Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

Fans of the Impossible Life by Kate Scelsa

6 reviews

spossum's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Eating disorder, Hate crime, Homophobia, Self harm, Addiction, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide attempt, Body horror, Bullying, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Mental illness

freshbatchofbooks's review against another edition

emotional funny sad medium-paced

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

2.5

I flew through this book, but only because I was trying to beat my library due date. 
I don’t think the epilogue was necessary 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Outing, Toxic friendship, Self harm, Bullying, and Hate crime

Moderate: Addiction, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Blood, Body shaming, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Fatphobia, Medical content, Abandonment, Drug abuse, Mental illness, and Drug use

Minor: Classism, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Adult/minor relationship

lupitabread's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Body shaming and Bullying

typewriterworries's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

The book follows three characters: Mina, Jeremy and Sebastian; and there’s a corresponding point of view for each of them. Jeremy is in first person, Sebastian is in second and Mina is in third. While this might be more of hinderance to someone; I loved it. 

Over the course of the book, you watch their friendship grow and see how they all become closer in their respective relationships while navigating their last year of high school. I thought the book started off really strong but didn't finish that way. There’s an infamous scene that seemed so out of place and the ending seemed rushed.

Once I found out that this book was based off the Evelyn Waugh work, Brideshead Revisited, something about it; well, clicked. That said, if you haven’t read the book, watched the mini-series or seen the film, you’ll still be good to go. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Drug abuse, Toxic friendship, and Panic attacks/disorders

januaryapril's review against another edition

challenging emotional fast-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: Self harm, Suicide attempt, Panic attacks/disorders, Outing, and Homophobia

Moderate: Hate crime

Minor: Body shaming

jude7's review

emotional slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This book wasn't for me, and really slow paced. I wasn't a fan of having the first person (Jeremy's chapters), second person (Seby's chapters), and third person (Mira's chapters) tenses. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Death of parent