Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

25 reviews

carba's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Physical abuse, and Sexual violence

booksanna's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

I read the visual novel, but still felt the need to write a review on this extraordinary book. As a teacher I felt the book was very realistic and true, it just felt like a life instead of a book. You see Melinda heal and grow herself throughout the book. I remember when she opened the window and started healing. The imagery and figurative language in this book paints a real and emotional picture of a teenager after traumatic event. I love the art teacher and loved his side of the story. This book teaches that sometimes actions speak more than words. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, and Rape

Moderate: Abandonment, Panic attacks/disorders, Dysphoria, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, and Toxic friendship

GRAPHIC MENTIONS OF RAPE HAS MULTIPLE TRIGGERS

loxeletters's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, and Mental illness

Moderate: Xenophobia, Self harm, Racism, Suicide, Confinement, and Gaslighting

Minor: Abortion, Animal death, Sexism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Blood

lucy_readssss's review

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Amazing and truly inspiring story. Faceses real life events and the story of a young girl going throgh them. 



PLEASE CHEEK TW 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

_morgan's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective 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

2.0

Although I appreciated the sensitive topics this book touched on I didn't enjoy the authors writing style overall which resulted in my rating being so low.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Mental illness, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, and Self harm

saraellenme's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, and Mental illness

Moderate: Toxic friendship and Abandonment

Minor: Alcohol and Emotional abuse

katbrookhart's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Bullying, Toxic friendship, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Self harm, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, and Confinement

Minor: Alcohol

jdhaliwal's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, and Self harm

toomuchnames's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcohol, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic friendship

sarah353281's review

dark emotional inspiring medium-paced

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

4.0

This book gets very dark at times, because you are in a depressed teenage girls mind who is trying to cope with trauma, but that is not the only focus of the character. She is also funny and witty just like any other teenager would be, and she has personality. There are definitely some dark funny moments in this book. This is a very strong story of character development and healing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Bullying and Self harm

I wouldn’t recommend this book if you have recently been sexually assaulted or violated, because it does talk a lot about rape and describes the experience and what happens after. It’s a very inspiring book once you get to the end but does discuss some hard things.