edition

dark 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

2.0

The narration was good but I didn't enjoy the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Violence, Child death, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Death, Chronic illness, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Murder, Vomit, and Pregnancy

jeenieweenie27's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Grief, Infidelity, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Murder, and Physical abuse

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

soniaa5's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Drug use

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

sleepylilsloth's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Child death, Death, Grief, Pregnancy, Murder, and Suicide attempt

chooper454's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Child abuse, Death, Infidelity, Abortion, Pregnancy, Murder, Miscarriage, and Grief

Moderate: Vomit, Violence, Medical content, and Blood

Minor: Suicide attempt, Injury/injury detail, and Car accident

jfield351's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

4.75

Read in one sitting. Wow. That was intense.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Murder, Vomit, Blood, Sexual content, Chronic illness, and Child death

Moderate: Mental illness, Medical trauma, Injury/injury detail, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Death, Body horror, Blood, Abortion, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Vomit, Grief, Cursing, and Car accident

Minor: Suicide attempt, Abandonment, and Cancer

caity_'s review against another edition

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

The neverending, unchanging sex scenes were unnecessary. The writing wasn't very creative and where I felt compelled to continue to read hoping for a gripping twist I was left disappointed as it never hit as much as it alluded it may. The continuous sex scenes eventually became so repetitive it got boring because the tension was eventually lost because it became expected of every chapter.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Child death, Grief, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, and Infidelity

Moderate: Violence, Abortion, and Murder

Minor: Suicide attempt