"Where did you find this?" Why the knife was still there in the floor? I just think that Veritys attitude towards Harper is extremely suspicious because if Jeremy hadnt doubted her love for her daughter, maybe he wouldve been more hesitant to believe that she killed her. What does Verity mean? ALRIGHT (book reference), lets start off with the very first and very obvious topic. Amanda didn't tell her to write about murdering her child. We get to the first "so be it" chapter. QUICK ADD. I also just stared at the wall and went straight to this conversation to see what everybody is thinking! I don't think Crew caused h. For everyone asking why she would run away with Crew, she said that she would be happy with the three of them as a family. Verity says that she was told to write her lifes story from the perspective of a villain, instead of a hero, meaning that everything in the autobiography was fake. There is no way that ANYONE can make me believe that she told him that while they were tipping over. I found it unbelievable. The letter said that the manuscript was an old writing trick to become a better author. Lowen probably would have thought Crew was manipulated to say Verity didn't do anything wrong, but it's still an awkward detail. follows a struggling author, Lowen, who is approached and asked to finish the novels in a series. like imagine how different and crazy the ending would be. very unpopular, most people seem to be team manuscript. He hired Lowen on purpose after admitting he was the one that was a fan of her books, not Verity - and so was planning to "seduce" her the whole time. [Is it possible that this is not an autobiography, but rather Veritys next novel about truth? If you take a look back at the earlier chapters, Veritys father said something along the lines of God punishes the evil. I didnt know what the heck to even believe. If she really was faking her condition to save herself from Jeremy AND she wanted him to know the truth as well what could have been the more perfect to tell the truth to Low about all this? Did he bring it to her because she asked him to? She wrote this the night that Lowen and Jeremy were together for the first time. Read about Colleen Hoovers Verity and its newest chapter included in the hardcover edition of the novel. In October 2021 it was announced that the project is currently in development at Amazon Studios with Nick Antosca and Alex Hedlund producing. By taking a closer look at all of the characters actions, it is revealed that the letter must be true since their choices support its explanation. And lets not forget that it wouldn't be easy if not even possible to stage an accident where the drivers side is so smashed in to cause Veritys injuries when she's actually in the passenger seat and you on the driver seat? Verity has no credibility. Didn't anyone else find it weird that the entire family was sleeping on the second floor? A Day of Fallen Night (B&N Exclusive Edition) by Samantha Shannon. Guys i know this isnt the case.. but imagine if Jeremy told lowen the story of he and veritys relationship, and then lowen wrote the manuscripts in her sleep without knowing because she was insane or something. No way. Lowen is pregnant. Lowen arrives at the Crawford home, ready to sort through . Log in. Really? Verity said in the letter that he bound her, but removed the tape. We know that the framework of the manuscript is true (they met at a party, she was wearing a red dress, they had twins, he quit his job once she got more successful than he was, then they had crew, then Chastin died, then Harper died 6 months later), so why change this detail? There is zero indication that he has that in his character. Except the plan didnt work, and she survived. i don't believe Jeffrey did the whole car accident thing on purpose, i think verity got scared because the same night Jeffrey questioned her judgment for the very first time. Regardless of whether the manuscript was autobiographical or not, Im certain that Verity was not a stable person: I cant fathom being able to write such horrible, sickening stories about my family not even in the interest of bettering my writing skills. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. Why didn't lowen just ask Amanda if the manuscript was fictional? [I loved the book, but felt there were holes in the ending. I am mostly certain that it did. just for a second wondering if she really was capable of keeping those sick ideas strictly in writing. There are some similarities except, of course, that Rebecca was dead, from the beginning of the story. I starred at my ceiling for a good hour after I finished this book, contemplating the ending. In this new chapter, more things were revealed about Veritys husband, Jeremy, who is now romantically involved with Lowen. Aerogram: This is a pre-paid airmail letter which can be folded to form an envelope. Her romance novels are bestsellers, but she is also well-known for her thriller, Verity, which was recently released in a hardcover version. all love though :). But obviously, it bothers some folks. [There are a couple reasons I don't believe the letter at the end from Verity - I think it's just another way to manipulate those around her. I was suppose to say Chastin not Harper. Plus I dont believe for a second that Chastins scar (or was it Harpers Im not quite sure) was because theyre two kids in one womb. Popularity of the name Verity. i think the manuscript is real. (, because the letter had all the correct