Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

Heartsick: Three Stories About Love and Loss, and What Happens in Between by Jessie Stephens

4 reviews

vas_17's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, Infidelity, Mental illness, Fatphobia, Miscarriage, Alcohol, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, and Ableism

Minor: Drug use and Addiction

mads_jpg's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

My Mum encouraged me to read this after going through my first breakup, and it definitely hit a lot of the right notes, but while the stories told very unique experiences of grief, they were all from the perspective of people who'd been rejected, not the rejecter, which was what I'd wanted to read about. There's a specific pain that comes with making that call, and I guess I just didn't want to be reminded of how much it can hurt to be on the receiving end of that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Mental illness

Moderate: Car accident, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, and Death

Minor: Miscarriage and Addiction

frenzyreads's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity and Grief

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Body shaming, Cursing, Gaslighting, Xenophobia, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Miscarriage

allymae's review

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

I really enjoyed reading these stories of heartbreak. I was able to see myself in all of the narrators in some ways, despite not always having had the exact same experiences as them. 
The way the stories were laid out in alternating perspectives really kept the pace going and kept me intrigued.
Heart Sick is definitely not a light hearted, fun read but if you're looking for something that will make you feel less alone in your grief then this is the perfect read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders