Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

72 reviews

ellelockley's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad fast-paced

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

2.0

It follows the character of Cadence Sinclair Eastman and how her family has affected her as a person. It's very hard to explain in simple terms what this book is about without spoiling anything because it's kind of all over the place. The characters aren't loveable and I don't really connect with any of them, to me Cady was just a girl who didn't understand her privilege and whilst I get that just because you have money doesn't mean you have a good life, I still don't think that's an excuse for the way she acts in this book. I thought Gat was quite an interesting character but there wasn't much too him and I think that could have been explored a bit more. I sort of guessed the ending in the middle of the book which kind of made it a bit boring to read towards the end. I did quite like the style that the book was written in, as it was fast-paced for me but I could still understand what was happening. There is character development to an extent, as the reasons why characters are the way they are, are sort of explained towards the end. I don't think I'd recommend this book to anyone but if you've got it on your TBR list then I think you should give it a go.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Medical trauma, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Death, Dementia, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Death of parent, Classism, and Racism

It talks about physical pain as a metaphor for mental pain which can be quite graffic and triggering

francess_m's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, and Racism

Moderate: Alcoholism and Addiction

bugzandthingz's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Ableism, Alcohol, Medical content, Death, Emotional abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

margesyarf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Dementia, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Child death, Mental illness, Murder, Abandonment, Addiction, Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

marisa_n's review against another edition

dark reflective relaxing slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Child death, Classism, Racism, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

spoookycat's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and Cursing

Moderate: Animal death, Medical trauma, Grief, Racism, and Death

Minor: Dementia, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Panic attacks/disorders

ellagewerwhite's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, and Grief

abbie_lever's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

This book is one of the most shocking amazing books I have read,

The ending was truly shocking and had me mind blown for ages after, I still can’t believe it and I read it first 2 years ago

The character development in this book is amazing and how you start to learn little things as the book continues is amazing. It does take you by surprise the only thing I can say is that it is slightly slow in the beginning but it quickly picks up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

juliaisnotalright's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

An interesting story about a rich family that spends their summer on a island. It was twisted and the writing style is a one-of-a-kind one. At first, I was very confused by the plot and all of the characters, because there were so many different ones. I thought the main character dated her cousin 💀💀, but she doesn’t. 
It was interesting to see all the problems that come with having to maintain the perfect image of your ancestors and the pressure and jealousy that comes with it.
The book was very hard to get into and most of the time I was confused, but in the end it all made sense.  
Loved tho that the book had a map and a family tree so my stupid ass could look and understand the surroundings ( the family was hella confusing tho)
Average book, but with a major plot twist and some great life lessons.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Panic attacks/disorders

shaunag's review against another edition

mysterious reflective sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Animal death, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Suicide, Alcohol, Grief, and Mental illness