Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo

25 reviews

zghutcheson01's review against another edition

dark 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

I really loved this book. It took me about 30 pages to get into it but once I did I couldn't put it down. Without spoilers, I do enjoy how this book came to a satisfying ending without frantically rushing to resolve all of the character issues. It let the book feel like a peek into someone's life and you know things are going to change but that the hardest part is over. The nurder mystery part isn't super compelling but I honestly think that's not the main point of the book which is the character development and exploration of the supernatural which it does really well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Domestic abuse and Transphobia

fanboyriot's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious 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

Read For:
Ghosts
Chaotic Gays
Spooky Fantasy
Dark Academia
Fast Cars and Stupid Decisions

I read a review that said this was like a gay fever dream and that sums up a lot of it.  The supernatural elements and the overall eerie atmosphere were really lovely.  It was well written, however, the romance was kind of meh at first, by the end of the book it was better but it just felt like there could have been more development with Andrew and Sam.  Overall, the ending was nice and I would definitely re-read this again.
 

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ (5/5)

Release Date: 28, September 2021

POV: Third Person

Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️

Rep: Achillean MC, Trans Character, Queer Characters, Polyamorous MMF, BIPOC SC, MC with Anxiety

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Biphobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

bookenbee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Terminal illness, Medical content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Animal death, Racism, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

shayna_hadassah's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gore, Sexual content, Blood, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Homophobia and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Child abuse, Homophobia, and Transphobia

btrz7's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Terminal illness and Alcohol

Minor: Car accident

msradiosilence's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

4.5

Tldr: Andrew is propped up by all the side characters, but god I love me a good ghost story and some beautiful prose.

Read my full review at: https://www.rainyreader.com/single-post/summer-sons

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cancer, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

foreverinastory's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

What a ride.

Rep: white achillean-questioning male MC with anxiety, white queer male love interest, white queer polyamorous trans male side character, various queer coded side characters, Black male side character (sexuality not indicated).

CWs: Suicide, death, blood, grief, murder, drug use (smoking and snorting), violence, body horror (including haunting/possession), gore, alcohol consumption, homophobia/homomisia, sexual content, injury/injury detail, vomit, panic attacks, self-harm, cursing, racism (systemic and interpersonal), drug abuse, alcoholism, torture, toxic relationship, toxic friendship. Moderate: confinement, kidnapping, mental illness, death of parent, animal death, biphobia/bimisia, car accident, medical content/trauma, suicidal thought, suicide attempt, psychosis, cancer, fire, transphobia/transmisia, terminal illness. Minor: mentions of slavery. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Biphobia, Cancer, Confinement, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Slavery

sarahmiller98's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Homophobia and Toxic relationship

jlsblnk's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual content, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

kkulhannie's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Slavery