Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

An Unwanted Guest by Shari Lapena

15 reviews

lyricallit's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, and Murder

Moderate: Child death

sinelaborenihil's review against another edition

tense fast-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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Alcohol

tayrayhay's review against another edition

dark 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? No

3.5

Ending wasn’t as satisfying as I wanted it to be

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Murder

Minor: Mental illness and Sexual content

ruthypoo2's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

This was an interesting whodunnit and the author, Shari Lapena, did a great job creating a charming, but remote, B&B temporarily disconnected from the rest of the world. When the stranded guests start dying under mysterious circumstances, everyone’s a suspect!

I didn’t really connect with any of the characters, and most all behaved in varying degrees of unlikable or somewhat annoying ways. There was a decent degree of character development, but for many of the characters in the story, they were too one-note so that the way people behaved or what little we learned about them seemed to only serve as a way to progress the narrative and throw out a bunch of possible suspects. I did find the conclusion satisfying as the reveal came out of the blue and there was a bonus twist tacked onto the ending that left me with a wicked little smile on my face.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Murder

Minor: Death, Infidelity, and Grief

hannah_steven's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, and Violence

Minor: Child death, Grief, and War

bpgorence's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Child death, Torture, Car accident, and War

julienicole1106'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? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

jenny_d's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.75

The book was great for me up until

the reveal that the killer was a secret psychopath. Really tired of demonizing people with metal health issues. Oh No sUdDeNLy tHey'Re a CoLd-bLooDed KiLLer AnD wE NeVeR eVeN KNEW!!!!1!1 Distasteful, tbh.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, and Alcohol

sophiemartin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Grief, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Kidnapping and War

heypretty52's review against another edition

slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and War