Reviews tagging 'Death'

Layla by Colleen Hoover

143 reviews

abbyycadabbyy's review

emotional fast-paced

3.5

     This book was interesting. I really didn't think that I would like this book, but I surprisingly enjoyed it. Now this book is by no means the best Colleen Hoover book, but I can say I don't think it's the worst either. I want to read all of Colleen's books, so I of course had to read this one. 

      I have heard a few people say it was predictable, I can say I read the back of the book and I guessed what was going to happen. It was a little bit like Verity, but like the Walmart version. 

     I have never read a supernatural romance..... it was a little weird to wrap my head around. I thought that the concept about the romance was odd to say the least and I kinda felt a little uncomfortable. This is kinda random but I couldn't stand Layla's sister and her boyfriend. 

     This book wasn't at all scary. I was interesting and I wanted to know how it ended but I didn't really feel the thriller aspect of it. I also thought the ending was a little rushed. I felt like Colleen didn't know how to end this book, so she left it on a cliffhanger then added a useless epilogue that didn't do anything for me.

     I love how I started the review saying I liked the book than this whole thing has been me talking about everything I didn't like. I thought the book was super interesting. It had me hooked and wanting more till the end. Colleen hasn't failed me yet!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness and Death

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Stalking, and Eating disorder

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

teawithgriffon's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

3.5

pretty good but some things at the end didn’t make sense.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexism, Sexual content, Death, Cursing, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

savbowmer's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, Grief, Death, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Gaslighting, Violence, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, and Eating disorder

eimii's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Sexual content, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Confinement, Suicide attempt, Eating disorder, and Cursing

ms3333's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Gun violence, Death, and Eating disorder

Minor: Physical abuse

violetbentbackwards1036's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Gun violence, Murder, Confinement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Alcohol, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

andthensarahread's review against another edition

hopeful mysterious fast-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? It's complicated

4.75

Something a little bit different from Colleen Hoover. Really enjoyed this one!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Medical trauma, and Murder

probablykatie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

grace_9613's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

After Verity this kinda fell flat for me. The set up for this book led me believing it was heading down a similar path (gripping, realistic, psychological thriller) so the paranormal element threw me. Probably my fault for not reading the synopsis and going in blind. Despite this I couldn’t put it down - but the ending and main character Leeds sucked. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Gun violence, and Mental illness

Moderate: Death and Domestic abuse