Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

The Last True Poets of the Sea by Julia Drake

58 reviews

beks_gail's review

fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

The book had some really good metaphors for getting through tough times in life. 

But for a YA book had too much smut.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Eating disorder, Addiction, Death, Self harm, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Suicide

Moderate: Grief, Sexual content, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Vomit

dreamermor's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

This book was so so good. I loved the writing, it was very emotional and helped attach me to the characters really well. It’s maybe a little too good, a description of a panic attack was so realistic I had to take a break for a few days, so be careful of that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders

maryreads031's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring medium-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? Yes

4.0

This has got to be one of my favorite books. Great representation!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Eating disorder

Minor: Homophobia

loudaslions's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Mental illness, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Car accident, Vomit, Homophobia, and Hate crime

bookish_hollyx's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Eating disorder, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Homophobia

geerbeer's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.25

Het is heel queer op een superfijne manier en er is iemand met een glazen oog, maar verder is het geen heel diverse groep mensen lijkt het. Super leuke manier van schrijven en meta-dingetjes in het boek, daar houd ik van. Veel gelachen, klein beetje traantjes gelaten en vooral gewoon genoten van de cozy vibes en interesse in de 'main maar toch back-up story line' over het wrak.

Pro tip: Lees niet de Nederlandse vertaling!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Drug abuse and Medical content

Minor: Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Child death, Suicide, Sexual harassment, Homophobia, and Religious bigotry

It's obvious the author isn't '...'phobic, it's a very queer book. But there are some mentions of queer people not being accepted by others.

amaliewebs's review

• Strong character development? Yes

4.5

I really enjoyed this book! The journey of self-discovery and healing that the main character goes through was inspiring, and I became really attached to the story. The combination of the strong character development and the plot events and how they intertwined was perfect, and I was truly invested in what was happening. I loved the feeling of found family and the emphasis of how important close friends are, as well as the value of all our relationships we have. All of the characters were well-rounded with their own personalities and stories, and all went through their own healing and growth. A truly powerful story :) and I was really happy with how it ended, after a very intense climax!  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

wardenred's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

You’re a kid. Be lost. Ask questions. Be safe but stupid. Listen.

This is such a difficult book to review, even though I loved it to bits. It feels more like an experience or a mood than a story even though it most definitely has a plot, and character arcs, and all the other things that make a sequence of events and feelings book-shaped. Somehow, it reminded me a lot of when I was the characters' age, even though I faced completely different emotions, struggles, and situations. I can't say I was ever like Violet, or Liv, or any of the characters, but I still got caught remembering how I was just as confused and struggling to make sense of life and trying to shuffle through versions of myself to find one that didn't suck. 

This is a story of families, and grief, and how it's not only the dead you can grieve for; of making sense of mental illness in the family and in your head; of learning to build connections; of letting go; of being a mess; of getting out of the mess you've made; of looking into the past to find the future; of shipwreck-hunting; of diving too deep and finding a way out. It's written in beautiful, beautiful prose, it contains some of the most hauntingly, viivdly engrossing snapshots of being by the sea I've encountered in literature since Ruthanna Emrys's Winter Tide, and a love triangle that actually makes sense.

It feels like being on the cusp of growing up: bittersweet and confusing and painful, and also full of wonder you don't immediately recognize. I wish I had books like this when I was that age.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Suicide attempt

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense 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

4.5

Honest and emotional and full of love. This book about siblings, and friends, and first loves encapsulates a true coming-of-age novel. It’s well-written — sometimes funny, sometimes gritty, sometimes tender. You can’t help but love the characters and their quest for finding a sunken ship that built an entire town. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Alcohol, Addiction, Bullying, Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Eating disorder, and Toxic relationship

ixris's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring slow-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

4.5

A slow read with a complicated main character and a warm secondary cast. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Drug use, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Sexual content, Medical content, and Drug abuse

Minor: Blood and Injury/Injury detail