Reviews tagging 'Eating disorder'

Layla by Colleen Hoover

206 reviews

nailartklaudia's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Fatphobia, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Alcohol

tnemelce's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content

Moderate: Eating disorder, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, and Blood

Minor: Alcoholism and Suicide

destinynichole11's review against another edition

adventurous 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

lauraea7's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Kidnapping, and Medical trauma

dmackreads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

2.0

I’m very conflicted on how to feel about this. 

Overall I get what the author was trying to say and do with this but it just didn’t go over well for me. The ending was great but what it took to get there is questionable at best. 

It kept me intrigued and wanting to make it to end so I could figure out what was going on but I genuinely almost did write it off as a dnf a few times because it was pissing me off. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Torture, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content

arushidas_'s review against another edition

dark hopeful medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

jesmardru's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

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

3.25

Depressing, slow burn, the characters are fairly unlikable. The book gets much more interesting on the last 100 pages or so. Very boring and dull for the first 2/3.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Medical trauma

kmayn227's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Medical content, and Stalking

Minor: Drug use, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

crypticspren's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

This book was such a joy to read. I was so hooked by the interview set up and the flashes back to the past. I was so confused and desperate to know just how Leeds ended up in such a crazy situation. I loved watching the pieces slot into place and the reveal towards the end of the book gave me goosebumps and made me cry a little.

I thought the writing was fantastic. It was atmospheric and detailed, and so gripping to read. The plot was phenomenal and I found it hard to put the book down. I thought everything came together perfectly and all the "this doesn't quite seem right" feelings were addressed. 

Overall, I adored this book and I'd like to think that my soul would find my husband's soul too.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, and Gaslighting

lucyduller's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gun violence, Infidelity, and Gaslighting