anaya answers “Thoughts on the ending?”

Frances asked this question about Verity:

Thoughts on the ending?

anaya I think majority of the readers would not believe the letter she wrote. If anyone reading this believes Verity is innocent... Let's see what you think…moreI think majority of the readers would not believe the letter she wrote. If anyone reading this believes Verity is innocent... Let's see what you think after you read this.

- Lets begin with the manuscript. Verity mentioned that Amanda suggested writing an antagonist pov journal, or creating her life into a villain's story. Let's consider this IS true. But tell me this... how'd Verity nail every "villain pov" page, flawlessly. Her entire take on the villainess was so real.

- I'd like to mention how she labelled her manuscript as an 'autobiography'. Why label it as an autobiography, if it was meant to be a "practice journal"?

- this is a very subjective one, based mostly on my evaluation. Every word, every sentence in her manuscript was so nail-biting. I don't think anyone would come up with such a good storyline for a mere journal. Who the hell thinks so creatively. Also, the information, the detail and how it felt as though she wrote it as though she was living it is a very good example too.

- if Jeremy had read the manuscript, why did she bother taking so long to write an apology letter? Why did it take her a Lowen, to write an apology letter. I don't think Jeremy would've crouched under her hospital bed because the guy didn't even know she could move and why would he check the floor? It was definitely there for Lowen to read, to either make Jeremy seem like the bad guy, or to make Lowen question everything.

- the scar on Chastin, is literally evidence. & I think Harper's autism is an affect of the wine and pills Verity took.

- Why the hell would you take them on a boat without a life vest if you had good intentions. She's a mother. She probably imagined every possible way of them to get hurt, and would've remembered it if she cared.

- Why did she tell Crew to not tell Lowen anything about her?

- Did she want to run from her husband, or the police?

I'm definitely not sane after thinking why and how this whole book ended the way it did. But my opinion. I just mentioned every reason why I think Verity is guilty.(less)

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Arathy S Okay..since Colleen Hoover also thinks that Verity is evil, I wanna write based on that and also because I believe the manuscript is true. There are r Okay..since Colleen Hoover also thinks that Verity is evil, I wanna write based on that and also because I believe the manuscript is true. There are reasons for it and also storylines that don't add up. So let's get into it (Bare with me if I start speaking to the character directly)

1. Maybe the first of the proofs that manuscript is real is when Jeremy says to Lowen that he didn't feel a connection with Verity. He didn't know her real self so was manipulated the whole time he was in a relationship with her
2. With regard to the letter at the end, Verity pleads that she didn't kill her daughter. But which mother would be stupid enough to let their daughter go to the lake without wearing safety vests, especially after a recent death in the family?
3. Also Verity claims she would never berate her daughter (ie Harper). Harper seems like a quiet girl, not emotional or demanding. So it's odd that she would demand to go to the lake and run to her room crying because her mother said "No". If Harper had to cry it would only be because Verity said something cruel to her.
4. And a mother would do anything, by that I mean anything to save her daughter. In Verity's case she knew swimming, yet she didn't do everything she could to save her. I don't think she tried at all
5. When Jeremy started asking questions and grew suspicious of her, she stayed silent. When your husband suspects you of murdering their child, you don't stay silent, you fight tooth and nails to prove that it's not true.
6. And there is the fact that Verity asked Crew to hold her breath. Let me tell you, it's only matter of asking Crew when she said that to him. Was it before or as the canoe was tipping? But we never get that situation. So if Crew remembered that his mother asked to hold his breath, it definitely had to be before the canoe tipped. If it was said in a rush or in an emergency, he won't remember it that well.
7. Verity says at the end of letter that she was "never" sex mad. But at the starting of that letter she wanted to have sex with him?? Manipulative much?!
8. Verity says that she created this "fictional world/fictional self" to escape reality. She just lost Harper, her daughter. She is supposedly devastatingly sad. So what did she go ahead and do? She started writing about Chastin's and Harper's deaths by blaming Harper for killing Chastin and she herself kills Harper. Which mother does that? The problem is, the character that she thinks is fictional is herself. She felt guilty for being careless with her children, so she thought "You know what I'm gonna blame Harper for killing Chastin and then I'll kill Harper myself" I mean how is that supposed to help her? When it infact adds on more blame when they both are the same person..When people are struck with a trajedy like that, you want to hear about other people's tragedies worse than your own. This is manipulation to the extreme.
9. She blames a fucking fishing net for her daughter's death??! I mean how dense can she be? She knew swimming for god's sake!!
10. She admits to having thought of "only Crew" for 30 seconds as the boat tipped over. Which means that a mother who recently lost her daughter didn't think of both of her children. Didn't try to save both of her children. Oh! She thought Harper just behind her! Stop spewing bullshit. You know you killed her.
11. You "assumed" she was fine. You guys are not fucking chronics then. You guys are just fucking careless. To the extreme! That's just not possible for a mother who recently lost her daughter. So you definitely killed her.
*Storylines that don't add up*

12. Jeremy found the manuscript before Lowen?? That was quite a surprise. But why was he reacting the same way if he read it before? Why did he not tell Lowen that he already read it? Why was he reading it if he already read it?
13. Why isn't Jeremy being truthful to Lowen about attempting to kill Verity? They know everything at this point about each other yet he withholds that truth?
14. Verity is supposedly trying to find this manuscript but Lowen gets it on her first day there?? It's kind of laughable. If she is the villian or not, she has to find it at all costs, especially if she is the villian. But there are blank spots inher memory? Ugh. You know what she simply is "unsuccessful". I mean it's fine Lowen had to find it otherwise we would never know..
15. How did she know Lowen had the manuscript? Even if she knew wouldn't she try to steal it from her? Why didn't she steal it? ...more
Mar 09, 2025 07:10AM · flag

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