Book Review: Verity by Colleen Hoover
(English)
Hello, readers! ๐ค
Ready for another book review?
With the Verity movie premiering in cinemas
today (unfortunately we weren’t able to make it to the premiere, but we’re
going to try our best to see it sometime this weekend), we thought there was no
better time to share our thoughts on this book, which left us with A LOT of
questions, even after turning the final page.
We finished Verity earlier this week and, honestly, we weren’t expecting to become so invested in the story. We mostly knew Colleen Hoover for her romance novels, so we were curious to see what her take on the thriller genre would be like.
Our conclusion? It was an absolutely addictive read and the
perfect thriller to get us in the mood for the spookiest month of the year! ๐
But before we continue with our review, there’s one
important thing we wanted to mention.
⚠️ The first part of this review
is SPOILER-FREE!
So, if you haven’t read Verity yet, you can
keep reading without worrying. Further down, we’ll include a spoiler warning,
because we’re going to talk about pretty much everything and share our thoughts
on some of the most important points of the story. If you still want to
discover everything for yourself and be surprised by the book, you can simply
read until the next warning we include! ๐
⭐ SPOILER-FREE REVIEW
Verity is one of those books that you can fly
through. If you’re in a reading slump, this is probably one of the
perfect books to help you get out of it.
The story follows Lowen Ashleigh, a writer who finds herself
in a difficult financial situation when she receives an offer that seems too
good to be true: to finish a famous book series left incomplete by the
mysterious Verity Crawford, an extremely successful author who was left
incapacitated after an accident.
In order to get inside Verity’s mind and write the books,
Lowen is invited by the author’s husband to stay at the Crawford family home
for as long as necessary, so she can go through the notes and research material
scattered around Verity’s office.
At first, everything seems relatively normal, although slightly
dark. After the couple’s two daughters die and Verity’s accident, the
atmosphere is heavy and grim.
But then, suddenly, everything seems to change… and things start to become
strange and frightening.
The house, the family and, above all, an autobiographical
manuscript that Lowen finds in Verity’s office quickly make us start
questioning everything we’re reading. Who is telling the truth? Who is hiding
something? And, most importantly, can we even trust anyone in this story?
That constant feeling of doubt was precisely what we enjoyed
most about the book.
Verity isn’t necessarily a complex thriller in
the sense that it requires the reader to remember dozens of clues or
characters. Above all, it’s a very accessible, fast-paced and addictive
thriller. The kind of book you can easily take to the beach, open “just to read
a little bit” and, before you know it, you’ve already read dozens of pages.
The biggest strength of this type of book is the constant
need to find out what happens next. With a book written like this, the truth is
that we simply couldn’t stop reading. And whenever we were forced to put it
down, we spent the rest of the time wondering what might happen in the next
chapter.
Every character seems to be hiding something and, as the
story progressed, we found ourselves trying to put the pieces together and
figure out what was true, what was a lie and who was manipulating whom.
We really enjoyed the way the story explores the
relationship between Lowen, Verity and Jeremy. There’s a constant tension,
because, even when we know that some of the characters’ decisions are
questionable and are likely to create even more problems, we still want to find
out just how far all that might lead.
By the end, we were left with the feeling that we couldn’t
be completely certain about which version of events was actually true and,
being completely honest, that’s what won us over with this book and solidified
our rating ๐.
Without spoilers, this is a book we would particularly
recommend to anyone who enjoys fast-paced, unsettling and easy-to-devour
thrillers.
For us, this is definitely a ⭐ 5/5 read.
Please be aware of the trigger warnings! We
recommend doing some research beforehand to make sure you won’t come across any
themes that might be particularly sensitive for you.
Now, if you’ve already read the book… let’s talk a little
more in detail about some of the story’s key points.
⚠️ SPOILERS FROM THIS POINT
ON! ⚠️
If you’ve continued reading, we’re assuming you’ve already
read Verity and don’t mind discussing some parts of the story in
greater detail. Because now we’re going to talk about the manuscript, Verity,
Jeremy, Lowen and that ending that left us asking: after all, who is telling
the truth?
Verity’s manuscript
For us, the manuscript is probably the most interesting part
of the entire book.