information of what happened that night, which is proof that either it was written at that time or after it. Hating her daughters, letting them cry all day, etc. I was completely expecting some kind of finale twist, where either Jeremy and/or Lowen are revealed to have been the true antagonists. Like he wanted a reason to kill Verity without as much guilt. verity never read the book only Jeremy did so maybe lowen becoming the ghostwriter is actually a set up just so Jeremy could have someone to be with. After reading the letter, we find out that its supposed to be an antagonistic journal in which she wrote about her life, but her internal dialogue was sinister and completely different from her. What is the truth behind Verity by Colleen Hoover? I didnt Like how jeremy and lowen killed verity. She wouldnt be physically capable of doing so and/or hiding the letter. All about the workings of this global humanitarian organization, The Marriage Portrait: the historic-fiction novels ending, explained, Percival Everetts The Trees: revenge novels mysterious ending, explained, The Perfect Marriage: the novels criminal ending, explained, The Cabin at the End of the World: its apocalyptic ending, explained. She says she isnt looking for people to like her after reading it, but to be careful as it turns darker. You lose 2 of your daughters and you use your twisted diary to cope. If so why not escape at night? She thinks the unborn baby stole Jeremy from her. I'm pretty sure there's plenty of women that are obsessed with it. Even the when Low was in the shower w. I too wonder if the last letter was true. I wrote this response to Gracie above, but it applies here too: If she was truly innocent, wouldn't she make CERTAIN that Jeremey found/read the letter instead of "I hope you find this" If she was truly innocent and the manuscript was fake, then you'd think she'd purposely find a way to give the letter to Jeremy directly, etc. This can occur if two sheets of paper are fed through the press at the same time, or if no ink is applied. just because how can someone be capable of writing such gruesome acts/thoughts without having an ounce of evil in them. Interesting, but if she was not faking her brain injuries, then how could Verity write the letter to Jeremy at the end of the book? What was it that actually happened the day of Harpers death? Even the readers were left in the dark and given no clear sign of whether or not Verity was a manipulator. Seven months later, they all have moved elsewhere. Thats murder and they shouldve called the police or dealt with it in a different manner.). Also about wanting to and killing one of her children. Lowen coached Jeremy how to kill her so that it would look like she choked on her own vomit. 2 : something (such as a statement) that is true especially : a fundamental and inevitably true value such eternal verities as honor, love, and patriotism. It was stated directly from Jeremy that he didn't want to read any of Verity's work so why would he choose to read the manuscript? As Lowen continues to read confession after confession, she realizes no one knew just how twisted Verity really was. See more. The retailers demise explained, Is UNICEF a good charity? Boom. There were so many better ways this could have ended and I was expecting something much more sinister. Variety is a quality similar to diversity or difference. And to have it online where police and any hackers can access it, but to also print it and and hide it, but she also FORGOT WHERE SHE PUT IT. For someone so manipulative and cunning, Verity surely would've thought that through. I tend to feel that Jeremy and Lowen have some leeway here seeing as they have both gone through and are going through various shades of grief. This was an interesting but confusing read. WHAT A WILD ENDING! As for why she told Crew not to talk to Lowe about what happened on the boat, I think she instructed him not to talk to her about her period for fear of confirming Lowe's fears that she was better than she appeared and maybe she gave examples to him saying even if she asks you about what happened on the canoe or etc etc. [why didn't she put a warning on the manuscript and why did she put too much hate on her own babies no one would believe her after reading the manuscript. Ha. I havent, but Ill make sure to check it out! The biggest debate at the end of the book is whether the contents of the manuscript, or the letter that Lowen, the protagonist, finds are true. I think Verity panicked and realised that someone was on to her. That's a lot of weight on your credentialing software's shoulders. But then, why wasnt he scared of her? Accessed 1 Mar. I do believe that the letter was a ploy to cover the truth in her manuscript and torture both Lowen and Jeremy. What did Verity do? If Jeremy did read the autobiography, he would have tired to kill Verity the same way she tried to killed her baby before he brought in Lowen into their lives. This manuscript is very disturbing, as Verity admits to killing one of her two dead twin daughters. As we all know, February is considered as the month of love and friendship by the majority of the world population Although Im not the biggest fan of Valentines Day, I do love romance (ironic, I know ). She destroys the letter and vows to hide the truth from Jeremy. There is a few things that have pointed me in this direction I can explain. I dont remember verbatim what he said but something about evil people deserve it. If the baby