Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

Filthy Animals by Brandon Taylor

5 reviews

changelingreader_adrian's review

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Child abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Homophobia, Cancer, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal cruelty, and Excrement

tree_branch's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Emotional abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Homophobia

Minor: Cancer, Stalking, Sexual content, and Outing

annuich's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Sexual content, Self harm, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Mental illness, Homophobia, Drug use, Death, and Cancer

bella_cavicchi's review

emotional reflective tense slow-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

4.0

I love this cover and the stories held inside. The writing is slow, but I don't necessarily think that's a bad thing. Well worth a read, as is Taylor's debut, REAL LIFE.

And to keep note: "Filthy Animals" -- the book's namesake -- is by far my favorite story in the collection!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, and Medical trauma

Minor: Eating disorder

pippyv's review

dark sad medium-paced

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

3.0

Fun main story but the other short stories detracted heavily. The descriptions of the gay women in the one story they featured in, while not entirely inaccurate, were generic and lifeless compared with the standard set by male characters of any sexuality in the rest of the book and overall it was a bit insultingly lazy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Medical content, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, and Violence

Minor: Alcohol, Excrement, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, and Eating disorder