Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

King Nyx by Kirsten Bakis

4 reviews

yvee's review

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Domestic abuse, and Self harm

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

amina_writes_books's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective tense fast-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

4.0

a solid Gothic thriller. More intrigued by the story around Charles' "the Damned" book which did actually publish in the late 1800s/ early 1900s. I loved the fact that this book was inspired by his wife, an oftentimes overlooked figure in literary history. Narration style and writing style nothing special to write home about, but the slight character descriptions as well as the setting on the island and Mr. Arkels home and dolls is quite good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Gore, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Medical trauma, Murder, Addiction, Death, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, and Blood

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Self harm, Animal death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Blood, Child abuse, Body horror, Confinement, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

blacksphinx's review

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Discovering this entire novel was a wild fantasy about real life people was kind of a punch to the gut. I don't think I would have read the book actually if I knew that; I hate fanfiction about actual human beings. (There is also no speculative element if you're looking for something supernatural in your gothic.) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Self harm, and Mental illness

Moderate: Violence, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Panic attacks/disorders, and Gun violence

Minor: Pregnancy, Suicide, Sexual assault, Abortion, Miscarriage, Adult/minor relationship, and Pandemic/Epidemic

verbosevespertine's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

I wanted to strangle pretty much every character at some point or another, but not necessarily in a bad way? There was nice depth to the characters, just lots of period-appropriate attitudes toward certain things that made me infuriated, sometimes at a certain character and sometimes on another’s behalf

It was a very quick read with interesting repetition to build tension

Got an ARC through my job at a public library

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Rape, Self harm, and Adult/minor relationship