Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Verity by Colleen Hoover

448 reviews

aleen_elizabeth's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Miscarriage, Murder, Ableism, Death of parent, Car accident, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Abortion, Torture, Child abuse, Child death, Infidelity, Suicide attempt, Self harm, and Sexual content

leah_hope'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

4.0

What did I just read?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Infidelity, Emotional abuse, Child death, and Mental illness

Moderate: Car accident, Alcohol, Grief, Suicide, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, and Suicide attempt

jkull_10's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Car accident, Gaslighting, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Death, Blood, Emotional abuse, and Abortion

rochelleisreading's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Car accident, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Abortion, Death, Emotional abuse, and Pregnancy

rory_john14's review

dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Abortion, Child death, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Grief

Moderate: Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Car accident, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Kidnapping, Ableism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Confinement, and Forced institutionalization

davianareads's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Violence, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Grief, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Car accident, Child death, Death, Murder, Body horror, and Gaslighting

eefitzmaurice's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This book was INTENSE, so much so I had trouble putting it down despite the very dark nature of it. A trigger warning should definitely be the first thing people see before starting it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Abortion, Car accident, Child death, Child abuse, Vomit, Emotional abuse, and Infidelity

sophiaxscherm's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I'm not really sure what I think of this book. The writing is addictive and you want to keep reading, but even though people say that there were so many shocking/surprising things happening - there weren't. Everything happening is predictable. I enjoyed the writing style and I thought some scenes were actually creepy and written well. However, the characters are all horrible, none of them is even a little bit likeable (I mean besides Crew). I hate all of the characters, they are all bad people and are also written poorly, like at least give them a tiny bit personality?
But if you can accept a book with horrible characters for what it is, the story is interesting until you reach the end, where it just feels too predictable and a lot of stuff just not making sense.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Abortion, Blood, Emotional abuse, Grief, Toxic relationship, Child death, Death, Pregnancy, Rape, Gaslighting, and Car accident

butilikeit's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Infidelity, Death of parent, Violence, Terminal illness, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Chronic illness, and Car accident

sydney_marie13's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Emotional abuse, Child death, Gaslighting, Murder, and Car accident