When Lowen stumbles across Verity’s autobiographical
manuscript, what initially seems like an opportunity to get to know the author
better quickly turns into a disturbing experience and what appears to be a
glimpse into the mind of a sociopath. (And yes, we did actually look up the difference between psychopathy and
sociopathy).
Verity describes her own life, her relationship with Jeremy,
her pregnancy with the twins and the way she approached motherhood. Yet
everything seems to be written with complete sincerity, even though reading
about some of her actions and thoughts is absolutely horrifying.
Verity constantly describes Jeremy as the centre of her
universe. Her obsession with him is deeply unhealthy and, even more disturbing,
she sees her own daughters as a threat to their relationship, going as far as
taking extreme measures to try to end her pregnancies. Accepting that she might hurt herself as a
necessary price to get the girls out of the way and, at one point, one of
the girls is even born with a scar caused by one of Verity’s attempts.
And that’s when we realise that she is a character who seems
completely lost, beyond any possibility of salvation or redemption, and that
her obsession with Jeremy is so extreme that she is willing to harm her own
children when they need their father’s attention.
Or is she??? ๐
Because there’s a question that comes up when we read the epilogue. What if the manuscript is a lie?
Verity: villain or terrifyingly talented writer?
One of the things we enjoyed most about the way the story
was constructed was precisely this question. Verity is a writer who knows how
to create characters, manipulate narratives and get inside the minds of people
who aren’t necessarily like her. And she herself writes fiction from the
perspective of villains! That’s what sets her apart from other authors.
So, when Lowen finds that letter in the epilogue, there is
always another possibility: what if Verity really was simply writing a
semi-autobiographical work of fiction, based on advice about writing exercises
designed to help her get inside the mind of someone cruel/malicious and without
remorse?
It’s a question that never completely goes away, and it
gives the story a brilliant final touch.
There are two possibilities:
- If
we believe the manuscript, Verity is a completely manipulative and
psychotic person who needed to be kept away from everyone, because she
would never stop being a danger to anyone who might become a threat to her
relationship.
- But…
if we believe the letter, then we’re looking at a writer who created
such a convincing monstrous character that she managed to make us believe
it was her true personality. And that ultimately led to her death, when
she herself was actually a victim.
The truth is that neither possibility is particularly good,
nor does either one represent a happy ending, because regardless of what really
happened, everyone has to live with the trauma for the rest of their lives.
Jeremy is another character we found ourselves questioning
more and more as the story progressed. Initially, Lowen sees him as a husband
devastated by the tragedies that have struck his family: he has lost two
daughters, his wife has been left incapacitated after the accident, and he is
facing a future in which he will have to raise his young son alone, while
caring for his wife for the rest of his life.
It’s easy to understand why Lowen starts becoming closer to
him. After a lifetime of being neglected and used by everyone around her,
Jeremy represents the opposite of all the people who have failed her. Caring,
thoughtful, kind and protective.
And having Josh Hartnett playing him certainly isn’t going
to help Dakota Johnson resist him. Right?
However, the letter makes us realise that perhaps we don’t
know Jeremy as well as we thought we did. He has secrets too. He already knew
about the manuscript and tried to kill Verity, convinced that he was reading a
confession to his daughter’s murder.
It’s at this point that we’re no longer simply asking
whether Verity is guilty. Now we’re also wondering whether Jeremy might have
been telling a convenient version of events at certain points.
Lowen isn’t completely innocent in all of this either. And
although she initially behaves like the innocent protagonist who arrives at a
troubled family’s home and tries to uncover the truth, the reality is that she
is playing the same kind of game, competing with Verity for Jeremy’s attention.
After weeks of feeling like Verity seems to be aware of her
presence in the house, Lowen witnesses something truly disturbing: Verity
standing at the top of the stairs, watching her during an intimate moment with
Jeremy. Panicking, Lowen runs towards the bedroom to make sure she isn’t losing
her mind and… surprise! Verity is lying in bed, exactly where they left her.
The plot twist and the letter
Now, let’s be 100% honest… we had already started to suspect
that Verity could walk and talk. That wasn’t really our biggest question. What
we really wanted to understand was why she had created this whole
charade.
The letter seems to offer some explanation, but in a book
like this, everyone is suspicious and we can never truly take anyone’s word for
granted.
If the letter Lowen finds at the end is telling the truth,
it changes everything all over again. According to what Verity tells us, the
manuscript was simply a writing exercise in which she tried to write from the
perspective of a completely monstrous character.
She claims that she loved her children, that she would never
have hurt them and that she was devastated by the deaths of both twins. She
also confirms that Jeremy discovered the manuscript, believed it was real and
tried to kill her, thinking she was responsible for what happened to Harper.
If we believe what she tells us, Jeremy was the one who
caused the accident and, after Verity survived, she decided to pretend that she
was still incapacitated because she was afraid of his reaction.
Suddenly, everything is up in the air again, because now we
have two completely different versions of events told by the same person. Which
one is the truth? The manuscript says one thing and the letter says another.
And we, as readers and in Lowen’s position, will never be able to know for
certain which one is true.
So… who is telling the truth?
This is where we think Verity works best.
We’re all going to have our own theories, but we can’t say with 100% certainty
that we’re right.
There are small details that make us lean towards believing
the letter. For example, Crew’s behaviour towards his mother. The boy seems
genuinely comfortable around Verity and shows affection towards her, which made
us wonder whether it would make sense for him to behave that way if she really
were the person described in the manuscript.
But, at the same time, there are other things that make the
manuscript equally convincing. Pretending to be paralysed for that long seems
to suggest that Verity is actually a person with absolutely no limits or moral
boundaries holding her back.
What we do know is that Verity is a writer with the ability
to create and manipulate a narrative however she pleases. And, ironically, her
name means exactly the one thing we can never discover: the truth.
In the end, we don’t know whether this woman really was a
monster or whether she wrote the manuscript as a writing exercise. We don’t
know whether Jeremy tried to kill Verity, because he believed she killed
Harper, or whether that is just another lie buried somewhere in the middle of
this whole story. We don’t know whether the letter is a genuine confession or
simply another attempt at manipulation.
Our final opinion is that Verity is certainly
not the best thriller in the world. There are definitely moments when some of
the characters’ decisions left us frustrated, and there are also moments when
Verity’s obsession with Jeremy becomes… quite repetitive. ๐
It got to a point where it was starting to become ridiculous.
But, overall, this story worked incredibly well for us!
It’s a fast-paced, addictive and unsettling read and, above
all, it leaves you thinking long after you’ve closed the book.
For us, the biggest compliment we can give Verity
is that we’re still discussing who is telling the truth. And a thriller that
manages to leave us debating theories even after we’ve turned the final page
has done exactly what it needed to do.
Our rating is ⭐ 5/5.
But… there’s a little “problem”…
We’ve since discovered that there is a special edition of Verity
that includes an extra chapter. And we had no idea about this when we read the
book. ๐
From what we’ve already gathered about this chapter, we have
some reservations about what it might add to the story and, honestly, we’re a
little worried that it might take away some of the ambiguity that made the
ending so interesting to us.
But we’re going to keep an open mind. We’ll read the extra
chapter and see what it adds to the story. Then we’ll come back and reassess Verity
with that information in mind.
Now we want to know:
Do you believe the manuscript or the letter?
We hope you enjoyed this review. It was a little longer than
what we’re used to writing, but we definitely had a lot to get off our chests
hehehe.
See you in the next post! ๐ฉท
(Portuguรชs)
Olรก, leitores! ๐ค
Prontos para mais uma review literรกria?
Com o filme Verity a estrear nos cinemas hoje (infelizmente nรฃo conseguimos ir assistir ร estreia, mas vamos esforรงar-nos para ir assistir ainda durante o fim de semana), decidimos que nรฃo havia melhor altura para partilhar a nossa opiniรฃo sobre este livro, que nos deixou com MUITAS perguntas, mesmo depois da รบltima pรกgina.
Terminรกmos Verity no inรญcio desta semana e, honestamente, nรฃo estรกvamos ร espera de ficar tรฃo envolvidos na histรณria. Conhecรญamos a Colleen Hoover sobretudo pelos seus romances, por isso estรกvamos curiosos para perceber como seria a sua incursรฃo pelo gรชnero thriller.
A nossa conclusรฃo? Foi uma leitura absolutamente viciante e o thriller perfeito para nos colocar no mood para o mรชs mais spooky do ano! ๐
Mas antes de continuarmos com a nossa review, hรก uma coisa importante que querรญamos mencionar.
⚠️ A primeira parte desta review รฉ SEM SPOILERS!
Por isso, se ainda nรฃo leram Verity, podem continuar sem medo. Mais para a frente, vamos ter um aviso de spoilers, porque vamos falar de praticamente tudo e revelar a nossa opiniรฃo sobre pontos essenciais da narrativa. Se ainda querem descobrir tudo e ser surpreendidos pela leitura, podem ler apenas atรฉ ao prรณximo aviso que vamos inserir! ๐
⭐ REVIEW SEM SPOILERS
Verity รฉ daqueles livros que se leem super rรกpido. Se estiverem num reading slump, esta รฉ provavelmente uma das leituras mais perfeitas para vos tirar de lรก.
A histรณria acompanha a Lowen Ashleigh, uma escritora que se encontra numa situaรงรฃo financeira complicada quando recebe uma proposta que parece demasiado boa para ser verdade: terminar uma famosa saga de livros deixada incompleta pela misteriosa Verity Crawford, uma autora extremamente bem-sucedida que ficou incapacitada depois de um acidente.
Para conseguir inserir-se na mente da Verity e escrever os livros, a Lowen รฉ convidada pelo marido da autora a passar o tempo que for necessรกrio em casa da famรญlia Crawford para consultar as notas e o material de pesquisa espalhado pelo escritรณrio.
Ao inรญcio tudo parece relativamente normal, ainda que ligeiramente sombrio. Apรณs a morte das duas filhas do casal e do acidente da Verity, o ambiente รฉ pesado e desanimador. Porรฉm, subitamente tudo parece mudar... e as coisas comeรงam a fica estranhas e assustadoras.
A casa, a famรญlia e, sobretudo, um manuscrito autobiogrรกfico que a Lowen encontra no escritรณrio da Verity, fazem com que rapidamente comecemos a questionar tudo o que estamos a ler. Quem estรก a dizer a verdade? Quem estรก a esconder alguma coisa? E, acima de tudo, podemos sequer confiar em alguรฉm nesta histรณria?
Foi precisamente essa sensaรงรฃo de dรบvida constante que mais gostรกmos no livro.
Verity nรฃo รฉ necessariamente um thriller complexo no sentido de exigir que o leitor memorize dezenas de pistas ou personagens. ร, acima de tudo, um thriller muito acessรญvel, rรกpido e viciante. Daqueles que facilmente levamos para a praia, abrimos "sรณ para ler um bocadinho" e, quando damos por nรณs, jรก avanรงรกmos dezenas de pรกginas.
O grande ponto forte deste tipo de livro รฉ a vontade de descobrir o que acontece a seguir. Num livro escrito desta forma, a verdade รฉ que nรฃo conseguimos parar. E quando somos obrigados a fazรช-lo, passamos o tempo a pensar no que poderรก acontecer no prรณximo capรญtulo.
Todas as personagens parecem esconder alguma coisa e, ร medida que a histรณria avanรงa, fomos tentando encaixar as peรงas e perceber o que era verdade, o que era mentira e quem estava a manipular quem.
Gostรกmos bastante da forma como a histรณria explora a relaรงรฃo entre a Lowen, a Verity e o Jeremy. Hรก uma tensรฃo constante, porque mesmo quando sabemos que algumas das decisรตes tomadas pelas personagens sรฃo questionรกveis e vรฃo criar mais problemas, continuamos a querer perceber atรฉ onde tudo aquilo pode levar.
No final, ficรกmos com a sensaรงรฃo de nรฃo conseguirmos ter certeza absoluta de qual รฉ a verdadeira versรฃo dos acontecimentos e, sendo completamente sinceros, foi isso que nos conquistou neste livro e que solidificou a nossa classificaรงรฃo ๐.
Sem spoilers, esta รฉ uma leitura que recomendamos particularmente a quem gosta de thrillers rรกpidos, perturbadores e fรกceis de devorar.
Para nรณs, esta รฉ sem dรบvida uma leitura⭐ 5/5.
