Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Layla by Colleen Hoover

27 reviews

brittneydye19's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

Honestly a weird read. Definitely not what I was expecting. It was okay.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Mental illness, Gun violence, Death, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Sexual content and Infidelity

elizabeth_anne's review against another edition

mysterious sad tense medium-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? No

4.0

I enjoyed the two timelines from the interview to the main storyline. I liked that the story was told from the male main character’s perspective. This book would make for a good October read 👻

Spoiler

I did not enjoy the middle of the book when we believed Leeds was cheating on Layla. However I think having a problem in the book that the reader does not like is what makes the book good. Glad everything was resolved in the end. I also didn’t believe Layla was going to survive at the end. Colleen Hoover had me hooked until the very end.

 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Gun violence, Infidelity, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

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

elisemarie5's review

hopeful mysterious sad fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Infidelity, and Murder

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

taryn_g's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Suicide attempt, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Infidelity, Confinement, Sexual content, Torture, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, and Medical content

Minor: Alcoholism and Alcohol

withlivjones's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

A really interesting take on the supernatural genre, featuring a gripping plot packed with surprising twists. I thought that the mystery and the gradual reveal of information was very well done. Honestly, if Leeds (yes, he’s literally named after the city in England) was in any way a likeable character, I would have easily rated this book at least 4 stars, but he’s not even i likeable in a way that’s fun to read - he just makes terrible decisions out of selfishness and then sulks about them - and that really made it difficult to root for him and the romance in the novel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Death

Moderate: Blood, Gun violence, Sexual content, Drug use, Infidelity, and Stalking

Minor: Death of parent and Eating disorder

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

skygray's review

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? No

1.0

What is this goofy-ass book LMAOOO

Despite being advertised as a “paranormal thriller,” there is nothing remotely thrilling or scary about Layla.  Thanks to Hoover’s bare-bone descriptions, the setting and mood lack any sort of character that might lend itself to a spooky atmosphere.  And speaking of character...our “hero,” Leeds Gabriel is flat, uninteresting, and unsympathetic.  Leeds did so many horrible things in this book, and despite the fact that he recognized what he was doing was wrong (in many repetitive internal monologues), he never took action or changed his ways.  All his bad decisions are brushed away at the end by cop-out plot twists that “justify” him.  Meanwhile, our titular character, Layla, is a superficially-written manic pixie dream girl.  None of the other side characters were remotely interesting, and the plot twists were predictable and quite frankly laughable.  I only read this book because I challenged myself to read the lowest and highest-rated Colleen Hoover books on Goodreads; if not for that, I wouldn’t have finished it.  I can’t believe I’m saying this, but It Ends With Us was an infinitely better novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity

Moderate: Gun violence, Alcohol, Sexual content, and Eating disorder