Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

Our Wives Under The Sea by Julia Armfield

15 reviews

17nhammad's review

dark informative mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

Very well written and unsettling, I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. A harrowing exploration of grief and psychosis. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Mental illness

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

lyrapollock's review

dark mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death, and Body horror

Moderate: Sexual content, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, and Blood

Minor: Self harm, Eating disorder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

yoursam's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

4.5

Sometimes I think you prefer it down there, (...), you go so deep you forget you're supposed to come back.

a gorgeous story about love and grief, holding on and letting go and how painful both are. a wonderful steady build up through glimpses of love and frustration and fear. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Grief

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

bi_n_large's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Death, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Lesbophobia, Violence, Sexual content, and Biphobia

lemonsaurus's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.25

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Grief, and Mental illness

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, Death, and Terminal illness

Minor: Animal death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, and Abandonment

cecinamo'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? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I really loved this book. It has lesbians and the ocean >o<!!!! 
It is, I think more of a metaphor and things do not get explained. 
I still really enjoyed reading it. Especially the submarine chapters were super interesting yet also kind of scary and haunting. The end made me cry though >^<.

Spoiler

I found the ending as beautiful as it was sad. It reminded me of the original ending of the little mermaid and, in a way, it fits in a sad and beautiful way.

 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Confinement, Terminal illness, Body horror, and Blood

Moderate: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Sexism, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, and Medical content

devynvictoria's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

I wish we got more of Leah’s perspective and had more explanation on what happened while she was gone, and I wish we got more explanation at the end of what happened to the place that Leah worked for (I think they called it the center or the institute?) and if they were involved or

Spoiler

why they shut down their website and their phone lines

. I overall enjoyed the book and I appreciated being able to read both Miri and Leah’s perspectives of the story. As someone with pretty severe anxiety, I found myself relating to Miri often.

---

Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death

Minor: Animal death

bookishlysophie's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

Firstly, I love how we have LGBTQ+ lead characters where it is not the primary focus of the story. The book is so beautifully written, I couldn’t help but binge it. It’s maybe a bit fantastical, bordering on normal with a supernatural edge but I loved it. I’d highly recommend.

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Panic attacks/disorders

smolren's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Dementia, Death, and Suicide

Minor: Lesbophobia, Chronic illness, Medical content, and Panic attacks/disorders

lowkeymarie's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

As beautiful as it was unsettling. The only reason it gets a 4 instead of a 5 is because I'm honestly not sure how I feel about the ending. But absolutely worth a read!

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Dementia

Minor: Suicide