Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

We Are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson

10 reviews

floord1's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, and Kidnapping

sppixie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

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

2.0

It's really difficult to listen to the main character's inner thoughts and dialogue. He is sometimes logical, sometimes jumps to conclusions, sometimes totally irrational, etc. Perhaps this was intended to get into the mind of a character his age; however, I found it really annoying and was prone to whiplash.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Self harm, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Hate crime, Dementia, Rape, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Classism, Abandonment, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Homophobia, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, and Child death

Minor: Outing, Miscarriage, Addiction, Self harm, and Vomit

maggiegirouard's review

challenging emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Dementia, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Sexual assault, Miscarriage, Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Death

Moderate: Self harm, Alcoholism, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Death, Drug abuse, Violence, Addiction, Child death, Cursing, Vomit, Pregnancy, Blood, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, and Injury/Injury detail

alexis_mai's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Mental illness, and Bullying

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, and Self harm

Minor: Homophobia

shane_delier's review

dark emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Outing, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Suicide, Self harm, Violence, Sexual content, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Drug use

avishajain's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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

3.0

DO NOT read this book if you are suicidal. DO NOT read this book if you are depressed. DO NOT read this book if you are lonely. DO NOT read this book If you are anything but mentally stable. There were 2-3 points in this book where I was willing him to suicide, to just end it all. There were points in this book where I wanted to jump in and slap some characters, and hug other ones. I don't know how the author managed it, but this book filled me with such strong emotions, such feeing of helplessness, such feeling of frustration at the protagonist, yet sympathising with him.

This book was definitely not a sci fi at all, so don't go into it expecting it to be, as I did and it's why I was a little let down, but the book was good nonetheless. It's more of a look into the psychology into this depressed teen boy whose boyfriend committed suicide.


Some people might consider this a spoiler, I don't, so read if you want to:

On a different note, even though I was constantly feeling bad for Henry but at the same time felt like he sort of deserved it because he was victimising himself so much, not even TRYING to fight back. He could've had a much much better life much more easily had he tried to stand up for himself even once. I liked the book but don't get me started on the kisses. They were so cringe that let's just ignore them. 😬 

Overall, a good book but not the best I've ever read. Definitely look up the trigger warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Bullying, Child death, Death, Dementia, Grief, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, and Rape

chloevienna's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.25

literally the most accurate portrayal of mental health struggles i’ve ever read. mind the triggers but i think this is critical for everyone to read before they die.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Death, Grief, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, and Homophobia

akira_outofthegravity's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

After the suicide of his boyfriend and being abandoned by his best friend, Henry is left alone in the world. He’s in a toxic relationship with his bully, his awful older brother is going to be a dad, and his grandmother is slowly losing herself to dementia. Henry is also periodically kidnapped by aliens. They’ve now given him a choice, the world will blow up in a couple months time, and only Henry has the power to stop it. But will he find a reason to?

This book is everything I wanted A Little Life to be, it doesn’t shy away from its very delicate and sad subject matter, but Henry’s evolution into his better self is incredible and honestly gave me hope that I, too, could be semi functional one day. His suicidal ideation is very well written and the death of his boyfriend Jesse is very delicately handled, and shows the aftermath of that act without blaming anyone- including Jesse himself. All in all this is a heartbreaking story but it ends happily, which is all I can ask for.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Dementia, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Bullying, Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Blood

Henry’s brothers girlfriend miscarries their unborn child

alyssa_simard's review

adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Miscarriage, Homophobia, Bullying, Physical abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders

gabrielab's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Dementia, Drug use, Grief, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit