Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

Powerless by Lauren Roberts

9 reviews

taylormshipley's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence

Moderate: Murder and Torture

olyviatb's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

This is probably one of the best books I’ve ever read. It was the perfect combination of the hunger games meets the cruel prince meets acotar but all in a way that was unique to itself. I loved the world building, the lovable characters, the magic, the banter (especially the banter). It all went together so well and created a truly incredible story. I cannot wait until Reckless is out! 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Death of parent, Murder, Classism, Confinement, and Torture

Minor: Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Confinement, and Grief

hayleythegoose's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Torture, Child abuse, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Abandonment, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Murder, Violence, and Animal death

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Gore, and Misogyny

Minor: Drug use and Child death

vj_thompson's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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

Why did I put this book off so long? 

I bought this as soon as I found Lauren Roberts on TikTok but never read it. Powerless has made an appearance on monthly TBRs, but again I didn’t read it. I haven’t gotten into fantasy romances before because of the length. What finally made me want to read was Sara Carrolli ❤️

This book has tension, goooood banter, forbidden love (in a way), and deception. It was a great first fantasy romance. Very much reminded me of the trials from the Hunger Games but also a movie with a similar plot of someone born to kill the very thing he ends up growing closer to. I can’t remember the name of the movie for the life of me. Can’t wait for the remainder of the series. I have some theories! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Gore, Torture, Alcohol, Cursing, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death of parent

gingerbooknerd3's review against another edition

adventurous challenging slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Death, and Grief

Minor: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Violence

kendra_taylors_version's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Child abuse, Genocide, Death of parent, Death, Violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, and Torture

Moderate: Alcohol and Cursing

plsnotanotherdamselindistress's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny

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

4.0

I believe the author has been slightly influenced by the "Hunger Games" trilogy. And by slightly influenced I mean not only the concept of the games but also almost every part of the plot seems like an exact copy.

But...the writing of the characters, the dialogues, the banter, the build up and tension were so captivating and well-written that surprisingly I was able to easily overlook being able to predict the entire plot.

I mean the spelling was...not that great but the morally grey characters were. Thus all in all I would still recommend this book for someone who likes romantasy with a strong fMC.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Domestic abuse

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

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

smut_is_necessary's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious relaxing sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

cliffhanger 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, War, and Gore

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Death of parent

rylie_reads15's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Physical abuse and Panic attacks/disorders