Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Layla by Colleen Hoover

97 reviews

thequiltyreader's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

3.0

I wasn't expecting a ghost story. Interesting premise and an easy read.  But even when I knew more I just couldn't get my head around the protagonist going to such lengths.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

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

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

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

devonsonnessa's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I liked this book a lot! Reasons for not giving it 5 stars: 1) The ending was a little weak and 2) I felt like a lot of the chapters became repetitive, like they overplayed the relationship between Leeds & “Layla.” 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Murder

Moderate: Mental illness, Medical trauma, and Gaslighting

kaylahcc's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Murder

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

katerpillar7's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail