Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

She and Her Cat by Makoto Shinkai, Naruki Nagakawa

11 reviews

robinks's review

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-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

4.75

I love a fantastical, intersecting collection of vignettes. My main issue is that all these stories with female human protagonists is written by a man.

Though I suppose the primary perspectives are all cats.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual assault, and Grief

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Dementia, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Emotional abuse and Infidelity

queenkath32's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Sexual harassment

junglejelly's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

A lovely small book with great short stories.

I really enjoyed the mix of human and cat point of views. I also loved how

each story was connected

which made the epilogue all the more cuter.

While some of the content was heavy (e.g. death and mental health), it is written with such compassion.

A must read, especially for cat lovers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Grief

Minor: Animal death, Death, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, and Dementia

lasunflower's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

3.5

Cute collection of interwoven stories about women and their cats. Themes of found family, mental illness and grief, but for how emotional it is, it was also lighthearted.

I did not like the first story as much. Chobi is my least favourite character and that story did not feel as developed as the others.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Dementia, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

imogenlj's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

A lovely little book- the four intertwined short stories softly deliver messages of hope and perseverance. A gentle but impactful collection.  

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Dementia, and Grief

sunny_pipes's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

This one is hard for me to rate, based on a few passages that gave me the ick. I still love the stories, but they're not flawless.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, and Pregnancy

There are a lot of heavy topics handled. Loneliness, anxiety/panic disorder, sexual assult, inappropriate boss behaviour, and a lot of mentions of death in varying degrees (mostly animal). Do not pick up if mentions of such triggers you! For me the topics were handled alright, so do with that as you may.

sea_sea's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted reflective 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

4.75

This book is a really cute multiple pov story. It deals with mental illness topics and cats! Overall it was a really nice and quick read. It was also really fun while reading to see how all the people and cats were linked in the book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Animal death, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Dementia, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

catandherbooks's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Grief

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Sexual harassment

tashtasher's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted relaxing 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, and Pregnancy

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Blood, Dementia, and Car accident

urmm's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective slow-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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Grief

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment