Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

77 reviews

helenadominick's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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

Holy… haven’t loved a book like this since The Secret History

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Violence, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Grief, Mental illness, Alcohol, Body horror, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Homophobia

annerbtw's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Whaaaat the hell... that was a rollercoaster of emotion towards the end. Rio created a great cast of characters, and I loved how they all interacted with each other (even in the ugly moments). I knew I was into the book when I started developing theory after theory of how I thought the book would end - I was wrong. ♥

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Drug use, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Suicide, Death, Violence, Cursing, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, and Emotional abuse

anoushka05's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Homophobia, Mental illness, Suicide, and Infidelity

maddiebusick's review

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Bullying, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, and Alcohol

Moderate: Infidelity, Vomit, Eating disorder, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, Sexual harassment, Suicide, and Domestic abuse

quinn24's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

I had fun reading it, but i don’t think I took from it what was supposed to be taken, I am not a Shakespeare fan so that may be it. I did think it was rather obvious but then maybe it was supposed to be?  I’m not sure it wasn’t clear to me whether it was meant to be obvious to the reader or not. I also didn’t like the little ending switch-up. But I did enjoy myself.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Misogyny, Addiction, Medical content, Mental illness, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Homophobia, Suicide, Panic attacks/disorders, and Vomit

hellothereforeitsalex's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

A classic dark academia set up. A group of fourth year students at an elite arts university, with Shakespeare being the name of the game, when there is shift in casting, those who play more secondary roles are moved into the spot light, feelings and egos are bruised. Then one of the seven fourth years is found in the lake after weeks of being cruel towards the rest of the group but when they all have a motive, it’s hard to say who’s responsible or just an accident!! This plot kept me intrigued, I enjoyed that the story was split like a script into acts and scenes, it was actually really effective how each of the different acts were introduced by the main narrator in the later timeline then goes into the past timeline. The story dives into the complexities of human relationships emotions and motivations plus explores how far one would go for someone they love. 

⚠️ Google Trigger Warnings ⚠️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Bullying, Drug abuse, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Suicide, Drug use, and Suicide attempt

ewwniamh's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

this book made me realise how much the secret history character absolutely hated each other 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Murder, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Toxic relationship, Grief, Toxic friendship, and Addiction

Moderate: Vomit, Panic attacks/disorders, Eating disorder, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

jankmab's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Domestic abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Drug use, Addiction, and Drug abuse

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Eating disorder, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Self harm

hez30's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Moderate: Addiction, Murder, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Death, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicide

puterea_cuvintelor's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective relaxing tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Drug use and Alcohol