Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

Hooked by Emily McIntire

45 reviews

jtbooklover's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Hooked is obviously a play on Peter Pan. (Although there is no creepiness given that Peter and the lost boys never wanted to grow up.... no children are involved in this telling)  It is a VERY dark book. There are twists that you likely won't see coming. There is breath play and violence throughout the book.  The telling is a unique perspective on the fairy tale.  I haven't read anything like this. You will start to wonder how there could possibly be anything good for the end of the book but the author wraps it all up perfectly. Definitely take the author's warnings at the beginning of the book seriously. If you've got any triggers you're sure to find them here. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Violence, Toxic relationship, Torture, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, and Gore

Minor: Child abuse and Pedophilia

etdavenport's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

0.25

I recommend that every single character in this book needs to see a psychiatrist regularly 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Grief, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Violence, Confinement, Cursing, Body horror, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Death, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Torture, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Misogyny, and Murder

swvmphvg's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Murder, Violence, Blood, Gore, and Sexual content

Moderate: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Pregnancy and Alcohol

fantasyravenclaw's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Murder, Drug use, Torture, Death of parent, and Violence

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Gun violence, and Pedophilia

maxima5's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Confinement, Excrement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Torture, Gun violence, Abandonment, Death, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Blood, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Murder, Sexual content, Sexism, and Rape

kels_18's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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

DNF @52% (page 165) I don't really know how to feel about this. All I can say

Is that hook needs to see a therapist.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Murder, Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Sexual content

Moderate: Confinement, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Stalking

Minor: Pregnancy

mari_library's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

3.0

Gosh where to start. I feel like this book was conflict after conflict without any resolution. By the 70% mark I started to skim. 

The plot and story feels underdeveloped and the motivation for the characters to be together not really explained. Like it never stopped feeling like James/Hook was using Wendy. The characters lack communication and they seem to hold unimportant things as the most important things. Mostly in the 50% mark where the big conflict started to arise, it doesn't feel developed. A lot of things go brushed off that should've been explored to make a larger impact. The smut scenes were anti-climatic to be honest and the writing did leave me a bit lost in certain scenes. It feels like you're being told scene after scene without any actual explanation. This book would've benefited from being single POV because the things that were supposed to be impactful felt silly knowing the other character's point of view. The relationships did not feel real rather it was romantic or friendly. Wendy is just naive and James is childish. This book was just meh.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Murder, Gore, Death, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Violence, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

hannahbaysinger_jones's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Torture, Violence, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Child abuse, and Death

Moderate: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Drug use, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship

narayan's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Grief, Hate crime, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Death, Torture, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Gore, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, Cursing, Sexual content, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

booksarefriends_notfood's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This book was a good read if you want dark fairy tale retellings, well, darker than their original counterparts anyway. This book is definitely only for 18+ and has some triggering material, so tread lightly if you would like to give it a read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Gore, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Torture and Rape

Minor: Pregnancy