Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

96 reviews

starccato's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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: Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Racism, Death of parent, Grief, Car accident, Classism, Blood, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Violence, War, and Gore

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Bullying, Sexual assault, Infidelity, Child abuse, Alcohol, Vomit, Rape, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Abandonment, Child death, and Torture

Minor: Religious bigotry and Transphobia

ruthlessreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I love Bri & the way she talked about her grief & her internal world. I also think her ancestor work was portrayed really well. I really really enjoyed her mental wall & her fear of After Bri. I thought it was a great representation of compartmentalizing grief/trauma. I found I could relate to her a lot from teen-me perspective. I thought this book was fun & exciting with an excellent plot.

The pacing was a little off and the characters were 8/10. Some of the side characters were a little stiff or spare and felt like part of the scenery, even some of the “bigger” side characters. Why was I supposed to care when that one dude (?) died? Sad I guess but, like, your after school club is “war but with mythology intertwined” lol so idk it just didn’t hit like I thought it should. 

Overall, I really enjoyed this book, can’t wait to read more, and will definitely be picking up book #2.

I thought her romance with Nick felt really rushed & not super believable but then we find out that SHE is the scion of Arthur & HE is the scion of Lancelot so that makes a lot more sense to me. She doubles down on “loving” him at the end but her connection with Sel is much greater & the chemistry there is electric. I’m not big on love triangles in YA books but I’m willing to give this one a shot and keep reading because I do like the MC and I also enjoy a good enemies to friends to dating (feels weird to say lovers about minors)—which is where I hope things are going with Sel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Stalking, Racism, Sexism, Grief, War, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Blood, Classism, and Colonisation

Minor: Alcohol

theblerdnewsletter's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I can’t tell you how refreshing it is to read a book set in a very familiar place. UNC-Chapel Hill is super close to my hometown. I loved reading this book; it was a tough pill to swallow even though I’m well aware of UNC’s (ongoing) racist history/present. The way grief is covered, different types of trauma, and how race/gender in Southern societies is amazing. I can’t recommend this book enough.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Grief

Moderate: Blood, Bullying, Classism, Death, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Violence

moony78's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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: Colonisation, Classism, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, and War

Moderate: Alcohol, Bullying, Car accident, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Transphobia

emmasbookshelf27's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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

Amazing! Top 5 book of the year. The pacing is quick and the plot is great! If you need out of a reading slump. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, War, Violence, Torture, Slavery, Vomit, Racism, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Death, Colonisation, Child death, Cancer, Bullying, and Blood

Minor: Alcohol and Rape

perseffable's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

The characters felt inconsistent and like Schrodinger's cat; they didn't exist in the world until Bree or the plot needed them. I also felt there was no development between any of the relationships and friendships. And the magic system? It was info dump after info dump and didn't make sense at all. The second magic system made more sense but still was hard to follow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Transphobia, War, Violence, Slavery, Sexism, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Misogyny, Mental illness, Homophobia, Grief, Death of parent, Child abuse, and Car accident

t4vs's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

What should i say other than i loved this book? 

Everything is so... good! The characters are amazing: i loved Bree, and Nick, and Sel and Alice, fr. The plots and subplots are so well done and tied together! Chef's kiss. 

This book is also perfect because of its diversity. I'm not black, so i cannot say with 100% sure that it was good rep. But it seemed pretty decent (for me!!!). And for the LGBTQ part: i liked it! Not the main focus but still great. 

The magic system is kinda complex. Pretty well done, everything has a reason and rules. 

Can't wait to read the sequel!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Car accident, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Rape and Panic attacks/disorders

phoxyphoenix's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Death, Grief, Racism, War, and Death of parent

Minor: Colonisation, Genocide, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Slavery, Violence, and Xenophobia

fujo_cat's review

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective fast-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

 This was such a FUN book! The world is hecka interesting, the cast is amazing, the protagonist grew on me and 

if I DON'T GET A POLY ROMANCE BETWEEN NICK, SEL AND BREE I WILL RAGE-

  ahem, anyways, this was such a refreshing easy to read story! I was flying through it <3 

P.S.: The last few chapters destroyed me emotionally tho aaaa

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Car accident, Child abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, Medical content, Racism, Rape, and Slavery

Minor: Kidnapping, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, and Sexism

tine9625's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-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: Blood, Car accident, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, and War