Verity by Colleen Hoover

Title: Verity

Author: Colleen Hoover

Release Date: December 7, 2018

Length: 336 pages

Genre: Thriller

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**** My Review****

Colleen Hoover is not my type of writer, judging by what I’ve read so far. However, I decided to pick up Verity and give it a chance because of the hype it caused on reading forums and sites.

For two weeks I read a page or two, but last night I started reading it seriously. And I fell asleep after two hours. The baby woke me up early and since there was zero chance of returning to sleep, I read it.

First, I am reading a book by this author for the second time and I didn’t even know that she writes thrillers as well. I read later that this book was unique among all the romances she wrote. To be perfectly honest, I read romances, I rarely watch such movies. Sometimes I can relate to the characters, other times it’s hard for me to relate to someone’s love story. Yet, I rarely could relate to a thriller.

Also, while reading the comments about this book, it was strange to me that the most negative comments said that no one sympathized or connected with the book. But what do I know? I guess it’s because people are used to connecting their lives with her books since they were romances.

Not that she gives a new genre a go, and her loyal readers have a hard time accepting that. And apart from being compelling, suspenseful, and interesting to you, how else would you connect with the characters?

When I started reading it, the setting and description were like they were taken out of the Sex and the City script.

A lonely writer in a huge city rushes to a meeting and runs into a terrible accident. At the same time, luckily, she runs into a handsome, mysterious guy who helps her to sort herself out. A guy named Jeremy gives her his T-shirt, and she takes it half-naked without objection.

At this point I told myself, typical Colleen, there will be lots of sex and passionate moments. Yes, there are certain parts with explicit descriptions, but honestly, they were irrelevant to me. I read them mechanically.

The writer Lowen receives an offer to work on books, ie. to complete the series of books started by another author. Verity’s books, who”coincidentally” is the wife of the above-mentioned Jeremy. But what will happen when she starts discovering the twisted truths?

Without any doubt, I liked the writing style. It was quite creative, with the perfect balance of details. Some ideas of the author were really solid and captivating. The storyline flowed so easily, naturally. It wasn’t difficult to read, and not mentally exhausting.

However, the end didn’t amaze me. On the contrary, I didn’t like the end at all. It felt like the major part had been written by a very good author. Then something happened and some other author had to finish the book. Like they were in a rush to deliver the book faster, so they let anyone write the ending. Much like Verity’s story.

Actually, there was no logic, I couldn’t even understand if she is a psychopath or a manipulator, or just a victim. So, I am here babbling that if only the ending was a little better organized with the same idea would have been one seriously great thriller. Or at least if the last letter didn’t exist. It would have been amazing. The book didn’t have to have a such twist at any cost.

Thanks for the recommendations, Verity wasn’t a bad book, but I had huge expectations that at times I thought it fulfilled and I enjoyed it until the last letter.
The ending was so chaotic to me, that everything else I liked before that, kind of fell flat.

Of course, who am I to say such things about a book that has delighted half the planet? The numbers speak louder than my words, but according to my taste and my standards, Verity is three stars, max.