Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer

25 reviews

roquerynn's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Vomit, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Suicide

storydragon's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

There are quite some plot twists.
Just when I thought I knew what was going on, it turned out to be something else...
The plot has a very interesting structure.
It's cool!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, War, Murder, Grief, and Death

Minor: Blood, Terminal illness, and Cancer

adrianas65's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Grief, Suicide, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Gaslighting, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content, Medical trauma, and Vomit

fillen04's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

The first time in all my 20 years of consuming media and fiction, I actually cried. The plot was beautiful and so carefully crafted, every foreshadowing and callbacks felt real. The relationship between Ambrose and Kodiak is something i would could never describe without ruining the book integrity. I have never experienced something so raw and real as this book, it made me reflect on the struggles of the earth and just made me feel. For the first time I am feeling, and only feeling. Thank you world for giving me this opportunity to read this book, thank you.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Excrement, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Death

Minor: Blood and Body horror

wheatlyre's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Body horror, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Gore, Gaslighting, Medical content, Murder, Violence, Sexism, and Grief

Minor: Abandonment, Racism, War, Transphobia, and Homophobia

keya_caivalur's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Abandonment, Cancer, Murder, Blood, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, and Vomit

Moderate: Terminal illness

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Classism, and War

stellastallion's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Abandonment, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, and Vomit

Minor: Cancer and Medical content

luckbe's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Suicide, Abandonment, Death, Violence, Confinement, and Grief

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Homophobia

frenchpants's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring tense 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Cancer, and Murder

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Xenophobia and War

char42's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Firstly: This is not a Young Adult book! It could be maybe be called “New Adult” but I’d recommend for all ages 16+.

‘The Darkness Outside Us’ is a deeply moving and challenging book, a well-executed and original take on several key sci-fi tropes including <evil AI spaceship> and <clones / regeneration>. Schrefer build the tenfold beautifully and excruciatingly. The romance is believable and tender, without getting in the way of individual character development. I have some small nitpicks in terms of the continuity of character development (due to the central plot twist of the book) but given the unique plot, Schrefer managed to keep the character development mostly coherent and believable (which is a real feat considering the central premise). A beautiful and challenging sci-fi book, which feels miscategorised as Young Adult. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Cancer, Vomit, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicide

Minor: Genocide and Child death