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Layla by Colleen Hoover

10 reviews

lucyduller's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide attempt, Self harm, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Eating disorder, Murder, Physical abuse, and Violence

Minor: Gaslighting, Infidelity, and Gun violence

cassmills's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Medical trauma, Eating disorder, Self harm, Death, and Panic attacks/disorders

sophieve's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I know that if I have to go dump the entire plot to my husband before I even finish the book that it’s a five star read for me. It gave the creepy crawlies just like Verity and, maybe I’m clueless, but the mystery had me stumped like the whole time. Even at the end I was so afraid that a spirit was just tricking him. Such a unique story, beautifully written, no notes!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Eating disorder, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicide and Self harm

rosaasena's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Self harm, Mental illness, Medical content, and Eating disorder

olivia119's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad fast-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Abandonment, Torture, Self harm, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Violence, and Eating disorder

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Not my favorite of Hoover’s by far, this novel was just okay for me mainly because of how unbelievable the plot was. Hoover even writes characters who can’t believe the plot so I don’t know how the reader was expected to. I felt like Leeds was kind of an unredeemable character in that he validates his behavior against Layla by using information he didn’t have before he did the thing. This makes me uncomfortable because the thing was still wrong because he didn’t have all the pertinent information when he did it. I did like how intense the writing was — it made you want to get to the end to know what was happening — but I wouldn’t want to read this for the first time again, like I’ve wanted to with Hoover’s other novels. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Torture, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Self harm, Confinement, Cursing, Body horror, Death, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Sexual content, and Gun violence

mel_s_bookshelf's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-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? N/A

3.0

This was a unique take on a romance novel. I know that some people are put off by the paranormal themes explored in this book, however, I actually didn’t mind the concept and overall, I found it to be an enjoyable read. As usual, Colleen Hoover's writing style is great and easy to read - I binged it quite quickly as I was very keen to see how things unfolded. 

 

Although I enjoyed the mystery of this book, I found that the character development wasn’t up Colleen Hoover's usual standards. It is primarily focused on the present happenings; however, I feel as though a little more back story on Leeds and Layla would have helped me to be more invested in them. I also felt disappointed by the ending, which just didn’t sit right with me.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Torture

Moderate: Stalking, Self harm, and Sexual content

Minor: Alcohol

motivationsloch's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Self harm, and Body shaming

Moderate: Death of parent

toofondofbooks_'s review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I'm gonna need at least 200 more of these thriller/supernatural books from Colleen Hoover, because this knocked me on my ass almost as much as Verity. I didn't even know what this book was half the time, but I knew that it was really hard to detach myself from my kindle because I just wanted to know what happened and what it was all leading up to. It didn't disappoint me, I'm happy to report. However, I wanted to push the main character, Leeds, off of the nearest cliff. Have I ever hated a male protagonist more? I don't think so. I feel like that was almost the goal of the narrative, though. If it was, congrats Ms. Hoover, you win at writing insufferable men 😂 i don't even know what to do with myself after this one. I already cried, now what?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Gun violence, Violence, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Eating disorder, and Body horror

Moderate: Drug use, Stalking, and Self harm

lovelynovellas's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious relaxing tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Mental illness, Death, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Self harm

Minor: Slavery