Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

Looking Glass Sound by Catriona Ward

26 reviews

howorth's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Weird

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

marieeh's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

3.0

Very torn on how I feel about this book.  Some parts (everything from Wilder's memoir) was great.  Everything else was very meh and confusing though. 

Maybe I read the last 5 chapters or so too fast, but it just kept getting more and more convoluted and I felt like it didn't need all that.  Made it difficult to figure out what I had read so far that was real vs a book within the story.  

I felt very sad while reading.  It was heavy in spite of the chaotic ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Toxic friendship

mariesbooks's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, and Death of parent

Minor: Bullying, Homophobia, Self harm, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

purstiltski's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Abortion

shamelessbibliophile41's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

hauntedantiqueshop's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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

2.0

I could not tell you a lick of information on what I just read. I feel like I should have taken notes and come at this like a detective to understand anything. It just wound up being too overly intricate for me, more like a messy book version of Inception + a little witchcraft than what I think the author probably intended.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Stalking, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: Abortion, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

a_novel_craving's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Abortion

rachelunabridged's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Mental illness, and Stalking

Minor: Bullying, Cursing, Infidelity, and Sexual content

emmonsannae's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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

4.0

This book was a trip!! The setting and ambiance were exquisitely crafted—I think that was the best part of the book. C.W. pulls off the ‘story-within-a-story’ strategy well in a way that doesn’t bore or unnecessarily confuse the reader, and by the end of the novel this setup adds several brilliant layers to the (in my case) unexpected conclusion. The last 50 pages were pretty wild. Though I guess it’s technically a horror story, I didn’t find the book scary so much as haunting with a lowercase h. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

theliteraryhooker's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

3.0

This is a tough one. The first 2/3 of the book was an easy 5 star. I love Ward's writing style and I was completely engrossed in the coming of age story tinged with murder. But then the plot jumps ahead and veers wildly away from the tone of the first portion of the book in the last 100 pages or so, and I just didn't care for it. I found it confusing and repetitive, and it took away a lot of what made the first 2/3 so impactful for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder

Moderate: Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Torture

Minor: Abortion