Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher

11 reviews

gondorgirl's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Panic attacks/disorders

There is a LOT of taxidermy.

planreadrepeat's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

The book starts with a lot of funny or zany bits. Lulling you into thinking everything is going to be great and why is this tagged as horror? The middle is fantastically terrifying and makes you wonder if “everyone dies the end” is next. The end has you feeling relieved. Not optimistic and happy but whew. I like suspenseful horror like this. Kingfisher ties together a little Poe, some Lovecraft, and some good dry humor that would make Douglas Adams proud.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Gore, and Death

cuddlygryphon's review against another edition

dark 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Cursing, and Gore

Moderate: Medical content, Vomit, Self harm, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Cannibalism, Confinement, Grief, and Gun violence

bookish_bry's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

This was honestly such a great read. I wouldn't say it's prefect, but the intrigue makes up for the any imperfections. I started it late at night when I'd just finished another book planning to just read the first couple of chapters and ended up reading the first 100 pages. I finished it in less than 36 hours. There is just something about the main characters I loved and the tension was spot on for me. It wasn't particularly terrifying (for me at least, but I consume a good amount of horror), but got pretty eerie in some places.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

The monster is

an unfathomable being from another plane that likes to play with it's food, but keeps them alive. There is a description of a man whose bottom body is rotted away, but he is still alive.

At the end

taxidermy animals come to life and the main character ends up swimming in the guts of the guy mentioned above.

maximauve's review

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Alcohol and Infidelity

ilaxaria's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Body horror, Gore, and Self harm

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Medical content, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Infidelity and Blood

knightreads's review

adventurous dark funny tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, and Gore

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

keen's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Blood and Alcohol

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Infidelity

apersonfromflorida's review

dark mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Gore, and Blood

Minor: Death, Child death, and Animal death

nyssa_jo's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood, Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Child death and Animal death

By "animal death" I mean taxidermy.