Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

The Goodbye Kids by Debbie Iancu-Haddad

2 reviews

moose_a_million's review

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.0

 I received a free copy of this book as part of a StoryGraph giveaway

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Violence, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body shaming, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Toxic friendship

For those who are sensitive to it, there is a death of a robot dog who is treated as a pet and looks like a real dog. Additionally, almost all of the fat phobia is in the form of self deprecating talk, usually trying to be passed off as a joke.

calicat42's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This felt a lot like the trolley problem played out in a dystopian world. In a way it’s a philosophical thriller, if those exist, because it seems to tell the story of our earth’s potential future dystopia. 

As a romance reader, it’s not the typical book to read for this genre, but I think it was important for the story to show how much humanity is getting wrecked as corporations and wealthy elite make the earth uninhabitable. 

Worth every second to read, and I need to know what happens next; both for the book and to have some hope!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation