Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Layla by Colleen Hoover

51 reviews

gmbooks11_'s review

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

jlfaith21's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, and Toxic relationship

franzixx's review

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

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

katieg1015's review

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

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 (

Spoiler

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

Spoiler

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

meganashlee27's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious 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: Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Gun violence, Death, and Emotional abuse

kat_rowlen's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

4.5

Wow they really had me in the first half I’m not going to lie. This books made me feel every emotion under the sun, and the ending left me stunned! One of Colleen Hoovers best works! Leeds is a terrible boyfriend, however, and really made me angry. I wanted to throw this book a few times and I don’t say that lightly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Eating disorder, Gaslighting, and Infidelity

vibinqvio's review

mysterious medium-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

2.0

well… what should I say? First of all: ghosts aren’t my cup of tea. 
The hair scene… WHAT💀 the gaslighting, the infidelity… hell nah💀 the twists were alright, not phenomenal. Wouldn’t recommend😍

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity

Moderate: Kidnapping, Stalking, Panic attacks/disorders, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, and Eating disorder

savbowmer's review against another edition

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