Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

Le soleil et l'étoile : une aventure de Nico Di Angelo by Rick Riordan, Mark Oshiro

20 reviews

tj_thenerd's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

I'm really struggling to know how to feel about this book. I was a big fan of Nico Di Angelo when I initially read PJO and HoO, not to mention now as an adult queer I often seek out queer romance. But this isn't what I'm looking for. And I fear I've just grown away from this writing style. Things feel ham-fisted and it's constant references to ToA made me exhausted. 

I didn't enjoy that series and didn't finish it, so maybe I was hoping it would mostly be ignored? But I imagine if I had finished them, it would also bother me that everything was constantly being summarised again. It felt like I was simultaneously being isolated as someone who didn't engage with ToA AND isolated as someone who knew what had already happened. Over explained and under explored? 

I felt like it was trying to be one of those companion short stories that felt like bonus scenes in a DVD menu but instead it became a full movie that doesn't really stand up alone. Is that a bad thing? For me, yes, I think so. I think I was looking for something different here. And I think I knew going in it wouldn't be what I hoped but I read it anyway.

The relationship is sweet in places and made me smile. If you're still deep into these stories and enjoyed ToA, I think you'll like this. I just think I unfortunately have to concede that new additions to the Riordanverse aren't for me anymore. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Violence, Blood, and Medical content

Minor: Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Outing

melaschnie's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Medical content, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Homophobia, Outing, and War

vreadsalot's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

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

5.0

CAWPILE: 9.50/5*

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Violence

Moderate: Grief

robertjspradlin's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Outing and Abandonment

Minor: Eating disorder and War

annahamburger's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Violence, Grief, and Abandonment

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

eloise648's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Homophobia, Mental illness, Torture, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Fire/Fire injury

icedlemonade's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Eating disorder, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, and Abandonment

Minor: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Outing

maylinmunoz's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

a great follow-up to the riordanverse that explores how to heal from your past and navigate relationships. the book also addresses and ties up a lot off loose ends and places of discomfort from previous books, such as Nico's forced outing by Cupid and the ethical/moral implications of Bob the titan, in a way that felt very satisfying. it feels like such a safe place for conversation around mental illness as well as explicit queer representation, I'm sure in large part thanks to Mark Oshiro's contributions.

the way it handled Piper's unsureness about any particular label at the end felt so genuine. the writing of it itself if great even if my own personal headcanons around Piper were technically confirmed false. I always felt like she never was really attracted to Jason; it felt like textbook comphet. so for her to say directly that she was felt strange to me, and as a bisexual person now makes me feel more disappointed in that form of representation throughout HOO retroactively. i think it could have been a cool thing to show her come to that conclusion, as it is a process that can be very difficult for lesbians to go through and accept in themselves. though i also think the message of it's okay to not have a label or have everything figured out is also a very important one, so I'm not terribly upset at this alternative. my only other critique I can think of at the moment is that I don't buy straight Percy Jackson for a second lol.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Grief

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, and Blood

Minor: Bullying, Eating disorder, Homophobia, and Outing

thegr1mreader's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, and Outing

Moderate: Bullying, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Outing

Minor: Biphobia, Bullying, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief, Outing, Abandonment, and Dysphoria

pey333's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, and Grief

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Homophobia and Outing