Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

96 reviews

britneyleighs's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Racism, Cultural appropriation, Death of parent, Violence, Blood, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, and Rape

Minor: Rape, Sexism, Slavery, Racial slurs, and Panic attacks/disorders

unwise_samwise's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

Intense and worth it, probably my favourite Arthurian YA

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, and Slavery

Minor: Rape

reading_between_the_trees's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring 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 is a MUST READ!!!! While it was a bit slow to pick up, it was worth it for the depth. Deonn put the work in to draw out detailed story arc that fully explored and did justice to topics like grief of losing a parent, addressing the racist roots of an institution, valuing all the relationships in your life, and putting yourself confidently into the world. Bree was an incredible protagonist to follow, and Deonn's writing was so rich in every area: describing the magic systems, reflecting on hard topics, giving tension and depth to relationships. Also, bonus points for writing a fantastic NB character, whose role in the story was more than just their identity, but who also added depth to the conversation on discrimination and positionally (i.e. recognizing their white priviledge interacting with their gender). Overall, I LOVED this book and I cannot wait for the sequel!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Slavery, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

breezer's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring mysterious sad 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

Powerful in all sense of the word.
*Insert that gif of Kylo Ren screaming MORE*

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Slavery, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, and Sexism

sierra_splurge's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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? No

4.5

the only thing i didn't like was the incredibly slow beginning!! it was so confusing and hard to follow. i was so close to putting the book down. but i ended up understanding and finishing, i was dont regret it!! the rest of the book made up for the beginning  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Panic attacks/disorders, and Grief

Moderate: Car accident and Racism

Minor: Blood

caoimhe9876's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

This is one of the best fantasy books I’ve ever read

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Blood, Child abuse, Colonisation, Death of parent, Death, Grief, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Transphobia, and Violence

Minor: Alcohol, Cultural appropriation, Dementia, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Police brutality

achingallover's review

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring sad 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

4.0

oh boy oh boy i was not expecting to love this and it has torn my heart out and stamped on it and i didnt realise it wasnt a standalone and now im dying

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, and Violence

erniedresser's review

adventurous emotional mysterious 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 book gave me very Reverie + Cruel Prince + Royal We + Revisioners energy

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Grief, Death of parent, Death, Violence, Slavery, Blood, Racial slurs, Sexism, Gore, and Medical content

Moderate: Car accident, Violence, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, and Murder

Minor: Rape and Slavery

roseamillerg's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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? Yes

4.0

a bit too much (very confusing and complex) lore for me. 

almost DNF’d multiple times, but I am happy that I finished the book. 

P.s. William is *chef’s kiss* 😌

P.p.s the cover is so pretty 🥺🥵

Also can I just say SEL🦋🦋🦋💀

 

I didn’t like how the deaths of Evan, Whitty and Russ were written because they happened so fast and so close to each other that I feel like they lost their impact, which is really such a shame (especially bc they were TEENAGERS!! :(

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Car accident, Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, and Vomit

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Rape, and Stalking

instalovewithbooks's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful slow-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? N/A

5.0

If I could give this book more stars, I would! It might have taken me over a month to read but due to finals and big projects plus just trying to survive, April was not a great reading month for me.
I'm so glad I read this Arthurian retelling - I think it's my favourite next to Once & Future! So very good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Racism

Moderate: Death of parent, Stalking, Kidnapping, and Car accident