Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

19 reviews

xwritingstoriesx's review against another edition

challenging reflective 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? Yes

5.0

5 stars. I cried a river while reading this book. it'll stay with me for the rest of my life. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, and Ableism

Minor: Alcoholism and Animal death

marinapaso11's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Sexual content, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Ableism, Abandonment, Alcohol, Bullying, and Child abuse

Moderate: Animal death and Dementia

Minor: Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, and Dementia

kkalicky94's review against another edition

emotional informative sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Ableism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Excrement

Minor: Animal death

onamoonbeam's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

THAT'S THE ENDING???

love it when media sets up a premise so well you know where it's going but you're still holding on to the hope it won't happen somehow. the last bit clenched my heart and spit it out like a prune. fuckkk
i realize that i got a bit of a different experience with this book because i listened to the audiobook and therefore didn't see charlie's spelling change over time. however i do think that worked in my favor in a way bc i took his thoughts more seriously from the beginning than i think i would have if just reading it and i wasn't frustrated. as someone who grew up praised for my intelligence having an epistolary novel from the perspective of someone whose intelligence and emotions wildly change... hit hard.
skimmed the short story that was the beginning of this. although it's much tighter and gets through a lot i think the full novel deals a lot more with the variety of human connections and how intelligence connects to that. the audiobook narrator did a really good job of making charlie sound different before and after the operation and emphasizing his emotions
with such an elegant name i did not expect so much of this to be about abuse. but god. flashbacks done well
it's always clear how charlie/charles can see the other version of himself. that's neat
god. algernon. the way he's an object of sympathy, a marker of progress, a friend to be saved, a being to be tested, a tragic prophecy
the desperation in the last few chapters when you just see charlie trying to hold on... not quite knowing what happened before

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Alcohol, Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Medical content

Moderate: Abandonment and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

kylahspages's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Abandonment, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Child abuse, Misogyny, Ableism, Animal death, and Panic attacks/disorders

elbe1's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Abandonment

Moderate: Alcohol, Bullying, Excrement, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Animal death

atlas_shruggs's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

kronosfilm's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad 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

4.75

Witnessing a person change and become more and more painfully aware of everything they couldn’t put into words learn to articulate better than anyone could will leave you pondering and sometimes feeling melancholic.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Sexual content

funmilayo's review

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Medical content, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts