What an ending! Verity by Colleen Hoover (SPOILERS)

Submitted by iamwhoiwasnow t3_10mdr0c in books

Literally just finished reading Veruty by Colleen Hoover which was recon to my by my gf and wow what an ending! I didn't see it coming. I kept texting my gf new theories I kept coming up with and they were all wrong. Well most I did guess early on that >!Verity was faking!< But the rest of the twist really got me. The Autobiography portion of the book really made me hate Verity, I've read some books with some bad people in them but Verity was worst than all of them till we'll, she wasn't. I feel bad for how much I hated her. The ending though that's what sealed it for me. I'm an avid Stephen King reader and I tend to not agree with most people when they say his ending aren't that good but after an ending like this I can definitely see why people say that.

According to my gf there's a Team autobiography vs Team Letter debate. I'm team letter all the way. I'd love to know what you guys think if you've read it. Also is there any other book that has an amazing ending even if it's a slow burn?

Also last thought as a dude it was weird reading about with so much damn sex in it ha

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amazingphrasing t1_j62halw wrote

Hoover is one of the worst authors I’ve ever encountered

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iamwhoiwasnow OP t1_j62hl1z wrote

I enjoyed this book, maybe I just have bad taste.

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Simoalporto t1_j636at1 wrote

you don't have bad taste, don't let people shame you for enjoying something

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GuyMcGarnicle t1_j62jnlg wrote

Lol, I personally thought the ending was extremely implausible and conjured up just for “shock value” … suspension of disbelief be damned. My issues with it are (SPOILERS follow):

— no mother who isn’t a psychopath would write about how she killed her daughter as a “literary exercise” … not three days after daughter accidentally drowns, not ever. Not buying it at all.

— no one prints things out anymore, let alone print something out with false confessions of murder and leave it just floating around the house

— no grieving mother could keep up that charade of being brain-dead for as long as Verity did. It’s impossible.

— only a psychopath mom would inflict upon her grieving son the “brain dead” charade, making Verity a villain regardless of whether the autobiography was true

— if Verity’s deception of being brain dead was so critical, why did she risk it by appearing on the stairs while her husband banged Lowen, by walking around at night, by waving at her son … it makes no sense as any of those moves would have most likely blown her cover

— how did Verity set up a secret new bank account and then get her publisher the wiring instructions if she was supposedly comatose?

— a woman of Verity’s wealth would not need to “wait until the wire hits the bank” in order to flee town with her son.

— from a “literary” perspective, the way Verity delivered all that exposition in her letter, much of it already known to her husband the intended recipient, was just awful writing, not to mention how convenient it was that the letter was found at the perfect time for the conclusion

— I can’t even remember how she supposedly rigged the car wreck

BUT, with all that said, I did kinda really enjoy the ride until the last 10 pages.

Also, did you notice the 8th book in the series was to be called Truth? My theory is the book “Verity” is actually Book 8 in the series as Verity = Truth.

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iamwhoiwasnow OP t1_j62k7g3 wrote

All valid points. If you start dissecting the book you see a lot of inconsistencies but I'm trying to enjoy books more and dissect them less. I think the there's too many conflicting things that happen that if I overthink it I'd come to the conclusion that Verity is a murdering psycho but so is Jeremy.

This part I wheheartedly agree with you. I despised the exposition and I guess it would also help cement the fact that the letter isn't the truth because she's giving exposition to whoever finds it but I genuinely just think Colleen couldn't think of a clever was to address it.

>— from a “literary” perspective, they way Verity delivered all that exposition in her letter, much of it already known to her husband the intended recipient, was just awful writing, not to mention how convenient it was that the letter was found at the perfect time for the conclusion

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GuyMcGarnicle t1_j63qjr4 wrote

I totally agree with this, especially when it comes to thrillers. Personally I think Verity’s letter was a self-serving lie. But it still requires she faked her injury which on its face I find totally unbelievable. If Hoover had taken maybe 100 more pages, she could have made it believable by having the nurse involved in the deception, or possibly Jeremy, or incorporated a supernatural element like a horror novel. By the time the end hit, I had already forgiven several other issues cuz I was enjoying the book, such as … in NYC, seeing a pedestrian hit is actually rare; I don’t believe a child with a peanut allergy and an epi-pen at a slumber party with adults/parents present would just die as depicted; and “Asperger’s” is no longer an actual medical diagnosis, which a parent of a child who has been diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder would know. All those things are forgivable … but then the end was just too over the top and it totally took me out of the story.

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That-Soup3492 t1_j62vjn4 wrote

It's a real "Dan is Gossip Girl" twist.

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Raemle t1_j641p5d wrote

I enjoyed the book until the part about >!verity believing her autistic daughter is evil and murdering her!< it felt in very poor taste to me and was not handled in a way that could have justified the plot point

I am leaning team manuscript since I think the letter feels rather contrived and unbelievable. I don’t think the manuscript version makes jeremy (or lowen) a better person so it’s not like it changes much in that way

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Psychologicalpimp t1_j62j4d0 wrote

Verity is definitely my favorite book by Colleen so far. It always kept me guessing what could happen next. Also, the ending did shock me as well but I still believe everything she wrote on her manuscript. She was definitely evil and Colleen said it herself as well.

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iamwhoiwasnow OP t1_j62j9rt wrote

I didn't know Colleen had said that. Maybe I have to live with it a bit longer but I lean more towards believing the letter and even that Jeremy is a little off, not a serial killer as others suggest but he's definitely off.

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Psychologicalpimp t1_j62l2zi wrote

She had said it in a interview. And I believe she wrote the letter to cover her own tracks. She was even messing with Lowen’s head by turning off the tv, then looking at her dead in the eyes…while lowen was in her office that one time. Also, I feel like Jeremy would’ve been killed her if he had in fact read the manuscript. Like why wait? but at the same time…I think they all have issues and a lot of things weren’t answered

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WealthOdd82 t1_j62jmbc wrote

The perfect marriage by jeneva rose has a fun twist. Psycho thriller/murder mystery…no spice like verity though.

Also team autobiography. I feel like if the letter was true it wouldn’t have been as hidden. Did you read the bonus chapter?

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iamwhoiwasnow OP t1_j62ka0p wrote

I didn't but my gf just did after she told me what happened I rather disregard them just makes everything more complicated ha

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