monitor was "recording," Lowen would have been able to prove to Jeremy the first time she saw Verity moving on the monitor, but instead she was going to take a picture. Maybe it was a warning. for the whole book her brain damage kept her from doing most things - but she proved to have far more capacity than other characters believed, including her own nurses. i think manuscript is real one. I mean, why wouldnt you? The name Verity is of Latin origin. If she was really innocent, she likely wouldn't care what Crew would have to say about her. She screams and although Jeremy doesnt totally believe her, he starts locking Veritys door from the outside. It was all a "writing exercise.". I dont know how she was able to keep up with such a horrible and big lie for sooo long. Shes also not overly upset. Some may choose to believe she did these things in her manuscript or not. I dont buy the letter; I think the manuscript version is the truth. None of this can be explained unless what she wrote in the manuscript was true. Im sure she hated being this close to a woman who was sleeping with her husband. V erity as a girls' name is pronounced VARE-i-tee. So that conversation must have happened. I think Verity most definitely killed Harper. Id love to know the authors true insight to the book. Regardless of whether the autobiography was real or fake, she wrote about her actual life. Some might argue that it is strange that Verity did not place a warning on the top of the manuscript that said it was fiction. That is also what I think! in matters of which reality to believe, it makes the most sense that the manuscript was her true self. I think Verity definitely killed Harper. We love the newer sounding three-syllable, 'y'-ending virtue names, and Verity is one of the best. Her editor introduced her to a technique called antagonistic journaling, which would help her get in the mind of evil characters by writing journal entries about her own life, but making the inner dialogue opposite what she had really experienced. and sure, it can be part of her "act" but the more i think about it, the more it doesn't add up: her son being so fearful of talking about her, jeremy letting her stay in the house, and her publisher, amber, not saying a thing about it to laura. The manuscript contains bone-chilling revelations of Verity's darkest thoughts and deepest secrets including her account of the deaths of her twin daughters. Who is the real Verity? They talk, share deep moments and through Veritys account, she knows that Jeremy is a good man and father. Is Verity evil or was it all a misunderstanding? Jeremy Crawford, husband of bestselling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife is unable to finish. (Clearly, shes not.). Lowen moves into the Crawford home to sort through all of Veritys notes and drafts. He charges into Veritys room and threatens to call police unless she moves. It shows how detached from reality Verity was, the kind of feeling you get from her manuscript too. Theyre terrifying. [I'm definitely on a team manuscript and I think that Verity was her truest in the manuscript and the letter was her final attempt to keep manipulating everyone. This letter explains that the entire manuscript was just a writing exercise called antagonistic journaling. We are left to wonder about which is the truth and which was manipulated. And the fact that Jeremy actually killed her doesnt help either Im just very very VERY confused , I dont know Jeremy completely creeped me out. The ending is a bit of a mystery, which Im sure is what the author intended. Or was the letter real, and Jeremy is the real psychopath? Everything is fine but can anyone please clear it out that the baby monitor was on and recording Jeremy kill Verity and Lowen witnessing it Right??????!!!!! Page after page of bone-chilling admissions, including Veritys recollection of what really happened the day her daughter died. She becomes jealous of her own baby. What does Verity mean? She wrote about him positively and maybe even exaggeratedly, making Jeremy appear perfect for the sake of the story. Verity is one of the most loved baby girl name, its meaning is truth, verity, . We all know that Verity was faking her injuries. honestly after giving it much thought i do believe the letter is the truth and i do so for so many reasons to start with why the hell would verity fake her injuries if she wasn't truly afraid from jeremy ,afraid that he might try to kill her again for the third time, also if verity was the true villan here why wouldn't she do smth to lowen knowing how obssesed she is with jeremy and allowing a woman in herbed with her husband like comeon it doesn't make sense if she killed her own daughter than she's campable of doing much worse, in addition to that if the manuscript was true and it showed how equally jeremy was obsssesed with verity as much as she was why the hell he will go for another woman if he didn't read the manuscript already and found out how aterrible person his wife is it'sbecause he believed the manuscript, jeremy said at the beginning he doesn't like reading verity's work because how dark her writing was in fact he was afraid to believe what she writes and that's exactly what happendwhen he read themanuscript , to mention the scar on chastin actually i do believe it was because it's common to happen to twins and not because of the faild try of abortion ,colleen played with our minds let us believe that verity was crucial and evil why the truth is