Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

Eight Kinky Nights: An f/f Chanukah romance by Xan West

6 reviews

kawthar114's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative lighthearted tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, and Acephobia/Arophobia

Moderate: Grief, Body shaming, Death of parent, Fatphobia, and Ableism

Minor: Sexual violence and Toxic relationship

kshertz's review

challenging emotional slow-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

I’m fascinated by this book. I have never read about characters such as these. There’s a lot of realistic scenes. There was a lot to look up related to the autism spectrum, kink and even Chanukah. It’s work to get through the book but I learned a lot. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Lesbophobia, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Sexual content, Biphobia, Antisemitism, Abandonment, Acephobia/Arophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Transphobia

reading_rainbows's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

4.75

Autistic, queer, kinky AND polyamorous main characters!!! (Plus trans and non-binary secondary side characters) Asdfghjkl it's rare to find a book that has one of these parts of me in a way that feels authentic,  and this book has handled them all beautifully! They are also Jewish which i enjoyed though cannot speak on authenticity.  I look forward to reading more from this author.   

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Chronic illness

Minor: Acephobia/Arophobia

lennie_reads's review against another edition

I'm just not in the headspace for this atm. It's very introspective and has a lot of explanation about a lot of things. It's interesting but the plot is getting lost in all the explanations. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Chronic illness, and Grief

kaetheluise_nckl's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Dysphoria, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Alcohol

moatzilla's review

emotional hopeful informative slow-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Grief, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Ableism, Acephobia/Arophobia, Emotional abuse, and Transphobia