Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

Durch das große Feuer by Alice Winn

75 reviews

kat_treasure's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Medical trauma, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, War, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, and Gun violence

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Classism

carolynlovesbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative 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

5.0

One of the best books I've read this year. It's a tough read, but I'm so glad I did.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Medical trauma, Grief, and Violence

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, and Homophobia

sapphic_antiquarian's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

5.0

Gorgeous book, my favourite of all time. This is a book that I was fairly certain I would like before commencing it. I was right, but it was incredible, better than even I was expecting, tragic and heartbreaking with all the realitiess of this war laid bare.  It is witty, honest and entrenched in its history. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Suicide, Panic attacks/disorders, War, Death, Gore, and Violence

sjanke2's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Antisemitism, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and War

nils_0's review

challenging dark sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gore, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, War, Blood, Drug use, Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Mass/school shootings, and Violence

Minor: Suicide, Vomit, Animal cruelty, and Suicidal thoughts

bookshelf_al's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, War, Violence, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Forced institutionalization

Minor: Classism, Homophobia, Suicide, and Antisemitism

readersreadingnook's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, War, and Gore

Moderate: Grief, Death, Vomit, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol

ramreadsagain's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

If you want the emotional devastation of The Song of Achilles but spread out over a full book, this is for you.

This blew me away and was so much more than I expected it to be. I usually steer clear of World War books, too used to those endless straight romance books you see in charity shops with a random photo of a milkmaid on the cover. 

It's an exploration of queer love in the 1910's, yes, but it's also predominantly a criticism of war, war propaganda, UK public school culture and the classism it foments, British imperialism, and more. It does not shy away from the horrors of war, both in the trenches and outside of them, with a large focus as well on the mental strain and PTSD it left in all who survived. 

It's incredibly violent and a difficult read at times (and I discovered a new trigger of mine in books!! tw enclosed spaces i guess) but I absolutely recommend it for anyone who feels up to it. 

Thanks to the publisher for sending me a copy of this book. I am voluntarily leaving an honest review. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Body horror, Classism, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Suicide, Vomit, Violence, War, Gun violence, Mental illness, Death, Gore, Blood, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Alcohol, Outing, Homophobia, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Sexual content, Antisemitism, Animal death, and Child abuse

bessiebae's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Grief, and Gore

bookandsnake's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Gore, Body horror, and War

Moderate: Homophobia, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, Bullying, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Alcoholism