that both loawen and jeremy are the true villans lowen was obssesed withe the jeremy that verity wrote about and that's what justifyher actions towards him and jeremy was a psycho himself too cuz he read the manuscript and believed it and wanted to torture verity more by bringing lowen to their house .. and also there's a point most of the people neglected which is the similarity between lowen and her mother's situation and jeremy and verity after the accident low's mother was terrified of her la hated in a way oe another her mom and it's the same for jeremy but despite all the hate that stayed by theirsides and took care of them also if verity as a villan am sure crew will beafraid of her beacuse he witnessed the death of his sister that his mother responsible of by lowen always mentioned how he spand most of his time next to his mom in bed , not to mention that "verity" means the truth so yeah i dobelieve the letter was true and both lowen and jeremy are fucked up. But, still, we dont know what actually happened. His reaction was so visceral. I just finished this book and have been reading all the comments on here. I also wanted to preserve the memories of jeremy and lowen being an ok couple without being murdere. OH yeah love that idea! I think the first time he read it was when Lowen compelled him to read it. In her notes, Verity suspects Harper to have killed her. Jeremy Crawford, husband of bestselling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured . an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking [personally, i'm team manuscript. you cant just write that like its nothing. Now that youve read The Last Thing He Told Me, lets talk about the ending, During the coming days that turn into weeks Lowen juggles a flirtation with Jeremy with reading chapters of Veritys manuscript, which are presented in full. Just doesn't make sense. I think Verity observed for so long that Lowen had the manuscript and didnt show Jeremy, so she knew she wouldnt show him the letter either. He believed her to be harmless because she was essentially in a vegetative state. but if she was not faking her brain damage, how did she write the. Verity means truth inn latin. verity lambert is a british tv producer who produced the first series of the bbc's long running drama series "doctor who" from 1963 to 1965. from the latin veritas, meaning "truth".. I think the manuscrpt shows the true verity. [Okay, I am team manuscript but something doesn't make sense to me. Shes met with an accident and rather than make the news public, they want to add a co-author for the remaining books. Hoover calls her personal indie project - which is the reason why it was only published as an ebook - a "departure from the emotional love stories" she usually writes. [Honestly I felt the foreshadowing where Low's first boyfriend loved her for her character when she wasn't the same as the book. If it wasnt, how could a caring mother even pretend these things? I find it far fetched that someone can act brain dead and fool even the doctors. You were a wonderful husband until you couldnt be. If she was the "perfect wife" as she stated she was all along - Jeremy probably would've questioned the manuscript when he read it. cover: [verb] to guard from attack. Towards the end of the book we see that Crew is capable of hurting himself. Honestly still an amazing read but not a book I would read again. It is a Puritan virtue name. Verity never feels maternal towards them, not even after they are born. However, I think it's more interesting that it leads us to all the double sides to people in the book. It is of Latin origin, and the meaning of Verity is "truth". If she wouldnt have done something to Harper, Verity wouldnt have been so serious about Crew keeping his mouth shut. Why was Crew biting his gum with the knife when he said something he shouldn't of? What does Verity name mean? 2011-02-06 08:48:57. And if she cut him, did she hope to cut him deep enough for him to need to be taken to the hospital so she could escape? He rammed her car in a tree and made it look like an accident. Lowen decides to keep the manuscript hidden from Jeremy, knowing its contents would devastate the already grieving father. I think that maybe she felt guilty about what a horrible person she was and how badly she treated her children, so she found a way to let off steam. Did no one else notice last line of the book, the end is written in the same handwriting style as the end of the autobiography? So Maybe thats why? All that to say I'm team Letter. She already knows that the family has been through a number of tragedies- with the death of their twins (Chasity and Harper) to Veritys crippling accident. Sure, maybe the file kept on your computer is one thing. Who would want that lying around without some sort of disclaimer? All in all I did enjoy the book but was left very confused. Do not even get me started on it. I feel like the whole Team Manuscript vs Team Letter ordeal would quickly be settled if Lowen would have gone and talked to Verity's editor and asked whether or not she told Verity about writing through a villain's perspective was true. The end is definitely shocking. Was she a murderous psychopath or simply a writer trying to process her grief in an unorthodox way? But when he killed Patricia I then found myself believing it was true. from Jeremy is hyped up way too much. He was suspicious and then she tried to hurt HIM. 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