Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

As Long As the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh

98 reviews

larabroekhuijsen's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, War, and Injury/Injury detail

bella613's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

Highly recommend this book! 
I cried so hard. This one is a lot to handle but it's so worth it. I feel like I learned more from it as well- even though it's fictional, events that happen are based on real things. 
I picked up this book because I saw somewhere that Zoulfa Katouh is ARMY and that sparked my interest. The audiobook doesn't include her acknowledgments, and honestly I want to buy this book in print eventually because I want it in my personal library. 
This is a beautiful, heartfelt, raw work of art. I'm glad I read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Pregnancy

mionnechan's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense

• 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

ruc's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Vomit, Trafficking, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

lboits's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Torture, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, and War

stressiex's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, and War

eunnerd's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense fast-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

4.0

Poignant, heavy, and grief-stricken. I appreciate this book for opening my eyes to the horrors of war. The hospital scenes were especially hard to read and that plot twist punched me hard in the face.

Writing style was a hit or miss. Some moments were great while others a bit cheesy. I wasn't a fan of the out of place anatomical terms and overly repetitive studio ghibli references. Overall, it was unique read that made me appreciate freedom even more. Solid 4.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Medical content, and Murder

lisewolters's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and War

Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, and Mass/school shootings

lilpieceofmyworld's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Police brutality, War, and Injury/Injury detail

nbwalks's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I think it's important to remember this is a YA book and so I am not the intended audience for this particular story. It's definitely something that needs to be read, as everyone should know Syria's story, it just wasn't something that I could connect to.

Salama's voice is very young and I didn't understand her relationship with Kenan, but perhaps that is the whole point being that in a war zone, every moment could be your last. She was also very contradicting and at times seemed to be yelling at Kenan for feeling the same way that she had been feeling just moments ago. It made no sense. Kenan was always apologizing to her and I didn't even know why. 

The timeline also felt a little all over the place and I felt the last chapters could have been expanded on. Majority of the book felt repetitive to me, it was all leading to the journey to safety, then that only lasts 2 small chapters. Pacing could have been improved for sure. I don't know, it was a decent read but nothing that stood out for me personally. Kind of feels like it's so highly rated because of the topic, not because of the execution.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and War