Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Layla by Colleen Hoover

51 reviews

theghostwhoreads's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse

gmbooks11_'s review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Drug use, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Violence, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Fatphobia, Murder, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Mental illness

ktdaugherty's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Mental illness and Panic attacks/disorders

franzixx's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Physical abuse

msiems's review against another edition

sexual abuse and torture. book was absolutely disgusting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Torture, Sexual content, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse

shull3464's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Suicide attempt, Violence, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, and Medical trauma

katieg1015's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Grief, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Gun violence, and Stalking

nabaraditi's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I'm still not sure what I feel about this book. It's the weirdest book I have ever read. I went into it without knowing much except that its a paranormal romance which means a human falls in love with a spirit/ghost and that's it. But the twists by the end of the book made me give this book one more star. I also liked how the story was laid out from the very beginning So, when we came at the end although we are shocked by it, but we could see that oh there were signs all over the book from the beginning. So, everything was very cohesive. Hence, 3 stars.

I am perplexed by the male protagonist in the book Leeds. What he feels and does in the bed and breakfast is just awful and makes sense why everyone hates him. But, it makes me wonder that if he wouldn't have stayed and did what he did (

i know he could've just used the laptop to communicate and didn't need Willow to possess Layla's body

), we would never know and

Layla would've been stuck in that house as Willow.

So, I'm again not really sure how I feel about Leeds. Anyway, none of the characters were likable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Murder, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Death, Confinement, Gun violence, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Sexual content

Minor: Infidelity

marinnelilly's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicide

layb's review

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

0.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse