Verity by Colleen Hoover

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CaffeineDeficient · 31/05/2026 18:50

I started reading this book this week and I'm not sure that I can continue.

I'm debating not finishing it but I never do that - feels like giving up.

I'm unsure if I'm being dramatic but some of the treatment is child abuse to me and it's not sitting comfortably. Plus, the sex - not prudish but not loving that either.

If it doesn't continue much more beyond early life then I might continue but if it's constantly interspersed with it then I'd rather call it my first 'did not finish'.

Can anyone that's read it give me a guide please?

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petitpasta · 31/05/2026 18:51

Also interested in this as it's my next book club read and I've heard mixed things about it.

Ladybird69 · 31/05/2026 19:00

I have read it and loved it. Not at all what I was expecting. I can’t say too much as I don’t want to give anything away. Try to get past the sex bit. I read that it’s out as a film in October.

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CaffeineDeficient · 31/05/2026 19:17

@Ladybird69 thanks. It's more about the early treatment of the kids (again, don't want to inadvertently 'spoil') - does that calm down?

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CaffeineDeficient · 31/05/2026 19:18

.....also, maybe because it's my first audiobook choice. Hearing it rather than reading it iyswim is making it more upsetting to me.

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TooOrangey · 31/05/2026 19:24

I’ve not read it, but I did read another by Colleen Hoover ‘it ends with us’ and that was the biggest load of shite I have ever read. So I’d not attempt another.

agggtm · 31/05/2026 19:35

I read it a couple of years ago. I couldn’t decide if it was brilliant or awful. It was really a bit of both.

Ladybird69 · 31/05/2026 21:37

@CaffeineDeficient it probably isn’t the best book to listen to. The abuse is uncomfortable but relevant to the storyline. The story is a bit uncomfortable reading but I can’t explain how relevant it is without spoilers. I was in a bit of a reading funk and my friend gave it to me as she’d raved about it when she read it. I read it in a weekend and I’ll watch the film. It’s kind of along the same vein as The Housemaid imo

FeliciaFancybottom · 01/06/2026 13:01

I read it years ago, my Goodreads review was ' Utter trash, I loved it!'. It's the only Coleen Hoover I've managed to get through.

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CaffeineDeficient · 02/06/2026 18:17

Well, I'm finished. I didn't love it. I'm glad I finished it tho!

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Ladybird69 · 07/06/2026 14:36

@CaffeineDeficient I’m glad you persevered and glad you read the ending. I didn’t see the huge twist coming! I’ll still be interested in watching the film when it comes out.

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