Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

The Young Elites, by Marie Lu

2 reviews

oliviaferlazzo's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.0

This book did not turn out like I expected. I kept thinking, “oh she’ll overcome that cause like, she’s the main character… oh wait… so no? But wait, yeah she will right?” Basically just like that throughout the whole book. 
But yeah, Marie Lu did an amazing job at expressing the fear of darkness and what you could do to people. This personally is the first book I’ve read like where you see that darkness firsthand— the actions and consequences and the sad humanness of it all. Really it reminded me of when I was a child and I didn’t know how to control my emotions or thoughts and everything was just roiling around. 
I had to close the book and weep at the turn of events and the way things ended up. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Grief, Injury/injury detail, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Trafficking, Abandonment, and Fire/Fire injury

danaleelin's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Self harm, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Child abuse

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Sexual assault