Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross

62 reviews

cturn's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring 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

4.0

Characters - 8
Atmosphere - 8
Writing - 8
Plot - 8
Intrigue - 10
Logic - 7
Enjoyment - 9
CAWPILE score - 8.3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Addiction, Panic attacks/disorders, and Alcohol

Minor: Child death and Sexual content

readingduckling's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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? No

5.0

The book is beautifully written but extremely sad an I would recommend to check trigger warnings and maybe being in a stable headspace and maybe already own the second book so you can continue reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Abandonment, and War

Moderate: Misogyny, Death of parent, and Classism

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, and Fire/Fire injury

almendraa's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring mysterious 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

Ha sido una lectura exquisita.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Classism

Minor: Sexual content

abbey_marie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny inspiring mysterious 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? No

5.0

Stunning. This book is such a whirlwind of emotions, so real and raw and beautiful. I haven’t read a book that has moved me so much in so long. I will treasure this book so much. I am proud to have it on my shelf and hope to one day share it with my children. I don’t even have kids yet but I’m convinced that this will be on my shelf for a lifetime, it’s so beautiful and I never want to let it go!

It started out slow and I honestly quite liked the pacing of that. In the middle and end is where it really ramped up, many emotional scenes that had me needing to take a break from reading because they were so raw and well written. It’s truly moving.

If you’re looking for a high fantasy book, this isn’t it. It doesn’t have a lot of the fantasy elements, though I’ve heard the second book does. It has more magical realism I think than fantasy. But if you’re looking for a beautiful love story, a book with elements of what feels like historical fiction (it seems to be set in the 1910s or 20s), an atmospheric novel, an emotional adventure of a read, this is it. This is everything I didn’t know I needed and I am beyond excited for the second in the duology! (And so glad that it isn’t a trilogy because my heart might explode if I had to wait for a third book!)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body horror, Vomit, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual content, Excrement, and Medical content

This book has several intense war scenes in it and graphic scenes of violence and death. If you are sensitive to those, you may want to read this slowly, take breaks, or this may not be the book for you. It also has some elements of alcoholism, grief, death of a parent, and PTSD. It does have one sex scene, but it’s tastefully done and not graphic.

luna_lovelace's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective sad slow-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

This book exceeded my expectations, it was such a unique story that I had no idea what would happen next. It's probably the sweetest love story I have read out of all the enemies-to-lovers tropes thus far. 
My only concern was not knowing whose point of view it was, but it wasn't hard to figure out.

The MCs are so lovable, including the friends FMC makes along the way. I wasn't fully prepared to read some sorrowful moments, so it caught me off guard! 

The chemistry between Roman and Iris is unlike any other. It is a slow-burn but it's worth it. I loved the idea behind

the magical typewriters, it made the love story that much sweeter!

It made this book so joyful to read. I can't wait to read the next book,

I am dying to know what happens to Roman!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content

mrs_gale's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? No

4.25

What an interesting story!
Historical war fiction is not my usual genre at all but this was an enchanting adventure with a little bit of romance and a touch of magic. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Classism

teabrewer's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

Everything in this book is written so vividly. The universe is imersive, extremely. Every scent, texture and visual is so real that it is impossible not to feel that you in every scene. Every emotion the author wanted you to feel, you would. To the point where I had to put the book dawn a few times closer to the end because I'm simply to equiped to process all these feelings. The romance is beautiful, moving and made me sight and (scream with the book) several times. The story does not hesitate to show war like it is but it doesn't make everything depressing and hopeless either. I loved this book with all my heart and I hope so, so much that the sequel is just as good. I can't wait for it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, and Grief

Minor: Sexual content

readingwithmeredith's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious 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

4.75

Characters: 4
Connection to the book/Enjoyment: 4
Setting: 4
Plot/Overall Story: 3
Writing: 4

Every point= 0.25 stars, max per category 4 points

I really enjoyed this more than I thought. It took me about 50 pages to get invested and then I didn’t want to put it down. I do feel very confused on the fantasy element, but I think I might just need to go back and reread some parts or hope that book 2 explains more. I didn’t feel like there was enough background to help me understand the gods at war, but it also could be my inability to wrap my head around fantasy worlds. 

I really loved the characters in this story, the writing style, the use of letters, and the pacing was well done. This didn’t feel like a YA book(mainly because of how well written it was compared to most YA), and with the one open door scene I found myself double checking that it wasn’t categorized as adult. Overall, I enjoyed this way more than I expected and am eager to read book 2! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Violence, Medical content, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Grief

Side character with alternative lifestyle

sarah_hutchins's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Gore, Blood, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, and Medical content

pagesihavenotyetread's review against another edition

challenging funny hopeful fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail