Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

Stay Gold by Tobly McSmith

5 reviews

michaelion's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring tense medium-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

4.5

My ex bought me this for our one month anniversary and I finally read it two years later hoping the book would be bad so I could give it away but it was so good! So cue so sweet. I shall be keeping it.

I was so sure that The Outsiders wasn't canon in this world and then she mentioned it! It's nitpicky but naming yourself after Ponyboy is much cooler than just naming yourself after an animal randomly. That boy got to senior year and didn't read The Outsiders?! It's so gay he would've loved it.

A great book for explaining what a trans person is to kids / teens. It has a perfect mixture of people familiar with the world and explaining to someone who knows nothing. Great writing. I laughed a plenty.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Physical abuse, Transphobia, Violence, and Outing

Moderate: Sexual violence, Vomit, Deadnaming, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Infidelity and Abandonment

infairveronaa's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

💕🥺❤️💕

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Violence, and Bullying

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Lesbophobia, and Homophobia

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

sam_rami's review against another edition

emotional sad 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

3.0

3.75 stars
This book was something. I enjoyed it! Though I wish I loved it more because of the transgender representation.
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A trans senior, named Pony, is in high school going stealth. He doesn't want people to know, he wants to live in peace. But he sees a cheerleader and they lock eyes.
Georgia, the cheerleader is just trying to have a quiet senior year, she wants to maintain her reputation after what happened at a party a while back, straying her from any type of romantic entanglement.
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I love the fact that it has dual POV and doesn't just switch at every chapter. I like that is switches multiple times in each chapter though that may bother some. It is first person POV. The book did say 'fire' once and it made me cringe to death though, I did enjoy every other aspect.
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Some of the characters were too harsh in my opinion.
For example Max, a trans man, is trying to force Pony to come out and post petitions. As Max is an out and proud trans person. As an out and proud trans person myself who lives in the south (a democratic part, luckily) it is much easier to stay in the closet at times and I do so. The fact that he pressured him to come out for representation, isn't what friends would do. Though he does learn from his mistakes, I wish it was just written differently. There is a gray area in the trans community, it isn't all black and white. Though all the characters are likeable except some others that suck. (I would say who but that would give up plot points)
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I do wish we got to see more of the film job, it would've been great, and also I wished we could see more of the relationship growing instead of it just being like friends to wham kissing. Overall the book is enjoyable and trans rep is very important so it's just good to see a happy ending trans romance.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Transphobia, Dysphoria, and Hate crime

Moderate: Deadnaming, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, and Homophobia

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

xoodlebooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Transphobia, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Drug use, Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, and Sexism

Disordered eating patterns

ashheinrich's review

dark tense slow-paced

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

1.0

This was extremely frustrating to read. Everything was so misogynistic and the message was basically queer and trans people will suffer until they come out, at which time the suffering will escalate. Being trans was also compared to being a secret writer lmfao

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, and Violence