Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

La casa al final de Needless Street by Catriona Ward

49 reviews

uchihas's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Genuinely the first TikTok recommendation I’ve enjoyed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Blood, and Mental illness

Moderate: Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Death of parent, Murder, Child death, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Suicide

ciarrareads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

 This was, absolutely, insanely, wild.

What a ride. I have no idea how to describe this book. A lot of the times when people say "go in knowing nothing," I brush that off because I always at least read the back cover/description. But honestly, nothing will prepare you for this.

It's creepy, it's surprising, it's.... I don't want to say confusing?! Is confounding the right word?!

You're not going to know what's happening for like 75% of this book, but the ride is so much fun.

Absolutely read this. And I will be reading more of Catriona Ward very soon. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Murder, Alcoholism, Death, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Body horror, Child death, and Injury/Injury detail

lolaslalaland's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

Down at the end of Needless Street lives a peculiar man with his daughter and a cat, but strange things have been happening in and around the house. Strange things... 

Pros: 
✅ I was on the edge of my sea to the very end 
✅ twists I never expected 
✅ every character was unique and individual 
✅ all moments and details are important and come together 
✅ truly terrifying and disturbing 
✅a masterwork of perspectives 
Cons: 
❌ a bit of a slow and confusing beginning, I almost DNFed it but I am so glad I didn't! 

I feel like I cannot say much more about this book without revealing key details because it is just such a ride that cannot be spoiled. Highly highly recommend to all readers! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Death of parent, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

Moderate: Alcoholism, Kidnapping, Self harm, Alcohol, and Murder

magnoliabloomfield's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I can’t remember what show or movie it was, but i clearly remember two people arguing about whether a lie could be a twist- ah thank you Google, it’s from Bobs Burgers Hamburger Dinner Theater episode. Anyway. It feels like we don’t get a twist so much as a lie when we read the book after reading the blurb. Is it interesting? Sure. Is it the nerve wracking thriller Stephen King said it was? No. Was he high? Doesn’t he do horror, it’s like his whole thing? Geez. 

Half the characters you’re promised in the blurb aren’t actually physically present in the story.

The plot twist is not what you’re expecting at all but not in a good way. 

The more I think back on it, the less it makes sense tbh, when you get to the end think back to the whole mall trip with Lauren where he went in the little girls fitting rooms and Lauren’s feet still worked. And him being the “dad” when you find out where and when she came from. 

By the end I really really really wished I’d read a story about “Mommy” instead, whatever she was doing and the “green boys” and her home country seemed waaaaaay more interesting than this story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Torture

Snakes, snake bite.

cassie7e's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

So. Many. Layers!
Also now I need more suspense stories wirh the cat as a POV character!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Animal death, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Suicide, Grief, Drug use, Death of parent, Child death, Torture, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Violence, Self harm, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Minor: Homophobia, Abandonment, and Murder

mfsquared's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

This is not a book that I felt only one way about as I read it! My feelings were pretty continuously shifting over the course of the novel, and I found myself at times deeply unsettled, apprehensive, empathetic, disgusted, and uncertain - to name just a few. There was a moment when I considered stopping and looking up the synopsis to spare myself the convoluted emotions, but I’m glad that I saw it through; I think the book does its subject matter justice in the end, and left me feeling far more settled than I anticipated. Definitely haven’t read another book quite like it before.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Child abuse, and Death

Moderate: Child death, Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Kidnapping, Murder, and Self harm

Minor: Suicide and Panic attacks/disorders

markedwithanm's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Death, Mental illness, Torture, Animal cruelty, Medical content, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

aardwyrm's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

It's fun to read, and the genre is full of works that are great atmosphere 90% of the way through and then don't stick the landing. If you just want spooky eeriness, it's not a bad choice. It's just ultimately got nothing it's actually about. The setup seems to promise a situation where lots of cliche genre stuff seems to be true, and then the big twist is all the cliche stuff is in fact true, just obfuscated. It's definitely going for twisty and intricate, but a twist and just changing the story partway through aren't really the same thing. Exactly the sort of book I think ought to have a warning sticker you can optionally peek under so you can know before you get invested if the supernatural is just a bad metaphor. When the big reveal is nothing interesting has really happened, then it's hard to care about what comes before. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Classism, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Murder, Self harm, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Ableism, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Animal death, Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

its_kievan's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

I nearly put Last House down part-way through because I thought it was going to be so gruesome, but I'm so glad I didn't.

Ward gives us such a gentle, sympathetic look at a mental illness that has been horribly misrepresented by countless lesser authors.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Child abuse, Confinement, and Child death

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

loretta_hart's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Torture