Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang

142 reviews

gartimar's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Cancer, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death of parent

Minor: Emotional abuse, Infertility, Suicidal thoughts, and Gaslighting

nin3423's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Mental illness and Death of parent

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Suicidal thoughts

ilariachillea's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death of parent

amandadelbrocco's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

 My favorite of the series so far. This book felt incredibly mismarketed... though it's technically part of the same series, this book was completely on a different plane than the first two. Despite that, I absolutely loved the story and I found myself sobbing at 3 in the morning. The characters were so incredibly nuanced and it was so well done. However, Quan has been my favorite character in this series from the beginning so I really feel like he and Anna deserve book 3.5 with their happy ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Death of parent

mariainestb's review

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer and Suicidal thoughts

teatunesandtales's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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

Part fiction, part memoir. Thank you Helen Hoang for writing my story also.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Cancer, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Classism

Trigger Warnings: Caretaker burnout, Autistic burnout.

onlyonebookshelf's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Infertility, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

xandriaisreading's review

emotional reflective sad fast-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

4.5

I  found my way back to this series and I'm glad I did. I connected so much with Anna and her journey. It's not far off from the journey I'm currently on. 

While her actions can be frustrating, they're understandable. Masking to the point that you lose yourself and sense of control. To get so low to the point she got before she really started to make a change, my heart ached for her. Especially during the conversations with her sister.

I really enjoyed this book just as I have the others. I wish we got to see more interactions with the previous main characters. To have Anna and Stella interact and have someone who more closely understands her struggle would've been interesting to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Death of parent

Minor: Infertility

viireads's review against another edition

emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

Moderate: Ableism, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Body shaming, Blood, and Alcohol

library_kb's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad 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

I really loved this book--first off, Anna and Quan are fantastic characters--the way that they worked to get over their own hurdles together was so satisfying to read about. I would say Anna takes a more central role in the story--and there is definitely some tough stuff that goes down. The way the book was written puts you so close to the characters and their struggles and thoughts that it is important to check content warnings--however if you are at a time to handle the content, highly recommend this story, for some it will validate their own experiences and other it will open eyes to what navigating life as an autistic woman can feel like. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Cancer, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent