Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

The Sun and the Star by Mark Oshiro, Rick Riordan

21 reviews

teddy_w's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark funny hopeful sad

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Maybe a bit of an exaggeration, but this is one of the most amazing books I've ever read. I originally thought it was a fanfic, and I try not to read fanfics, but it's real! Solangelo is my favourite ship, and this book was absolutely perfect in almost every way. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Homophobia, Death of parent

elizabeth_the_witch's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

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Nico and Wills relationship is tested to its limits on their journey to the pits of Tartarus. However they both succeed in providing each other with the support they need to win their battles. It's a beautiful story and shows how being able to face your demons is hard, but learning to see them and let go of them is easier. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Blood, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Death of parent

tj_thenerd's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous emotional funny reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I'm really struggling to know how to feel about this book. I was a big fan of Nico Di Angelo when I initially read PJO and HoO, not to mention now as an adult queer I often seek out queer romance. But this isn't what I'm looking for. And I fear I've just grown away from this writing style. Things feel ham-fisted and it's constant references to ToA made me exhausted. 

I didn't enjoy that series and didn't finish it, so maybe I was hoping it would mostly be ignored? But I imagine if I had finished them, it would also bother me that everything was constantly being summarised again. It felt like I was simultaneously being isolated as someone who didn't engage with ToA AND isolated as someone who knew what had already happened. Over explained and under explored? 

I felt like it was trying to be one of those companion short stories that felt like bonus scenes in a DVD menu but instead it became a full movie that doesn't really stand up alone. Is that a bad thing? For me, yes, I think so. I think I was looking for something different here. And I think I knew going in it wouldn't be what I hoped but I read it anyway.

The relationship is sweet in places and made me smile. If you're still deep into these stories and enjoyed ToA, I think you'll like this. I just think I unfortunately have to concede that new additions to the Riordanverse aren't for me anymore. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Grief, Death of parent

Moderate: Violence, Blood, Medical content

Minor: Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Outing

melaschnie's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Medical content, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Homophobia, Outing, War

robertjspradlin's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Outing, Abandonment

Minor: Eating disorder, War

annahamburger's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Violence, Grief, Abandonment

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury

eloise648's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Homophobia, Mental illness, Torture, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Fire/Fire injury

icedlemonade's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Eating disorder, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Abandonment

Minor: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Outing

maylinmunoz's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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a great follow-up to the riordanverse that explores how to heal from your past and navigate relationships. the book also addresses and ties up a lot off loose ends and places of discomfort from previous books, such as Nico's forced outing by Cupid and the ethical/moral implications of Bob the titan, in a way that felt very satisfying. it feels like such a safe place for conversation around mental illness as well as explicit queer representation, I'm sure in large part thanks to Mark Oshiro's contributions.

the way it handled Piper's unsureness about any particular label at the end felt so genuine. the writing of it itself if great even if my own personal headcanons around Piper were technically confirmed false. I always felt like she never was really attracted to Jason; it felt like textbook comphet. so for her to say directly that she was felt strange to me, and as a bisexual person now makes me feel more disappointed in that form of representation throughout HOO retroactively. i think it could have been a cool thing to show her come to that conclusion, as it is a process that can be very difficult for lesbians to go through and accept in themselves. though i also think the message of it's okay to not have a label or have everything figured out is also a very important one, so I'm not terribly upset at this alternative. my only other critique I can think of at the moment is that I don't buy straight Percy Jackson for a second lol.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Grief

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Blood

Minor: Bullying, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Outing

thegr1mreader's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Outing

Moderate: Bullying, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Outing

Minor: Biphobia, Bullying, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief, Outing, Abandonment, Dysphoria