Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

me olimme valehtelijoita by E. Lockhart

72 reviews

jaeleneh's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

I went into this book not knowing what to expect due to all of the polarizing reviews. But I ended up enjoying it for the most part. I want to say that the twist is the part that probably made it better for me. If it wasn't for that I don't think I would have enjoyed it as much. It was hard to sympathize at all with a lot of the characters as well. (White superiority, racism, petty rich people problems) to give you an idea.
I just wish there was more development in all aspects but it still had me quite intrigued. I hope the prequel gives me more insight into why the bulk of characters acted the way they did. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Racism, Classism, Grief, and Mental illness

Moderate: Medical trauma, Death, and Animal death

Minor: Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic relationship

crispyaot's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic relationship

korinnagarcia's review against another edition

mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

1.0

I spent most of my time hating this book. From the beginning I kept thinking how overprivileged and whiny these people were. I couldn't help but thinking "is this book called We Were Liars because people lie about how good it is?!" There's a specific part where I really considered not finishing it(TW: animal death) but I continued reading.
The twist at the end truly SHOCKED me. I wasn't expecting it AT ALL! In my opinion, the twist alone makes this book worth reading. But this book is 3 stars, at best.

*EDIT - I'm back a year later because I randomly think about this book and I have trauma from it now. I keep thinking about the dogs!! I hate this book! It's a 1 star book now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Self harm, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Racism, Mental illness, Chronic illness, Grief, and Medical trauma

amiahslibrary's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Chronic illness, Medical trauma, Alcoholism, Addiction, Blood, Cancer, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts

becca_w_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Child death, Chronic illness, Classism, Cursing, Death, Dementia, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Addiction, Body horror, and Toxic relationship

cuteplums's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

Amazing book! Wonderfully written. Very YA, don’t let Booktok hype it up too much, the twist isn’t as big as they make it out to be. If you don’t go into it expecting something more geared towards adults you won’t be disappointed! Very sad, the end will make you cry. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma and Panic attacks/disorders

agnes_reads's review against another edition

Because the book was very confusing to understand and the characters were annoying. And nothing made sense I had to read a page like 5 times to understand anything.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

onlyeveralex's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

The book overall was really good but it was sadder than i thought it would be and the ending was like of bad. but overall not to bad for a book-tok book. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

star_witch's review against another edition

medium-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? It's complicated

1.0

This book started out ok. Then I reached the end and it was bad. Like really bad. I felt like it came out of nowhere, nothing in the whole book led up to that ending. It was unsatisfying and was only there for shock value. And it didn't even shock me. 
There is only one POC character and even though the racism he experiences is brought up, it isn't actually explore very well. 
Also mental illness was used as a plot device.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Racism

eathomas's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Racism

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Animal death