Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

These Silent Woods by Kimi Cunningham Grant

36 reviews

samgyupsal's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

The build-up took really long and it was a sudden climax and drop off in the last 2 chapters. To be honest, I didn't know where the book was going at all except that I read it as a recommendation of a Christian influencer to read. Despite that, I really like the themes of this book, namely, the theme of GRACE, as a Christian reader.

There were some plot holes in the ending but I get what the author was conveying. I feel like she could have focused more on the relationship throughout the years between Scotland and Cooper.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Car accident, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, and Grief

Minor: Infidelity

pinqlips's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

An absolutely beautiful look into the happiness and pain of being a parent. The book dares you to ask, "how far would you really go to protect the ones you love? And are you actually protecting them, or yourself?"

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, and War

faithsbookreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

2.5

Boring, so many slow/irrelevant bits, not thrilling at all. The only thing that made me emotional was Finch running after Cooper. Other than that, I was really disappointed with this book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and War

lily_sutton's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder and War

Minor: Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Car accident

chris_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Grief

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Violence, Car accident, and War

Minor: Terminal illness and Murder

kerrygetsliterary's review against another edition

mysterious tense slow-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: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Blood, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infidelity

kellieligon's review

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Slow to start, but picked up enough to keep my interest to the end.
It was a good enough thriller, but I wish it ended differently.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death of parent

amblewithme's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

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

2.0

A cozy read that has a terrible ending with massive plot holes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Car accident, and War

sunshine_sophia's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.5

this was a beautiful story. one of sacrifice, love, and survival. i listened to it in about a day because i was so sucked in and enthralled by the story. 

the love that cooper has for finch is heartwarming and strong. it was inspiring and touching to be able to go on the journey with them. 

scotland’s sacrifice was something i did not expect, and it made me sob. it was so touching and truly the ultimate sacrifice.

this book was very close to a 5 star read for me, however, i sometimes found cooper annoying and overbearing. yes,

he went about taking finch back in a way that was unconventional and illegal, but he didn’t kill anyone???

i am not quite sure why he was so paranoid by his past when he did worse things in the military than to the judges. i also didn’t love the references to the bible & jesus, but that’s probably my own religious trauma lol. 

overall, this was an emotional and heartwarming story that was twinged with anticipation. a beautifully crafted web of a story that i enjoyed listening to unravel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, and War

phantomgecko's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

4.0

Interesting enough. Reminded me of, like, My Side of the Mountain except with a murder-y subplot and war flashbacks.

Unexpectedly religious undertones that really made it more emotional. Like, I definitely didn't expect to cry while reading this book, but a couple tears slipped out.

Cooper's paranoia seemed a little unrealistic in some ways.

For example, they're from an undisclosed place, but they've relocated to a new state, ostensibly hours away from where they were. To think that anyone would recognize them after more than, like, two years is wiiiiiiild. He's not a notorious mass murderer. He kidnapped his own child and was a little rough. That's not a news story that's going to be blowing up tvs nationwide. It's just not.

BUT, the dude's mentally ill, so the unrealistic paranoia might be a feature instead of a bug.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, Death of parent, and War