Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

The Hand on the Wall, by Maureen Johnson

45 reviews

whollybewitched's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Murder and Kidnapping

Minor: Gun violence, Addiction, and Alcoholism

whewtaewoon's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Animal death, and Death

Moderate: Gun violence and Drug abuse

Minor: Child abuse

laurenevlyn's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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

4.5

Amazing book. Amazing series. Amazing conclusion. The Truly Devious Series is a mystery masterpiece and The Hand on the Wall is an amazing ending to the Ellington case. I can’t wait to read the next two as soon as possible!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Kidnapping

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Drug use, Injury/injury detail, Violence, Drug abuse, Gore, Child death, Addiction, Pregnancy, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Mental illness, Injury/injury detail, Emotional abuse, and Racism

oceanwriter's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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

4.0

Questions finally get answered in The Hand on the Wall. Who is 'Truly Devious'? Who killed two of the academy students? What happened to Alice Ellingham? And the latest question, who killed yet another connection to the school and the Ellingham case? With all of the recent tragedies, the school risks being closed for good.

Stevie isn't the only one desperate for answers, and though she does have the biggest piece of the puzzle figured out, she still doesn't know why two of her friends have been killed. Meanwhile, David is on a mission to sabotage his father's presidential campaign. This leads to a group of the academy students staying behind at the school despite an evacuation order... because nothing could go wrong trapped in a blizzard in a school that's shaping up to be cursed.

The story winds down in this book and focuses a lot on the historical part of the mystery. It's also slightly more character-driven than the previous two books. I'm curious about what's next given this one doesn't end on a cliffhanger. So far, I've had fun with this series and plan on finishing it in the near future.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Kidnapping, Murder, Drug use, and Mental illness

Minor: Addiction

mcc004's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Child death, Death, Drug use, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Pregnancy and Confinement

maggiegirouard's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

really good, I actually wasn’t able to predict pretty much anything that happened which normally I can, so that was exciting because I genuinely had no idea what was going to happen next, which made it fast-paced and quick to read. Clever, interesting how all the details connected and worked out. Really good representation of anxiety. Some really good, well-written, original lines. Personally I think this was the best of the 3. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Kidnapping, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Classism, and Body horror

yehpotato's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Alcohol and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Drug use and Eating disorder

raynebeauskittles's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Kidnapping, Murder, and Drug use

thecourtofreading's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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

4.0

i actually didn't expect that ending AT ALL. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Murder and Drug use

myleesimm's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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

3.75

i enjoyed it. the beginning part was lowkey boring and hard for me to get through, but the ending is wonderful like i love it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Racism