Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

First Love, Take Two, by Sajni Patel

25 reviews

katrinaward's review

emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, and Misogyny

Moderate: Blood, Bullying, and Miscarriage

Minor: Sexual assault

ariana_m's review

challenging emotional tense 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? Yes

3.5

Where do I begin with this one? Preeti and Daniel's second chance was very emotional and challenging but I'm glad they got their happy ending. Honestly though maybe because I've seen Bollywood movies my whole life but the aunties still got on my nerves lol. I hate the miscommunication trope. I wish Daniel and Preeti just talked. That's what irritated me the most because they basically annoyed me for most of the book. The book just seemed a bit all over the place at times but at the same time, there were moments where I thought this was a five star book. With all that being said, I loved the representation throughout this and it was like a palette cleanser from the first book. Despite everything it was still a good book and I would recommend.   

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Miscarriage, and Racism

madsmcw_reads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Child death

jennp28's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted medium-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

3.5

Lost half a star for the scene where she caresses him *through the shower curtain* for an extended period of time and it’s meant to be sexy. Ugh. Ick. Nope. 

But I did completely relate to the way he could calm her anxiety just with a presence and a touch - I am lucky enough to have that kind of a person in my life and I knew exactly how she was feeling as she was able to breathe easier when he was there. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Mental illness

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Infertility, Miscarriage, and Sexual content

aliciachauhan_'s review

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing 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

4.25

another book with South Asian representation. I loved this book and all the books this author has wrote within this series. I think its so important exploring the racist aspects of the Indian community and the stigma that is held on marrying someone outside of race and religious beliefs in a modern society.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug use, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Blood, Chronic illness, Classism, Cursing, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/injury detail, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Grief, Hate crime, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness

thefatpaperback's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Mental illness, Classism, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Miscarriage, Racism, Sexism, and Sexual content

renaaa_'s review

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, and Medical content

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Gaslighting, and Classism

rd77's review

medium-paced

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

3.75

It was pretty good, with a couple of cute moments. Just wasn’t quite as good as The Trouble with Hating You, likely because I feel like the author couldn’t delve into certain topics as deeply as I would have liked (probably because the main topics of The Trouble with Hating You were  more familiar to the author). Some of the long speeches felt a little hollow. Overall though, it was a good and interesting read, just probably not something I’d keep coming back to reread. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, and Medical content

callmeluh's review against another edition

emotional funny informative 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Miscarriage

jaybee02's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

3.0

M/F, contemporary romance, second chance, forced proximity

Props to this book for getting me out of a short reading rut and back in the romance reading game. 

The forced proximity premise is very... forced. As in, it really doesn't make much sense. He's super rich and is building a million dollar house but he also is crashing with her friend even though they broke up 6 years ago? If you can suspend your need for any type of realistic scene setting you are rewarded with plenty of pining, family drama, child-of-immigrants pressure, and a variety of mental health-related self care. 

Preeti is juggling a lot internally so I wanted to be empathetic but I still found myself being like: lady, USE YOUR WORDS. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Sexual assault