I started reading fiction after a long hiatus (not by choice but because I have been so focused on self help and non-fiction)…but reading Verity brought back the same dopamine high I used to experience back in my teens when I would finish one book in a very few hours and jump to the next.
This particular book caught my eye because it has been making some noise in the reading community and obviously curiosity got the best of me to see what the hype was about. So first I read some reviews on Amazon just to see if reading this was going to be worth the time and I read some extremely mixed reviews so I had to know the truth for myself. Colleen Hoover was an author I wasn’t too familiar with since I don’t really read romance novels so I was surprised to learn that she had branched out to write something different than her usual style.
I have to say Verity made me want to keep reading chapter after chapter and I did not put the book down till I finished it! It had all the thrill and excitement of a murder mystery, peaked my curiosity and even made me nervous for the main character. The ending though, as most readers described was greatly confusing and psychologically disturbing especially because it left me confused with the decision made by the main character (you have to read to find out LOL ! No more spoilers from me). I wasn’t particularly a fan of the explicit scenes (reason No. 1 why I don’t read romance – not my cup of tea) or the child abuse aspect. If you are sensitive, I would recommend skipping the book since most chapters are also written from the antagonist POV. Overall, I would give a 7 for the writing style and the plot. Open to more discussions. Happy Reading 🙂
A Woman and Her Books 