Reviews tagging 'Death'

Layla by Colleen Hoover

143 reviews

nikimorr's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-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? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Grief, Violence, and Death

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

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

maxximus's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

Oh my GOD I was not expecting any of this but this book is so good! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Death, and Fatphobia

Minor: Suicide

crwright14's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Mental illness and Sexual content

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

lizzythebookworm____'s review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence and Death

Minor: 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

skypaiige's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, and Death

aliciachauhan_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Mental illness, Cursing, Death, and Medical trauma