Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

Watch Over Me by Nina LaCour

22 reviews

imstephtacular's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Death, Classism, Blood, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Panic attacks/disorders, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Gaslighting

Minor: Physical abuse, Violence, Alcohol, Cursing, and Sexual assault

carolyn_baird_'s review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Gaslighting, and Panic attacks/disorders

megplant's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death

Moderate: Car accident

jojo_'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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Sexual content

Minor: Blood

victoria_elaine06's review

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

2.0

I usually don’t read books like this. It was very weird, but in a good way. 

I feel the ending was extremely anti-climactic. I wanted the buildup to reach a peak, but it never did. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

nextkt's review

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad fast-paced

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

5.0

I ate this book up. It felt almost like a Charlie Kaufman film, a dreamy backdrop and a very human story with the creeping suspicion in the back of your head that something is wrong. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Vomit

sneezy_5000's review

dark emotional mysterious 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: Abandonment, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

Minor: Car accident, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, and Drug abuse

theintrovertedintrovert's review

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Cursing

If you are triggered by the above tags, please be careful.

There are flashbacks in this book to a time where the main character was emotionally abused by her mother's boyfriend.

Nothing too terribly graphic, and for me the book was worth it, but proceed with caution.

erinaskelley's review

challenging emotional tense slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

bwritesreviews's review

challenging emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.75

Spoiler-free Thoughts: Overall, I thought it was a good book but there were some aspects of it that fell short or I felt didn't make much sense. The writing voice was really good, I love how Nina LaCour gets into the heads of characters.

Characters: 5/5

Overall, I believe the characters in this novel were well written! The story is narrated in third person limited, so you only really get to see how Mila feels about what is happening. This works for the story, since her own questioning of what’s happening around her leads to the feel of unease. The side characters are also well written, if a little underdeveloped. The relationship between characters are very written

Writing Style: 5/5

The novel was very well written. Nina LaCour knows how to create a sense of unease in a scene. Reading it felt like I was watching a psychological thriller. The book alternates between current day scenes and flashbacks, as time goes on you get drawn more and more into the story and that’s definitely due to the writing style. The unease is palpable, almost like you’re waiting for a jump scare but you don’t know why. Nina LaCour definitely knows how to Show Don’t Tell, Mila’s narrative voice works very well with the genre. 

Plot: 4/5

I really enjoyed the novel as a whole. However, there were some things involving the plot that didn’t make full sense. I understand where Nina LaCour was going, but some plot points fell flat. There was so much “Show Don’t Tell” happening, that I felt like I needed to be told some things. A few plot points were not necessarily needed for the whole of the novel, they seemed a little out of place. In a non-spoiler-y way, I found the ending slightly dissatisfying, and I’ll leave it at that. 

Recommended for: people who like psychological thrillers, fans of realistic magic, fans of Midsommar

Movie Rating: PG-13 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders