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Panic by Lauren Oliver

16 reviews

mels_reading_log's review against another edition

adventurous 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

3.0

I watched the show based on this book and loved it, so I had to grab the book. There are so many differences between the two, there are whole plot lines in the show that don’t even exist in the book. And so many little details were changed, I’m sure there are reasons why the changes were made, but I loved Ray so much in the show and he hardly speaks in the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

books_and_bakes's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Violence

nooweljayy's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

itsbumley's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

katie_k1's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, and Alcohol

Minor: Car accident

ansatejones's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Violence, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Self harm, and Suicide

Minor: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Abandonment

annamorgan27's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Death, Violence, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

ecasseri's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I enjoyed this book- it was an interesting concept and I was really excited to find out who would win the challenge. I also liked how the book shifted perspectives of the characters. However, I didn’t love the ending; it felt very anti-climactic and didn’t tie up plot lines like I wished it would. Overall it was a good, quick read that I mostly enjoyed and would recommend! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, and Violence

Minor: Suicide

lthumphrey's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, Car accident, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicide, and Death of parent

Minor: Body shaming, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicide attempt

ninaevan's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

4.25

 This was a re-read (albeit, I read it many years ago) and was still completely shocked by every twist and excited by every turn. Lauren Oliver has this amazing talent for writing believable teenagers using sophisticated language that really validates their experiences in a way that is much needed in the YA genre. This book is a wild ride that I have had such fun revisiting. No complaints.

For a further discussion of my thoughts, check out the next episode of my podcast: Books without Borders. https://anchor.fm/books-wo-borders

My scoring: 
5.00 | = everyone in the world must read this book 
4.75 | = between 4.5 and 5
4.50 | = dessert island book
4.25 | = between 4 and 4.5
4.00 | = great, solid, recommendable book
3.75 | = almost a 4, but not quite 
3.50 | = not a 4, but I had a good time
3.25 | = rough patches, but not bad
3.00 | = meh, read-able but nothing to write home about
2.75 | = between a 2.5 and 3
2.50 | = there’s something I liked here but it wasn’t enough to be good 
2.25 | = between a 2 and 2.5
2.00 | = not good and there was nothing I liked 
1.00 | = bad

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Violence, and Car accident