Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon

24 reviews

xoodlebooks's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Drug use, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Transphobia, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Vomit

Minor: Infertility

kelseyland's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

4.5

An extremely heavy book about a generational spacecraft on which the white ruling class uses religion and brute force to enslave the Black servant class. I loved the abundance of queer and neurodiverse characters and the relationships between them, as well as the overall arc of the story. Please heed the content warnings as this is not a book to pick up lightly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Violence, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Torture, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Medical content, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Homophobia, Transphobia, and Ableism

drchronicallyreading's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book reminded me a lot of a movie I love! I wish there had been more detail on certain aspects of the book and felt some aspects could have had a tiny bit less. Very well written and enjoyed!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Ableism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Medical content, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Suicide, Slavery, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Rape, and Racism

amoscreates's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

2.0

the concept and the ideas presented in the book were very intriguing to me. i liked the characters and i liked the settings as well as the world-building that was done.

the story didn't have a clear tension arc though. there were 4 separate points where it felt like the story was finally kicked off but then the tension just dropped and fell flat and there was no progression for a long time.

it felt like there were a lot of individual good puzzle pieces but there was simply something missing which means they didn't connect into one nice solid picture and that is truly a pity.

i wish I could give this book a better rating, but i wouldn't recommend it to most people i know so I can't.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Slavery, Racism, Racial slurs, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Sexism, Sexual violence, and Suicide

Moderate: Rape