Atenรงรฃo aos trigger warnings! Recomendamos que faรงam uma pesquisa para saber se nรฃo se vรฃo deparar com alguns temas mais sensรญveis.
Agora, se jรก leram o livro… vamos falar um pouco mais em detalhe sobre alguns pontos importantes da histรณria.
⚠️ SPOILERS A PARTIR DAQUI! ⚠️
Se continuaram a ler, assumimos que jรก leram Verity e que nรฃo se importam de discutir algumas parte da histรณria em maior detalhe. Porque agora vamos falar do manuscrito, da Verity, do Jeremy, da Lowen e daquele final que nos deixou a perguntar: afinal, quem รฉ que estรก a dizer a verdade?
O manuscrito da Verity
Para nรณs, o manuscrito รฉ provavelmente a parte mais interessante de todo o livro.
Quando a Lowen tropeรงa no manuscrito autobiogrรกfico da Verity, aquilo que comeรงa por parecer apenas uma oportunidade para conhecer melhor a autora, rapidamente se transforma numa experiรชncia perturbadora e no que parece ser uma introspeรงรฃo na mente de uma sociopata. (E sim, nรณs fomos pesquisar a diferenรงa entre psicopatia e sociopatia).
A Verity descreve a prรณpria vida, a relaรงรฃo com o Jeremy, a gravidez das gรฉmeas e a forma como encarou a maternidade. No entanto, tudo parece ser escrito com a maior das sinceridades, ainda que seja absolutamente aterrador ler algumas das suas aรงรตes e pensamentos.
A Verity descreve constantemente o Jeremy como o centro do seu universo. A obsessรฃo que sente por ele รฉ doentia e, mais perturbador ainda, ela vรช as prรณprias filhas como uma ameaรงa ร relaรงรฃo dos dois, chegando a tentar terminar a gravidez pelas prรณprias mรฃos. Aceitando magoar-se a si mesma como um mal necessรกrio para tirar as meninas do seu caminho e chega ao ponto de uma das meninas nascer com uma cicatriz provocada por uma das suas tentativas de abortar.
Apesar de tudo, a certa altura, a Verity parece comeรงar a nutrir uma certa adoraรงรฃo por uma das gรฉmeas, a Chastin. Depois de um pesadelo em que a Verity sonha que a Harper serรก a razรฃo para a morte da sua filha predileta, ela tenta pela primeira vez, ainda que sem sucesso, matar a bebรฉ.
Apรณs este episรณdio, jรก antecipรกvamos o que aรญ vinha, mas ainda assim, nada nos prepara para a forma como a Verity leva a Harper e o filho mais novo, Crew, para um passeio de barco e o vira deliberadamente. Apรณs resgatar o Crew, a Verity simula uma tentativa de resgatar a filha para nรฃo criar suspeitas, enquanto a mesma se afoga no lago.
E, รฉ ai que percebemos que ela รฉ uma personagem perdida, para alรฉm de qualquer salvaรงรฃo ou redenรงรฃo e que a obsessรฃo dela com o Jeremy รฉ extrema atรฉ ao ponto de eliminar os prรณprios filhos quando estes precisam da atenรงรฃo do pai.
Ou serรก que nรฃo??? ๐
Porque existe uma dรบvida que surge com a leitura do epilogo. E se o manuscrito for mentira?
Verity: vilรฃ ou escritora terrivelmente talentosa?
Uma das coisas que mais gostรกmos na construรงรฃo da histรณria foi precisamente esta questรฃo. A Verity รฉ uma escritora que sabe construir personagens, sabe manipular narrativas e sabe entrar na cabeรงa de pessoas que nรฃo sรฃo necessariamente como ela. E ela prรณpria escreve ficรงรฃo a partir da perspetiva de vilรตes! ร o que a destaca em relaรงรฃo aos outros autores.
Por isso, quando a Lowen encontra aquele carta no epรญlogo, existe sempre uma possibilidade: e se a Verity, esteve de facto, simplesmente a escrever uma obra de ficรงรฃo ligeiramente autobiogrรกfica com base num conselho sobre exercรญcios de leitura para se inserir na mente de alguรฉm cruel e sem escrรบpulos?
ร uma dรบvida que nunca desaparece completamente e dรก um toque brilhante para fechar com chave de ouro!
