Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

The Perfumist of Paris by Alka Joshi

4 reviews

lana_reads98's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Toxic relationship, and Dementia

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, and Islamophobia

Minor: Sexual content and Toxic friendship

annamay1021's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexism

Moderate: Miscarriage

goldenlake's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Bullying, Death, Infidelity, Death of parent, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Classism

kimveach's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective fast-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

This book is an excellent end to The Henna Artist trilogy.  I loved reading about Radha's life in Paris and her work as a perfumist.  The author expertly wove in elements from the previous books.  This book had plot, emotion, and information (on the perfume industry.)  It's what I always hope to get from a novel.

The only thing I didn't like in this book (or the previous two) was the liberal use of Hindi and French words without explaining what they meant.  There is a glossary in the back of the book, which is cumbersome.  And not all words/phrases were there!   Many of the words were not able to be deduced in context.  It hurt the book's flow to flip back to the glossary page by page.  This book series is not the only one where this happens.  Editors should realize that this is not fair to readers.  This may work better on a Kindle, though I don't know if the Kindle translate works for Hindi.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Abandonment, and Classism

Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Child death and Pregnancy