Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

Iris Kelly Doesn't Date by Ashley Herring Blake

84 reviews

llams's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

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

5.0

I loved this final iteration of the bright falls trilogy! I feel like the characters choices were true to themselves. I loved the honest mental health rep as well as the normalized (albeit brief) normalization of exploring the ace/aro spectrum. Ashley Herring Blake continues to be an auto-read author!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Sexual content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Alcohol

fleur____'s review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual content, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Alcohol, Biphobia, Toxic friendship, Vomit, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Homophobia and Infidelity

nightworldlove's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content

Moderate: Cursing and Alcohol

fivebyfreakingfive's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

5.0

Iris Kelly Doesn't Date is the perfect ending to a stupendous series. The emotional ups and downs kept me completely enraptured, and the ending of the book was like saying good bye to friends you've known forever. I sincerely wish i could rate it higher.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

somelesbianwriter's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

3.0

sweet, hot, but also bored me a little with how cliché and predictable a lot of the plot was. however, that's largely down to me not being so much of a romance-novel person, and for romance fans this book seems pretty perfect!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol and Toxic relationship

megj23's review

lighthearted fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Cursing

Minor: Toxic relationship

booksandcoffeewithlexi's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content

cwbillings's review

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

“Iris Kelly Doesn’t Date” just warmed me up to romance novels FAST. I’ve never been a huge fan of romance as a genre but man is this book in particular changing my mind! This is well written, the characters believable and genuine, and so gosh darn sweet. I really love this one and found myself relating to the main characters, which I should’ve seen coming as a bisexual writer with a decade of theatre experience myself lol Ugh, what can I say?? Now I’m a Stevie + Iris shipper for life!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Bullying, Toxic relationship, and Infidelity

Minor: Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Eating disorder, and Dysphoria

hazel_oat's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.0

this one is hard to rate for me b/c it will have the most beautifully written chapter of stevie trying her absolute fucking best followed by iris bumbling around making all the obviously-this-is-the-dumbest-choice choices … so prepare for whiplash? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual content, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Body shaming, Vomit, and Alcohol

Minor: Biphobia, Infidelity, and Emotional abuse

auteaandtales's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted relaxing 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

4.0

I absolutely loved this. Very theatrical and messy, but great fun. I loved getting to know Iris, but my favourite of the two was Stevie. I really related to her struggle with anxiety. It might be my favourite of the three, but I can’t decide, as I loved all of them for a different reason. I can see myself re-reading the trilogy in the future as a comfort read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Mental illness