Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

The Song of Achilles, by Madeline Miller

9 reviews

dragonbornsandwaffles's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

If you're like me and haven't read the Iliad before reading this, be prepared for a lot of heartbreak with this book. Had heard great things but no one warned me in advance and it was really, really hard to get through. Beautifully written, but painful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Self harm, Gaslighting, War, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Transphobia

camoo3032's review

emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

It really immerses you into Greek mythology and the story of Troy and Achilles. I still really enjoyed reading it even though I knew the story of Achilles. I'm not used to reading books written in a first-person perspective so it felt disjointed to me and as if the narrator was distant, but it was still very well done!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Homophobia, Injury/injury detail, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content, Animal death, Classism, Misogyny, and War

Minor: Domestic abuse, Vomit, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pregnancy

merh's review

dark emotional informative mysterious sad slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Misogyny, Sexism, War, and Death

Moderate: Kidnapping, Biphobia, and Panic attacks/disorders

rekilluv's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

The book was so incredibly written omg, the romance between patroclus and achillies was so beautiful and had me sobbing. The way patroclus described achillies gave me chills in the best way possible. The side characters also served great purpose in building up the story even without having much depth about them, they all felt very human, even the gods. A lot of people did not like the book but I know a lot did and I am one of them !! Please read it at least once, it's an unforgettable experience .

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, War, Body horror, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Gore, Injury/injury detail, Medical content, Death, Grief, Murder, and Rape

Moderate: Misogyny, Rape, Confinement, Classism, Slavery, and Self harm

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Pregnancy, Vomit, Misogyny, Abandonment, and Kidnapping

hammy_down's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Amazing book. Truthfully. There’s nothing I can say about it that hasn’t already been said, but I truly enjoyed this. I felt every mistake, and I felt the connection those boys had. We can come together through a shared love of something. We can watch them make mistakes, and we can suffer, but we will love them, and we will love other through them. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, and War

thegr1mreader's review

emotional sad 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

5.0

SO SAD I AM NOT OKAY AND WILL NEVER RECOVER

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Death, Homophobia, Incest, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Trafficking, Blood, Ableism, Gaslighting, Gore, and War

Minor: Self harm

cyjszn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

Some parts are poorly written but most of it is really good.

Spoiler

When they said they both die at the end I did not think it was literally going to happen, but guess what? They both really do die at the end. I was warned, I ignored the warning and now my heart has to pay for it. Tragic, really.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Blood, Animal death, Grief, Death of parent, Child death, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Tw / suicide:

Spoiler

The suicide tag is about a past and parental suicide rather than a present one. Therefore its kind of a minor description of it.

Further tws for: drowning, suicide ideation and gang violence.

bluminth's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.25

I usually go in blind when reading a book except for this one. I was actually excited how the story would go because I was promised pain but I didn't really feel anything at all. The way it ended is good but I feel like

Spoiler

Patroclus' death was rushed in a way.

I was about to give it 3 stars but I'll give it justice because it was well written and I loved the characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Domestic abuse and Gaslighting

averygrey24's review

emotional slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Slavery, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Homophobia

A large part of the end of the novel takes place during war times, so it gets a explicit