Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus

17 reviews

synkdive's review

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective 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: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Outing, Homophobia, Bullying, Vomit, and Suicide

Minor: Cursing

prairieraven's review

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Body shaming, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Outing, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Grief, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Medical trauma, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Drug use, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Rape, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic friendship

sammymilfort's review

dark funny informative mysterious reflective fast-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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Bullying, Blood, Outing, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Cancer

grace_cr1's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Murder, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Car accident, Homophobia, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Grief, Mental illness, Outing, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Drug abuse, Cancer, Death, Mass/school shootings, and Self harm

alexreads1023's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Addiction, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Classism, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Homophobia, and Panic attacks/disorders

thebookpaiges's review

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Suicide, Murder, Violence, Drug use, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Classism, Mental illness, and Death of parent

makenna_reads's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Violence, Outing, Infidelity, and Bullying

Moderate: Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, and Drug use

shiroofficial's review against another edition

5.0

This book was very interesting and it made me want to keep reading it all the time… the story was amazing and thrilling and the situations felt very real, like it would be something we could expect in the world today and it would feel normal, but feel bad as well. It was a very interesting story to read and many secrets were unravelled in the story and it was awesome! The plot twists were really good and it kept me captivated the whole time i was reading. I absolutely love this book. However i find that the pace is a little slower than i’d have preferred, but it really doesn't bother me much so yeah. Awesome book definitely recommend love it! very thrilling would read again! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Sexual content, Grief, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Abandonment, Self harm, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Hate crime, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Alcohol, Suicide attempt, Self harm, and Drug use

booksbyantheia's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

 Como lectura en general, llenó todos los espacios requeridos para ser un libro bueno. Personajes relativamente sólidos, una trama segura, con los espacios de misterio necesarios. Quizás fue esa trama esperable la que la hace un libro bueno, pero no excelente, y no tan memorable. (Sorry, Simon)

Y quizás hasta esos puntos favorables no son tan fuertes. Solo sentí que Bronwyn estaba desarrollada al máximo. Sus pequeñas luchas consigo misma, sus motivaciones, sus secretos. Siento que el menos desarrollado fue Cooper. 

Spoiler

Si bien su homosexualidad es algo muy importante para todo el "estereotipo" que construyó como máscara, eso no me hizo sentirlo un personaje más profundo que Bronwyn.

  Addy me parece la peor desarrollada en general.

La trama es predecible. Soy estúpida y conecté todo mal, pero acerté a cada suceso (atribuyéndolo erronéamente, pero aún así). 

Spoiler

Incluyendo el plot twist de Jake. No lo adiviné bien, pero sabía que estaba involucrado de alguna manera.

Eso muestra que fue una escritura muy cuidada y notable. Las pistas estaban ahí, pero lamento que en cierto punto se haya pasado de foreshadowing a exceso de detalles.

Es una buena lectura, recomendable para meterse en el género de misterio. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Abandonment, Addiction, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Mentions of divorce, body hatred, low self-esteem, non-explicit sexual content.

katiareadz's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.0

I was hesitant when I picked up this book bc of the many mixed reviews. But honestly I LOVED IT SO MUCH😭. The plot twist was not that much of a plot twist for me... I kind of guessed it but the experience was not by any means ruined . The characters were well developed and I adore addy. This book put me out of a big reading slump ,it's really fast paced and definitely worth a read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Addiction, and Suicide

Moderate: Homophobia, Bullying, and Self harm

Minor: Eating disorder and Panic attacks/disorders