Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

An Unwanted Guest by Shari Lapena

13 reviews

tayrayhay's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Ending wasn’t as satisfying as I wanted it to be

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Murder

Minor: Sexual content and Mental illness

ruthypoo2's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

This was an interesting whodunnit and the author, Shari Lapena, did a great job creating a charming, but remote, B&B temporarily disconnected from the rest of the world. When the stranded guests start dying under mysterious circumstances, everyone’s a suspect!

I didn’t really connect with any of the characters, and most all behaved in varying degrees of unlikable or somewhat annoying ways. There was a decent degree of character development, but for many of the characters in the story, they were too one-note so that the way people behaved or what little we learned about them seemed to only serve as a way to progress the narrative and throw out a bunch of possible suspects. I did find the conclusion satisfying as the reveal came out of the blue and there was a bonus twist tacked onto the ending that left me with a wicked little smile on my face.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Infidelity, Grief, and Death

hannah_steven's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Murder, Alcohol, and Death

Moderate: Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Infidelity, and Violence

Minor: War, Grief, and Child death

bpgorence's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Murder, Mental illness, Death, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Torture, Child death, Car accident, and War

julienicole1106's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, Death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, and Violence

jenny_d's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.75

The book was great for me up until

the reveal that the killer was a secret psychopath. Really tired of demonizing people with metal health issues. Oh No sUdDeNLy tHey'Re a CoLd-bLooDed KiLLer AnD wE NeVeR eVeN KNEW!!!!1!1 Distasteful, tbh.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, and Mental illness

sophiemartin's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death

Moderate: Alcoholism, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Bullying

Minor: Kidnapping and War

heypretty52's review

slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Confinement, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual violence, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Murder, Toxic relationship, and War

thevieira's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, and Rape

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, and Child death

martachbc's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.25

haven’t read anything by this author before, but have several of her books in my TBR. Sadly this didn’t really encourage me to pick those up. The tension was a bit limp, and the final twist just wasn’t twisty enough - it lacked that necessary buildup. But I’ll still check out her back list

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Infidelity