Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell

94 reviews

samkilbride's review

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Drug use, Alcohol, Child abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Death, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Mental illness, and Body horror

cursivewolf's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Devastating. Strane deserved so much worse. The ending is tragically hopeful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Child abuse, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual content, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Rape, Sexual assault, Drug use, and Pedophilia

bookshelfhannah's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, and Mental illness

britrcup's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Alcohol, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Addiction, and Adult/minor relationship

janbee's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Sexual content, Pedophilia, Rape, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Adult/minor relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Drug use, and Mental illness

oliviainthepink's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Sexual content, Pedophilia, and Sexual violence

Minor: Death of parent

anonymous_traveller's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Child abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Self harm, Physical abuse, Sexism, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Sexual violence, Stalking, Ableism, Abandonment, Rape, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

isabelashley's review

challenging dark emotional sad medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

I feel haunted by this book. I can’t stop thinking about it. One of the hardest things about reading the book was waiting for Vanessa to know what we know. To know that Strane was abusive and manipulating her. Reading it as an adult who grew up watching things like Law and Order: SVU, I knew it was wrong, I knew he meant none of what he was saying. I feel like I have so many thoughts about this books and yet I don’t know how to form them into words. What actually might be the hardest part of this book is knowing that things like this really do happen.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Pedophilia, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Suicide and Panic attacks/disorders

sapphotoni's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, Eating disorder, and Adult/minor relationship

kather_doc's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Gaslighting, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Rape

Moderate: Drug use, Death, Suicide, Cursing, Grief, and Alcohol

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, and Kidnapping