Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

The Collective by Alison Gaylin

17 reviews

katekatiekait's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Grief, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape and Suicide attempt

jenniferliebe's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

I didn’t really know what to expect going into it, but my heart was racing at the end of the book. I can’t say I agreed with the ending but you could kind of see it coming in a way. Lots of twists and turns! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault and Suicide

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Pandemic/Epidemic

klandry98's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Medical content, and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer, Chronic illness, Homophobia, Rape, Pregnancy, and Pandemic/Epidemic

sharkgirl45's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Gaslighting, and Pandemic/Epidemic

theinstabookworm's review

dark 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

I have had this book on my Kindle for a while but it just never made it to the forefront of my mind. I honestly thought this was going to be some cliche story about a grieving mother who makes peace with her daughter's death. This was *not* the case, in the best way. This is sinister, dark, and twisted in the best way. This book is wild! I read some reviews that said they didn't like the ending, but I thought it was unexpected and different from the norm. I'll definitely be looking into the author's other books! If you haven't picked this one up yet, I highly recommend doing so.

Favourite quote: "I'm a human being. I am not your entertainment."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, and Transphobia

chasingpages1's review

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying, Gun violence, Self harm, and Police brutality

catinseas's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, Violence, Police brutality, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Outing, and Alcohol

smixter88's review

challenging dark mysterious sad 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

I wanted to like this book more than I did. It's just ok. Once I knew the plot, I thought 'ohhh this is going to be good.' It wasn't. I knew the twist before it came, which is ok, but I wanted to be wrong. Check the trigger warnings because this does have sensitive subjects in it. 

How I rate my books:

⭐️ wasted my time
⭐️⭐️ not terrible but not great
⭐️⭐️⭐️ good, but wouldn't read again.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ really liked it and recommend it!
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ absolutely loved it! Move it up on your TBR 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, and Murder

carrasreadsandthings's review

dark 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I've never read a Thriller before and I'm glad this was my first. Boy were there a lot of plot twists! I loved it and my head is spinning!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug use, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

bookworm247's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, and Murder