Existem duas possibilidades:
- Se acreditarmos no manuscrito, a Verity รฉ uma pessoa completamente manipuladora e psicรณtica que tinha de ser afastada de tudo e todos, porque nunca iria parar de representar um perigo a qualquer pessoa que se revelasse uma ameaรงa ร sua relaรงรฃo.
- Mas... se acreditarmos na carta, entรฃo estamos perante uma escritora que criou uma personagem monstruosa tรฃo convincente, que conseguiu fazer-nos acreditar que era a sua verdadeira personalidade. E isso levou ร sua morte quando ela mesma era uma vรญtima.
A verdade รฉ que nenhuma das hipรณteses รฉ propriamente boa, nem representativa de um final feliz, porque independentemente do desfecho, todos tรชm de viver com traumas para o resto das suas vidas.
O Jeremy รฉ outra personagem que fomos questionando cada vez mais. Inicialmente, a Lowen vรช-o como um marido devastado pelas tragรฉdias que atingiram a famรญlia: perdeu duas filhas, a mulher ficou incapacitada depois do acidente e ele vรช-se confrontado com um futuro que envolve educar sozinho o filho pequeno e cuidar da mulher para o resto da sua vida.
ร fรกcil perceber porque รฉ que a Lowen comeรงa a aproximar-se dele. Depois de uma vida a ser negligenciada e usada por todos, o Jeremy representa o contrรกrio de todos aqueles que lhe falharam. Atencioso, cuidadoso, simpรกtico e protetor.
E ser interpretado pelo Josh Hartnett nรฃo vai ajudar a resistรชncia da Dakota Johnson. Nรฃo รฉ?
No entanto, a carta faz-nos perceber que talvez nรฃo conheรงamos o Jeremy tรฃo bem quanto pensรกvamos. Ele tambรฉm tem segredos. Jรก sabia da existรชncia do manuscrito e tentou matar a Verity, convencido de que estava a ler a confissรฃo do homicรญdio da filha.
ร nesse momento que jรก nรฃo estamos simplesmente a perguntar se a Verity รฉ culpada. Agora tambรฉm estamos a pensar que talvez o Jeremy estivesse a contar uma versรฃo conveniente dos acontecimentos em determinados pontos.
A Lowen tambรฉm nรฃo estรก completamente inocente no meio de tudo isto. E apesar de ter o comportamento de uma protagonista inocente que chega ร casa de uma famรญlia perturbada e tenta descobrir a verdade, a realidade รฉ que ela prรณpria estรก a jogar o mesmo tipo de jogo, competindo com a prรณpria Verity pela atenรงรฃo do Jeremy.
Depois de semanas a ter a sensaรงรฃo de que a Verity parece ter consciรชncia da sua presenรงa naquela casa, a Lowen testemunha algo verdadeiramente perturbador: a Verity parada no topo das escadas a observรก-la durante um momento intรญmo com o Jeremy. Em pรขnico, a Lowen corre em direรงรฃo ao quarto para confirmar que nรฃo estรก a enlouquecer e... surpresa! A Verity estรก deitadinha na cama, exatamente como a deixaram.
O plot twist e a carta
Agora vamos ser 100 % honestos... na realidade, jรก desconfiรกvamos que a Verity conseguia andar e falar. O nosso verdadeiro problema nรฃo era descobrir essa parte. Era perceber o porquรช de ela ter criado toda esta farsa.
A carta parece oferecer alguma justificaรงรฃo, mas num livro destes todos sรฃo suspeitos e nunca podemos acreditar verdadeiramente na palavra de ninguรฉm.
A ser verdade, a carta encontrada pela Lowen no final muda novamente tudo. Segundo o que a Verity nos conta, o manuscrito era apenas um exercรญcio de escrita em que tentou escrever a partir da perspetiva de uma personagem completamente monstruosa.
Ela afirma que amava os filhos, que nunca lhes teria feito mal e que ficou devastada com a morte de ambas as gรฉmeas. Tambรฉm confirma que o Jeremy descobriu o manuscrito, acreditou que era verdadeiro e tentou matรก-la, acreditando que ela era a responsรกvel pelo que aconteceu ร Harper.
Se acreditarmos no que ela nos cita, foi o Jeremy quem provocou o acidente e, depois, quando a Verity sobreviveu, ela decidiu fingir que continuava incapacitada, porque tinha medo da reaรงรฃo dele.
De repente, tudo volta a ficar em aberto, porque agora temos duas versรตes completamente diferentes contadas pela mesma pessoa. Qual delas รฉ a verdade? O manuscrito diz uma coisa e a carta diz outra. E nรณs, enquanto leitores e no papel da Lowen, nunca conseguiremos saber com toda a certeza qual delas รฉ verdadeira.
Entรฃo… quem estรก a dizer a verdade?
ร aqui que achamos que Verity funciona melhor. Todos nรณs vamos ter a nossa prรณpria teoria, mas nรฃo conseguimos dizer com 100% de certeza que estamos certos.
Hรก pequenos detalhes que nos fazem inclinar para a carta. Por exemplo, o comportamento do Crew em relaรงรฃo ร mรฃe. O menino parece genuinamente confortรกvel em estar perto da Verity e demonstra carinho por ela, o que nos fez questionar se faria sentido ele comportar-se daquela maneira se ela fosse realmente a pessoa descrita no manuscrito.
Mas, ao mesmo tempo, existem outras coisas que tornam o manuscrito igualmente convincente. Fingir uma paralisia atรฉ aquele ponto, parece indicar que a Verity รฉ na realidade uma pessoa sem qualquer limite ou noรงรฃo moral que a contenha.
O que sabemos รฉ que a Verity รฉ uma escritora com a capacidade de criar e manipular narrativa a seu belo prazer. E, ironicamente, o nome dela significa precisamente aquilo que nunca conseguimos descobrir: a verdade.
No final, nรฃo sabemos se esta mulher era realmente uma pessoa monstruosa ou se escreveu o manuscrito como exercรญcio. Nรฃo sabemos se o Jeremy tentou matar a Verity por acreditar que ela matou a Harper ou se รฉ mais uma das mentiras no meio de toda a trama. Nรฃo sabemos se a carta รฉ uma confissรฃo verdadeira ou apenas mais uma tentativa de manipulaรงรฃo.
A nossa opiniรฃo final รฉ que Verity nรฃo รฉ certamente o melhor thriller do mundo, hรก efetivamente momentos em que algumas decisรตes das personagens nos deixaram frustrados e tambรฉm hรก momentos em que a obsessรฃo da Verity pelo Jeremy se torna… bastante repetitiva. ๐ Chegou a um ponto em comeรงava a ser ridรญculo.
Mas, no conjunto, esta histรณria funcionou incrivelmente bem connosco!
ร uma leitura rรกpida, viciante, perturbadora e, sobretudo, deixa-nos a pensar depois de fecharmos o livro.
Para nรณs, o maior elogio que podemos fazer a Verity รฉ que ainda estamos a discutir quem estรก a dizer a verdade. E um thriller que consegue deixar-nos a discutir teorias, mesmo depois de terminarmos a รบltima pรกgina, fez aquilo que precisava de fazer.
A nossa classificaรงรฃo รฉ ⭐ 5/5.
Mas... hรก um pequeno "problema"…
Descobrimos, entretanto, que existe uma ediรงรฃo especial de Verity que inclui um capรญtulo extra. E nรณs nรฃo sabรญamos disso quando lemos o livro. ๐
Pelo que jรก conseguimos perceber sobre esse capรญtulo, temos algumas reservas sobre aquilo que poderรก acrescentar ร histรณria e, honestamente, temos algum receio de que retire parte da ambiguidade que tornou o final tรฃo interessante para nรณs.
Mas vamos manter a mente aberta. Vamos ler o capรญtulo extra e perceber o que ele acrescenta ร histรณria. E depois voltaremos a avaliar Verity tendo essa informaรงรฃo em conta.
Agora queremos saber:
Vocรชs acreditam no manuscrito ou na carta?
Esperamos que tenham gostado desta review. Foi um pouco mais longa do que estamos habituados a escrever, mas tรญnhamos mesmo muito para tirar do sistema hehehe.
Beijinhos e atรฉ ao prรณximo post! ๐ฉท







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