Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

109 reviews

maddox22's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Torture, War, Violence, and Body horror

jackmerlot's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, and Death

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Biphobia, Grief, and Death of parent

asgard_and_cake's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts

offbrandclubsoda's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

This was truly amazing I cannot recommend enough. I finished on January 25. 2022 but I would be shocked if this isn’t in my top 5 favourites of the year

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Mental illness

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcohol, War, Death, Sexism, Sexual harassment, and Panic attacks/disorders

elizlizabeth's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-paced

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

2.0

The prompt sounded interesting, but the execution was that of a much more inexperienced writer. The similes and message are weakly explored (shut up with the palimpset ffs) and the love story feels forced and dilutes Addie as a character.
Maybe it could've improved with some editing but as it is, it felt bland and predictable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders

qamidala27's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Death of parent, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts

cecilybumtrinket's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Drug use

thelastjessica's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

wordrevel's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

This book didn’t entirely surprise me, yet that precisely was its brilliance — the way the pieces fell into place and there was no question that this was exactly how the story needed to be told.

The reason I decided against a full 5.0 rating is that I found it odd that in her 300 years and with such a curiosity of languages, Addie's nine languages were all romantic or germanic languages. She hadn't learnt any Asian or African languages, even though she lived in New York, which has had a sizeable immigrant community for a long, long time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Grief, Rape, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and War

Minor: Alcoholism

moiralyle's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective tense medium-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: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexual content, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Grief, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Death, Cursing, Alcoholism, and Addiction

Minor: War