Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers

196 reviews

seekittyread's review

emotional reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Medical content

Minor: Alcohol, Abandonment, and Racism

kickitupanotch7's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

The narrator has a slight lisp, that initially made it hard for me to get into the book. I stuck with it and the lisp became less noticeable as the story progressed. 

This story is super diverse with characters of many colors, cultures, and sexualities. Though the main character has a somewhat traditional family, she and Yuki also form several found families. The relationships she has with each of them are dynamic and interesting. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism and Self harm

Minor: Abandonment, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

gotem's review

emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.25

For a contemporary romance it was described to me as, this was much more about mental health, deepening family relationships, and the difficulty of being seen. I think anyone who identifies as a type a person with a complicated family history may feel a little to connected to Grace than they may feel comfortable with at times. 

It is a very introspective book disguised as a contemporary romance with an unsurprising plot, with remarkably real interactions between characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Self harm

Moderate: Racism and Suicide attempt

readingwithkaitlyn's review

hopeful 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Child abuse, and Mental illness

Moderate: Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Racism

Minor: Death of parent, Misogyny, War, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Drug use, and Vomit

robinks's review

emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.25

The premise of this story was funny to me, but the story itself was much sadder than I anticipated. I wish we got a little more backstory about the characters before the events of the book, though the intimacy of all their relationships were so clearly illuminated.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Mental illness, and Self harm

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual content, Vomit, and Alcoholism

smellymiche's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, and Self harm

Minor: Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Ableism, and Medical content

riozul's review

emotional hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Racism, Mental illness, and Self harm

Minor: Addiction and Misogyny

caitlynva's review

hopeful medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm and Mental illness

Moderate: Racism, Abandonment, Sexual content, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders

aimnorth's review

emotional funny inspiring fast-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

5.0

As someone who grew up as a gifted kid with a strict plan, I also struggled in a way that made me "bone tired" and sent me on a spiral after I graduated and my plan didn't work out. I understand what it feels like to feel like you're lost and worthless and selfish. This books hits so hard in all the right ways for people exactly like me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

Moderate: Racism, Lesbophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Homophobia, and Sexual content

discarded_dust_jacket's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.5

Wow this book really took me by surprise. Not only was the writing beautiful, and the love story so charming, but I think the thing that I found truly breathtaking was its depiction of friendship.

As someone who struggles to develop and maintain friendships, I tend to find really well-written platonic relationships in books to be especially compelling, and the ones in Honey Girl literally had my jaw dropping as I read. I was like: “This. This is what I want more of in my life.” It choked me up at some points! The casual laying on one another, the forehead kisses, the “did you eat?” Found family.

I also really appreciated that the central tension doesn’t necessarily happen between two people (although there is important interpersonal conflict within the story). Rather, I would argue the main focus is Grace’s internal struggle to overcome the lie that says nothing is worth achieving if she doesn’t tear herself apart working for it. The lie that claims she has to prove herself by being the absolute best at everything she pursues, even if the things she’s pursuing are not what’s right or healthy for her. The central tension occurs when Grace is faced with the urgent need to, for once, ask for help and let others support her.

The backdrop to this entire story, is that Grace has made the disorienting decision to derail her meticulous professional plan when she realizes that all the work she’s put in over the last decade of her life is neither sustainable, nor has it produced the outcome she wanted. I really identify with that broader sentiment, even though it’s important to point out that her challenges are particular to Black women functioning under capitalism within academic spaces.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Self harm

Moderate: Abandonment, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Racism