Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Layla by Colleen Hoover

71 reviews

tannerlauren's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Suicide, Death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Eating disorder

tanvi45's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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

1.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

mariahcervelli's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-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? Yes

5.0

to anyone reading this review, yes i’ve seen the bad reviews it’s gotten, yes i’ve read this book completely unaware that this wasn’t just another verity with a medical problem, instead it’s more of a paranormal ghost romance story. colleen hoover’s writing is addicting, so easy to consume, i was over 100 pages 3 hours into the book. the opening chapter was very unique and the plot twist about the book was insane, absolutely insane. a lot of people say it was predicable but it was an insane plot twist no one could see coming. colleen hoover makes you confused but in a good way with her thrillers and finding out the answer to the big conflict. the writing seems weird but it’s written in him recalling the events so you won’t understand until you dive deeper and deeper into the book and the most satisfying thing is getting towards the end because you realized you’ve read an amazing plot line and you can compare details you’ve missed. Moving on, i agree with the statement of the mistreatment of layla was terrible and is so crazy, no one should’ve been treated that way and gaslighted feeling as if their realities are warped and what abuse she had to endure. The ending cleared parts up but Layla should’ve never felt that pain at all and Leeds is terrible for doing it. i disliked his character but i’m happy with the ending because it was apart of the interesting plot line. I do not condone this behavior though and if anything like this happens in real life, run for the hills! coho can write a lot of toxic men! but, i’m so glad i read this book, yes i recommend! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Murder, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic relationship

downtown_kb's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Suicide, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and Eating disorder

there is cheating in this book, but it gets explained/excused

anniehendricks's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Gun violence, Torture, Eating disorder, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Murder, Medical trauma, Death, Mental illness, Infidelity, Grief, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

lvn's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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 and Confinement

Moderate: Physical abuse and Eating disorder

Minor: Mental illness

erica_reads_things's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Pretty fun read! Took me a bit to get into it but once I did and the plot really started moving, it kept my interest. I guessed THE Plot Twist™ a bit before it was revealed but that didn't make it any less enjoyable for me, just made me want to hurry up and see if I was right lol. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Mental illness, Gaslighting, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Sexual content

Minor: Eating disorder and Blood

filipa_maia's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

It is with a heavy heart that I give 3 stars (and not the usual 5 starts) to one of Colleen's books.

I had so many expectations for this book. Supernatural is one of my favorite genres and I had high hopes for the combination of two things that I love: books written by Colleen Hoover and dark and twisted themes. I was expecting something like Verity, but this book did not delivered that.

I had a really hard time to relate to the characters, none of them was likeable... the entire scenario was really weird. The entire story sounded like an episode from Ghost Whisperer (and not a particularly good one).

If the book did not made me cry, is not a Colleen novel!

P.S.: Obviously, I will still support Colleen, keep buying every single book and keep "hating her" for making me cry every single time...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Stalking, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Murder

Moderate: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Death, Gun violence, and Panic attacks/disorders

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

megmccreery's review

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.5

I did not expect this to actually be a ghost book. I thought someone was going to be having a psychotic episode which would have been a lot more interesting. I can’t lie and say that I didn’t get pulled in because I thought it was going to be more thriller than whatever the hell this could be called. If it’s categorized as romance, then that’s so stupid.

Leeds was a manipulative, terrible human. I don’t care about what happened with homegirl or who she ended up being because it doesn’t excuse his actions! He gaslit Layla into thinking she was crazy, and he did literally everything he selfishly wanted then somehow justified it with insane reasoning. 

I think I’m done with Colleen Hoover. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting