Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy by Sue Klebold

7 reviews

teddereadsbooks's review

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Mass/school shootings, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Hate crime, Child death, Racism, Suicide, Grief, Mental illness, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Xenophobia, Gore, and Bullying

librarymouse's review

informative reflective slow-paced

3.25

Informative, and an important look on the aftermath of a tragedy for the family and friends of the perpetrator. Sue Klebold writes well, but her perspective still has rose colored glasses. I hate her for making me empathize with her son. She gives only a partial view of who he was.

I think I may have read this book before, but I had got concussion the summer I read it, so I had a deep sense of deja vu the entire time I was reading.

Kelbold's work with organizations working to prevent suicide and murder suicides/mass shootings like Columbine is both soothing for her, and does good for the world. I hope she finds peace, but I also hope her son and his friend are never forgiven for the atrocity they committed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Alcohol, Grief, Blood, Child death, Cancer, Murder, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: Drug use

nikmahie's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.0

This is an important read for anyone who interacts with young people. I have immense respect for Sue a d how she has put her entire heart in this book. It really gives a great insight in what happened and how this affected everyone (indirectly) involved. 

However, this was a very long and sometimes repetitive read. I found myself sometimes skipping parts, because it felt like I had already read it. I also wished to read more about Eric’s parents and what had been said during the depositions from both families.

An interesting read, nonetheless. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Gun violence, Murder, Suicide, Mass/school shootings, and Grief

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Death of parent and Chronic illness

katyannreads's review

emotional reflective

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicide, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Mass/school shootings

It feels odd to give this a star rating. I applaud Sue Klebold for being so raw in the worst moments of her life to allow others to understand what was going their their minds as well. It was very insightful to hear just how well Dylan was able to hide his depression and violent tendencies from those closest to him.

danileah07's review

dark emotional informative sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Death, Violence, Gun violence, Hate crime, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Antisemitism and Bullying

Minor: Cancer, Drug use, and Alcohol

aoifetriestoread's review

dark emotional tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Murder, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, and Suicide

Moderate: Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Homophobia, and Toxic friendship

bookswithmybulldog's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Child death, and Grief

Moderate: Antisemitism, Bullying, Racial slurs, Panic attacks/disorders, Homophobia, and Hate crime

Minor: Cancer