Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

Bad Cree by Jessica Johns

6 reviews

jdhauk's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Mental illness, Animal death, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Sexism and Alcoholism

nikenacs's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Blood, Death, Body horror, and Gore

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Alcoholism

claireparlee's review

dark emotional hopeful tense 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

4.25

In the second/third act of the book (I’m not sure) I was so absorbed. Once things all start coming together you can’t pull yourself away from it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, and Grief

Moderate: Vomit, Violence, and Child death

Minor: Addiction, Animal death, and Panic attacks/disorders

You may not expect it but there is some pretty intense horror and body horror if you’re super weak stomached

maresuju's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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, Death, Grief, Mental illness, Body horror, and Murder

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, and Animal death

Minor: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Cannibalism

glutenfreemaggie's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Gore, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Blood, Murder, Vomit, Cancer, Cannibalism, Violence, Cursing, and Injury/Injury detail

annemaries_shelves's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.0

Bad Cree was a very anticipated book for me and it didn't disappoint. It's a solid debut that explores family, grief, and the importance of dreams. Johns spends a lot of time expanding on our main character's sense of her place within her family and the burden Mackenzie imagines she is to them at times. I loved the sister/cousin and auntie/niece dynamics and how they manage to reconcile and grow stronger and learn to rely on each other once more. There's a lot about grief here - and how one handles grief, that I thought was well done but could've gone deeper. 

The dreams - and their power - were some of my favourite parts. Beyond exploring the importance of dreams to Cree people, Johns effectively used them to up the tension for the reader as she brought the plot to a climax and resolution.

I would classify this is a literary genre novel with horror elements, grounded in Cree worldviews.
For those interested in LGBTQIA+ rep, there a minor character who uses they/them pronouns (so I assume they're nonbinary) and one of the MC's close relatives is either bi/pan as they have dated men and women. 

Overall, a solid debut and I'd love to read more of her future works.

I predicted that it would be a wendigo - or wheetigo per the book's spelling - but it was still a satisfying reveal and resolution.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Body horror, and Colonisation

Minor: Car accident, Alcoholism, and Panic attacks/disorders