Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert

156 reviews

jane_moriarty's review

emotional funny lighthearted 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness and Sexual content

Moderate: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Minor: Classism

The male character used to be in an abusive relationship, that’s what most of the content warnings are about

thirdeyeangel23's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

4.0

The hype around the Brown Sisters is real!!! Chloe Brown is a young woman living with fibromyalgia who is ready to start living again. After a precarious incident involving a cat, a tree, and her apartment manager Red, Chloe ropes Red into helping her complete her list. This is a quirky and fun romcom with plenty of spice and banter while also being an amazing peek into living with a chronic illness.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness

Minor: Medical content and Panic attacks/disorders

ashlikes's review

funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Cursing, Drug use, and Sexual content

Moderate: Grief, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Ableism, Alcohol, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Car accident, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Medical trauma

fuzzywilson's review

emotional funny 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Classism, Chronic illness, Cursing, Abandonment, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

bzliz's review against another edition

funny lighthearted 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

4.5

Chloe Brown has a near death experience and realizes she needs to “get a life” after too long of insulating herself from hurt after being abandoned by friends and a fiancé due to her chronic illness. Red is her building’s handyman and they Do Not get along, thanks to how tongue tied and blurty she gets around him. Of course, he recognizes her type of family wealth due to a previous abusive relationship and initially tries not to get sucked in by Chloe’s beauty. That doesn’t last long and they learn to grow together despite their fears. 

The pacing is perfect and I knew this was going to be something special right away. I’m absolutely thrilled to find a main character with a chronic illness that doesn’t spend the whole book consumed with woes about it. Chloe has her good days and her bad days and either way she still has a personality. Similarly, Red is supportive and thoughtful without infantilizing Chloe or sexualizing her disability, and he also has a personality outside of her, plus his own issues that he’s dealing with. It’s refreshing to see a diverse cast that feel like real people and doesn’t seem to be ticking off boxes for representation. The spice was also excellent without feeling overly vulgar which is a serious achievement. 

Mind the trigger warnings!
Abandonment: off page

Chloe discusses (both out loud and in her thoughts) how once her chronic illness manifested, she lost her friends and was left by her fiancé

Car accident: on page

story starts here- a drunk driver nearly hits Chloe and runs into a building, prompting her to want to change her life to be less closed-off. An EMT expresses to Chloe that the driver will be okay.

Chronic illness: on page

Chloe has fibromyalgia and experiences chronic fatigue, headaches, etc.

Panic attacks/disorder: on page

After a misunderstanding near the end of the book, Red experiences feelings of panic that lead to him running away. Might not technically be a panic attack but it’s worth mentioning

Sexual content: on page

includes descriptions of arousal, semi-public fingering, and penetrative sex

Toxic relationship, emotional abuse, gaslighting, physical abuse: off page

Red’s previous relationship was toxic and abusive. He describes to Chloe how his former partner would gaslight and emotionally manipulate him into believing he was the one who had done something wrong whenever he was upset and how sometimes their altercations got physical, including a time she stabbed his hand with a fork

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Abandonment

jessthanthree's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Classism, Chronic illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Dementia, and Ableism

Minor: Abandonment, Drug use, and Racism

lex_is_bookish's review

emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Chronic illness, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Ableism

Minor: Cursing, Physical abuse, and Medical content

aellwy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

This has honestly raised the bar for romance novels. The characters are flawed yet lovable. The story feels beautifully real.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Ableism, and Panic attacks/disorders

fanboyriot's review against another edition

lighthearted fast-paced

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

2.0

It started out really promising, I liked the characters nearly instantly.  Then a few chapters in, not as much.  Some of the conflict seemed a bit dramatic, in a way that could have been easily solved.  It was kinda weird to read because at first it seemed like a YA but then all of a sudden there was spice.  Which is fine but it was just boring and when they got together it was like all the chemistry they had left out the window.  It had another white cis man being too emotional without knowing the full story because of his own insecurities.  I know he had past trauma but so did Chloe and she didn’t jump to conclusions so quickly without being mature about the whole situation of him finding out he was on her list.  Kinda ruined the book for me tbh.  So I just have mixed feelings.  I liked some parts of it but I also disliked some parts of it.

Plus Sized MC 
Switching POV
Chronically ill MC
Light Enemies to Lovers

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Mental illness, Cursing, and Classism

Moderate: Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Gaslighting, Ableism, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Body shaming

Minor: Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Car accident, Drug use, Racism, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Fatphobia, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

amre23's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Ableism, and Abandonment

Moderate: Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Fatphobia, and Misogyny

Minor: Grief, Alcohol, Drug use, and Violence