Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage

5 reviews

hazle_363's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

This book was compelling but I was anxious the whole time I read it

I didn’t like the open ending, I wanted to have Janna’s brain explored a bit more and a resolve to whether her and her mom would reconcile

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Domestic abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Cursing, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Self harm, Blood, Violence, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Grief, Gore, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Body horror

tbell0211's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I almost took away a star because I don’t think the title fits the book at all Lmfao but the book is great honestly. It set up for a sequel if Stage ever wants to write one but is great stand alone as well. It’s traumatizing in all the warmest of ways. It didn’t give me nightmares, but it made me feel genuine emotions like fear, pity, sympathy, anger, anguish. I think Hannah is one of the most beautifully written complicated antagonists I’ve encountered in years, maybe since Severus Snape. As a psych major, this book leaves a lot to unpack after it’s finished, and I adore books that make me think. “The child you love to hate” isn’t a phrase I thought I’d ever say out loud, lol. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Blood, Bullying, Cursing, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Violence

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

What a creepy book. It reminded me of The Push in some ways. Psychopathic children terrify the ever loving shit out of me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence

izypup's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Grief, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Blood, Violence, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Cursing, Emotional abuse, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Alcohol, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death of parent, Death, Domestic abuse, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Pregnancy, and Self harm

persimmons's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Panic attacks/disorders, and Mental illness

Minor: Animal cruelty, Blood, Violence, and Self harm