Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher

4 reviews

provo's review

dark funny tense 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

4.0

Scared the shit out of me in so many ways, but not enough to give me nightmares, as long as I read in daylight.
Would recommend this to people who like the level of horror that „The Blair Witch Project“ has (because there are things-you-can-see-or-maybe-not in the woods).

The first 25% are the horror of having to clean out a hoarders house and, knowing that this is something I will have to deal with some day, ignited a terror of its own.
The next chapters, up to 65%, were the scariest to me

because I found the stuff with the diary, the manuscript, those fucking stones and the question if any of this was real at all - until thankfully foxy, skip and tomas showed up - way scarier than the effigies, though they definitely had their own flavor of fucked up. The intrusive thoughts were actually the worst and they are the reason I put a psychosis content warnings in the review.

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The latter half of the book was still scary, but in a more uncanny way and not as psychological draining as the first half.

To me, this book could have been unreadable (because I can not deal that good with horror) - but all the characters are so loveable and it is clear from the start, that Mouse and her dog will make it out alive. 
I will definitely check out other books by T. Kingfisher.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Body horror

Moderate: Dementia, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, and Miscarriage

ilaxaria's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Animal death, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Dementia, Death, Alcohol, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Death of parent and Suicidal thoughts

readwithbells's review against another edition

4.0

 Then I made faces like the faces on the rocks, and I twisted myself around like the twisted ones, and I lay down flat on the ground like the dead ones.

That made my skin crawl. Folk horror (and turns out a pulp horror retelling, thanks authors note) done absolutely right. Sometimes the humour felt a little too much and there was a point between 60-80% where so many reveals were happening the storyline got totally convoluted for me. I took a six hour break and finished the book this afternoon and I’m so glad I did because that climax was fantastic. I haven’t had a horror book make me physically shudder in a long time and this was exactly what I was looking for: something spooky and horror-feeling where I’ll still be able to sleep at night. Potentially a bit long and certainly a bit repetitive, the atmosphere wasn’t great but the body horror was; I liked it. Never gonna look at rocks the same though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Chronic illness and Mental illness

Minor: Child death and Death of parent

Moderate:

forced pregnancy

jerusha's review

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, and Toxic relationship