Listen up, divas. This month on Read Receipts we’re diving deep into Colleen Hoover’s sick, twisted mind for a movie vs. book analysis of Verity. 

Read Receipts is a big screen book club from The Rolling Tape where we read a book and watch its onscreen adaptation. Our first episode was on Wuthering Heights, so if we could handle that, we can make it through Colleen Hoover’s 2018 psychological erotic thriller Verity. 

We dive into our thoughts on the book vs. the film, what we think of Colleen Hoover’s writing, Dakota Johnson’s acting, and more.

Verity stars Anne Hathaway as Verity Crawford, Dakota Johnson as Lowen Ashleigh, and Josh Hartnett as Jeremy Crawford – the film is directed by Michael Showalter, and written by Nick Antosca.

A quick little ditty about the book: it was originally self-published in 2018, and it was eventually republished, in 2021, due to a surge in popularity, thanks to our good ol’ friend BookTok. It was a departure for Colleen Hoover as she typically focused on romance, not thrillers. 

So, spoilers ahead for both the movie and book, Verity.

Our Guest:
Ashley Hatzenbihler