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Layla by Colleen Hoover

10 reviews

gracedunne's review

emotional mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Stalking, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Mental illness

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Torture, and Kidnapping

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

samantha_121234's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Gun violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence

Minor: Drug use, Misogyny, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, and Grief

marigold82's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

2.5

My first COHO book. It was on kindle unlimited so I thought why not dive into someone so polarizing. 
I think I picked the wrong first book. 😕 It had some intriguing moments but was also kind of slimey? I am sure I will give another one of her books a try because I hear this one isn't quite her usual material. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Confinement

Moderate: Blood, Mental illness, Medical trauma, and Eating disorder

Minor: Alcohol, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, and Kidnapping

texas_reznikoff's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

thriller_reader1's review

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Eating disorder and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Suicide

alexisreads's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I like that Colleen wants to switch genres sometimes and I loved Verity but something about this book didn’t sit right with me, but I do believe Colleen did a beautiful job writing this!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Dementia, Eating disorder, Terminal illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Mental illness, and Gun violence

froggybex's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.0

i cried

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, Death, Murder, Confinement, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Gun violence, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Dementia, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Stalking, and Torture

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Death of parent

literary__mary's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I wasn’t sure how I’d feel about this, but I actually enjoyed it! The pacing and build up were perfect, and it made me want to keep reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Kidnapping

Moderate: Eating disorder and Suicide

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

elli_cmpbll's review

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense

• 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? It's complicated

4.0

this book was not what i was expecting, as the only other colleen hoover book i have read is "it ends with us" and these are two completely different works. "layla", although a book i may not have necessarily picked out for myself, is still something i am glad to have read. the topics handled within the book, mainly the discussion on the existence of supernatural beings, lead to me questioning my own views and looking at my own surroundings in a slightly new light. the novel had me falling in and out of love continuously with the main characters over the course of the novel and left me feeling emotionally drained, but in a good way. 

would i recommend this book? in short yes but beware what you are getting yourself into and make sure to read the content warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence

Moderate: Grief, Gun violence, Racism, and Stalking

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

maddie79's review

dark emotional 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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Suicide attempt