Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

Girl With The Dragon Tattoo by Denise Mina

3 reviews

cjfooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

I had to restart this book about three times before it stuck.
I would agree with others that it's brilliantly written and deserves the praise it gets for how well rounded the characters are, how unique and unpredictable the plot is, and for the sheer emotion and attention is commands. It's definitely a book that sticks with you for sure, but please please make sure you check the triggers first.
However, it actually wasn't the brutal/intense scenes that made me restart it so many times, but how dense the start is. A key part of the plot does revolve around understanding finance and financial law, so we can understand what Mikael's (the main character) situation is. But I found myself losing interest and struggling to understand all the intricacies of this. (Disclaimer: I did had a very limited understanding of these going in).
For these reasons, I found that once I'd read about 150 pages, it was hard to put the book down, but prior to that, I struggled to stick with it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Death, Torture, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, and Adult/minor relationship

ladyzbyrd's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

HO. LY. SHITAKE.

While I definitely did make a number of correct guesses in the first half of the book for the ending, there was still one puzzle I didn’t figure out, and I quite enjoyed the entertainment that was acted upon in solving that last mess. This was a thrilling ride of torment and love (not together).

Note: know your personal triggers and what you can handle. Sexual abuse and violent crimes against women is a theme that pops up several times and is graphically described. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Antisemitism, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gore, Hate crime, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

alpaca254's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Rape, Sexism, Violence, Misogyny, Sexual content, Torture, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Car accident, and Panic attacks/disorders