A review by wattacukor
Verity, by Colleen Hoover
4.0
Rating: 3,5 stars
Song: Mikky Ekko - Who Are You, Really
This was the book that would decide if I ever read any more Colleen Hoover books. Surprisingly I enjoyed this one, a lot more than I enjoyed It Ends With Us, my first ever Colleen Hoover book. Maybe because I knew less about this, maybe because I didn't expect the romance to be the focus, but it was a fine book.
SPOILERS FROM HERE
Colleen's dual narrative served well in this one, to contrast the past and the now. The story itself was okay, heavy on trauma, and deaths, but after the other books, I expected it. The only sour thing is the pregnancy. Thankfully, it wasn't as big as in It End With Us, but still, as she "put a pillow under her so everything would remain inside" I wanted to put down the book.
The main plot of Verity faking, and her writing that journal that is antagonizing on purpose was fine. I wished there were more clues on that, but maybe that would have ruined the reveal.
But Low. I did not like her. It felt like, she had just stolen Verity's life. A writer, just fitting into her mould, having a baby after nearly being together, writing her books. Not telling Jemery about the letter. I get it that there is suspense, that they killed her, and what if they were mistaken, and probably this was done this was so that we see that Low isn't perfect, and can fall into the same lying narratives that Verity describes in her journal.
It was a fast, (if I don't count the trigger warnings) easy read. I saw in the author's note that this isn't her typical book, so I am scared about reading another one. We will see if I become a Colleen Hoover girly, or after 3 books realise her writing is not for me.
Song: Mikky Ekko - Who Are You, Really
This was the book that would decide if I ever read any more Colleen Hoover books. Surprisingly I enjoyed this one, a lot more than I enjoyed It Ends With Us, my first ever Colleen Hoover book. Maybe because I knew less about this, maybe because I didn't expect the romance to be the focus, but it was a fine book.
SPOILERS FROM HERE
Colleen's dual narrative served well in this one, to contrast the past and the now. The story itself was okay, heavy on trauma, and deaths, but after the other books, I expected it. The only sour thing is the pregnancy. Thankfully, it wasn't as big as in It End With Us, but still, as she "put a pillow under her so everything would remain inside" I wanted to put down the book.
The main plot of Verity faking, and her writing that journal that is antagonizing on purpose was fine. I wished there were more clues on that, but maybe that would have ruined the reveal.
But Low. I did not like her. It felt like, she had just stolen Verity's life. A writer, just fitting into her mould, having a baby after nearly being together, writing her books. Not telling Jemery about the letter. I get it that there is suspense, that they killed her, and what if they were mistaken, and probably this was done this was so that we see that Low isn't perfect, and can fall into the same lying narratives that Verity describes in her journal.
It was a fast, (if I don't count the trigger warnings) easy read. I saw in the author's note that this isn't her typical book, so I am scared about reading another one. We will see if I become a Colleen Hoover girly, or after 3 books realise her writing is not for me.