Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

Syvään päähän by Kate Davies

9 reviews

catherinerowland's review against another edition

challenging dark funny sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Self harm

Moderate: Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug use, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Racism, Alcohol, and Death

ailionnet's review against another edition

funny medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual assault, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual violence

Minor: Self harm

canonically_k's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-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

1.5

I got fleabagged (the last chapter is called it'll pass). There was not enough unproblematic life living and TOO MUCH TOXIC RELATIONSHIP WHO WOULD ENJOY READING THIS. This book made me so furious and upset and it was not at all advertised to be about this. I feel like the book itself wasn't recognising how horrible the relationship was, and I know it's from the victims perspective but it left me really confused. So much of it just horrified me and I hated every time they got back together. The humor was also very unfiltered and made me a bit uncomfortable at points. It framed non-monogamy really weirdly as well and didn't have any retrospective nuance about it. Also the protagonist comes out as a lesbian and doesn't make friends with a single queer person other than lesbians as far as I can tell.I need to learn not to hate read books and to just put them down. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Violence and Self harm

Minor: Sexism, Panic attacks/disorders, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Death, and Lesbophobia

8going80's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

A pretty decent book that is very VERY graphic - like needing to shut the book at look away with my mouth open graphic. My feelings on the book are a bit complicated and I found myself disagreeing with both major characters at times. The ending is drastically different to the majority of the book but in a good way which is vague but the only way I can describe it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Bullying and Death of parent

bash5617's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative fast-paced

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

1.5

I found the characters highly problematic. I skipped pages 150-275. The last 15 pages redeem  half a star. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Lesbophobia, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Alcohol, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Dementia, Drug use, Infidelity, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, and Rape

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

ellanarose's review against another edition

emotional sad fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Bullying, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Stalking, and Suicidal thoughts

decklededgess's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

trigger warnings: non consent and dubious consent situations, sexual content, abusive relationships, cheating

The first five chapters of this book imply it's going to be a hilarious comedic romance instead it turns out to be a self discovery book revolving around an abusive relationship with hilarious elements that you feel bad for laughing at.
One point of contention in the plot is that a romantic partner is polyamorous and the main character has an issue with that. In certain situations it certainly could read as misrepresenting polyamorous relationships, maybe even villainizing. As an outsider to the community it didn't read as such because this was hundred percent more about the partner being a vile person when not getting their way instead of like...normalizing a poly relationship. Every subcommunity has their good and bad aspects and this book simply represents one of the bad aspects.
As long as you go into this book with the awareness that what is being represented isn't a reflection of the community as a whole or a statement on polyamory as a whole then you're good to go. It's well written, it's nuanced in its understanding of abusive relationships, and does a stellar job of indicating that the issue that is marked as "cheating" can be addressed by the MC  advocating for her needs in her relationship (with the explicit understanding that the relationship is abusive and therefore there are some exceptions to conflict resolution here).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Sexual violence

stressejesse's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcohol, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Self harm

Minor: Transphobia

emmy's review against another edition

challenging funny reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

Reads as a memoir of a woman that has a one night stand with a woman and realises she’s gay. This is closely followed with an intense and toxic relationship. I usually don’t love books that are character driven but I finished this in a day or two and I was so in it that as I think of it I have  some scenes playing out like a movie in my head. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Toxic relationship

Minor: Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Sexual assault