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Verity by Colleen Hoover

32 reviews

maekb5's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

its so messed up, i love this book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Death, Child abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Addiction

coolkid's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

2.75

This was one of two Colleen Hoover books I read at the same time. I will give her this, her reading style is soo easy to consume. I can't believe how fast I got through these given how bad they are. This one is much better than Nov 9. Hoover's writing style is still for actual toddlers, but she does decent with darkness. If she didn't try to make it romantic, it might even be worth 3 stars. 

As is, though, this book is average at best. Lowen is very unlikable. Verity was a much more interesting character - and, as always, Hoover's shaming of motherly women who like sex remains a constant.

Spoiler

Also what's the weird deal with Lowan's drug addiction? Why was that never like... followed up on? And why did Crew eat a knife? Like? Hello?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Self harm, Death, Child death, Pregnancy, Murder, Mental illness, Child abuse, Misogyny, Infidelity, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Car accident, Suicide, Body shaming, and Vomit

Moderate: Drug abuse and Addiction

tatimarie8284's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-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

3.5

kept me hooked from the beginning. i loved the switching povs from lowen and verity. so many twists and turns yet i did not expect the ending.

Spoiler

i’m definitely team manuscript though

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Infidelity, Murder, Abortion, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Child abuse, Child death, Gaslighting, and Sexual content

Moderate: Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Stalking, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Animal death, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Bullying, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Self harm, Vomit, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, and Cursing

infjkiki's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Vomit, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Death, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Child abuse, Child death, Murder, Blood, and Infidelity

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Alcohol, Animal death, Cancer, Confinement, and Addiction

scxrlett_mxguire's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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, Car accident, Murder, Abortion, and Child abuse

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, and Blood

Minor: Gaslighting, Pregnancy, and Domestic abuse

emilybelger's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Terminal illness, Addiction, Murder, Alcohol, Car accident, Child death, Death, Grief, Pregnancy, and Drug use

jaimet's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Sexual content, Car accident, Addiction, Abortion, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Murder, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Death of parent, Child death, and Child abuse

serenemoonn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Vomit and Chronic illness

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Miscarriage, and Self harm

marlihe's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.0

A fun book, spooky, thrilling and mysterious. I enjoyed the twist at the end

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Child death, Car accident, and Death

Moderate: Addiction, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, Grief, and Violence

Minor: Vomit

txmelessreads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

 I don’t understand the hype.. don’t get me wrong, I still enjoyed reading it as I finished it in 3.5 days when it usually takes me 2 weeks to finish a book. I heard that the twists in the book are so unexpected, and I was anticipating them, but I figured them out after 100 pages into the story. I was expecting the ending to be more impactful, it felt rather abrupt and unmemorable.

*my idea of a better ending is below. please do not read it if you haven't finished the book*
 

Spoiler

I feel the ending would have been better if the author continued emphasizing the whole “verity writing from a villain’s pov” idea. It would have been amazing if the entire story was literally from Verity’s book and if she used both Lowen and Jeremy to write it. All the events are real, but some parts are exaggerated, reflecting how twisted and disturbing the villain is when they are obsessed with someone. Except, the letter Lowen found was planted by them and reveals how everything was set up, from the moment she met Jeremy to Jeremy attempting to kill Verity. Verity is still alive because she was faking it again and they basically used Lowen to help her get out of writer's block and finish her book series. However, after Lowen realized that she's in danger she tries to call the police, but they kill her to keep everything a secret. They moved out of that house and lived in another state with Crew to start over. Years later, Verity regained popularity when she recovered from her “injury” and released the remaining books in her series. They became super popular because of how realistic it felt, as if she was writing from a real experience. The secret here is that what she wrote in all her books is real and the villain lives happily ever after both on paper and in real life. Then the last sentence at the end of the story is a line from her very last book on the very last page, “No one ever believes the villain, but when they do, all they see is Verity.”

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Abortion, Sexual content, Death, Grief, Murder, Self harm, Mental illness, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Addiction, Body shaming, Miscarriage, Death of parent, and Blood

Minor: Car accident, Vomit, Cursing, and Infidelity