A review by twiinklex
Verity by Colleen Hoover
4.0
Not a bad book but the most overrated one ever. Not sure if all the rave reviews are from Colleen Hoover's fans who are used to her usual romances and therefore find this so different and shocking, but I don't see how this can blow thriller fanatics away.
It was certainly gripping and a page-turner (mostly thanks to the chapters with Verity's POV) because I fought to keep my eyes open while reading this at 3am. Partly because I was dying to know what big twist had generated such a hoo-ha. Alas, I was disappointed.
Firstly, it was obvious from the beginning what was going on with Verity since the author dropped many clues and the protagonist witnessed many signs. There was no big twist to dispute this. I want to be clear that I have no problem with the ambiguous ending and I totally get that it's up to our interpretation, that this was the author's ultimate goal yada yada yada. The point is there was no huge, shocking or mindblowing twist.
Also, Lowen is a deplorable character who makes excuses for herself LOL why is no one talking about this?! She and Jeremy probably deserve each other. She doesn't even do anything much other than read Verity's diaries so there's no badass protagonist or action either.
And come on, that opening scene was obviously just for shock effect / to suck readers in and had nothing much to do with the main plot.
Still, I won't deny that the story is nevertheless quite different and creative.
It was certainly gripping and a page-turner (mostly thanks to the chapters with Verity's POV) because I fought to keep my eyes open while reading this at 3am. Partly because I was dying to know what big twist had generated such a hoo-ha. Alas, I was disappointed.
Firstly, it was obvious from the beginning what was going on with Verity since the author dropped many clues and the protagonist witnessed many signs. There was no big twist to dispute this. I want to be clear that I have no problem with the ambiguous ending and I totally get that it's up to our interpretation, that this was the author's ultimate goal yada yada yada. The point is there was no huge, shocking or mindblowing twist.
Also, Lowen is a deplorable character who makes excuses for herself LOL why is no one talking about this?! She and Jeremy probably deserve each other. She doesn't even do anything much other than read Verity's diaries so there's no badass protagonist or action either.
And come on, that opening scene was obviously just for shock effect / to suck readers in and had nothing much to do with the main plot.
Still, I won't deny that the story is nevertheless quite different and creative.