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Violence
Very heavy
Very strong; the manuscript describes graphic violence against children; the thriller plot involves direct violence; scenes that are genuinely disturbing
Language
Some
Moderate language
Sexual Content
A lot
Strong sexual content; Lowen's attraction to Jeremy develops while living in his house; explicit scenes
Substance Use
Some
Moderate; alcohol as a coping mechanism
Emotional Intensity
Very heavy
Very strong; the unreliability of written confession; what someone is capable of when no one is watching; moral responsibility when you know something terrible but cannot prove it
What this book is about
Colleen Hoover's Verity pairs Lowen Ashby, a struggling author hired to complete a bestselling thriller writer's remaining books, with the writer's husband Jeremy — and with a manuscript she finds in the house that appears to be the writer's true autobiography, confessing to acts of horrifying violence. The final act is a genuine thriller turn: is the manuscript truth or fiction, and what will Lowen do with what she found? Very dark, graphically violent in the manuscript sections, and sexually explicit.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
Graphic violence against children in manuscript sections
Very explicit sexual content
Deeply disturbing psychological thriller
Moral ambiguity about protagonist's choices
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