Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

102 reviews

siennakt30's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Mental illness, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

maple_dusk's review

challenging dark emotional tense slow-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? Yes

2.0

I think I can confidently say that Dystopian is just isn't for me. I wanted to finish reading this series because I wanted to know what happened.

I had a major revelation while reading this book. I no longer enjoy reading morally grey MCs. I've changed a lot since a few years ago. Not as much as I did before. I'm a little disappointed because I genuinely do think that morally grey characters are important and bring critical complexity that non-morally grey characters just lack. However, I've found that for present me, reading from the POVs of morally grey characters just exhaust and bore me. I really hope I'm mistaken but change happens.

I think the pacing also demotivated me. The ending was not bad at all though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Moderate: Alcoholism and Confinement

Minor: Miscarriage, Sexual content, Torture, Excrement, and Death of parent

mbayram's review

dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Confinement, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and War

Moderate: Ableism, Child death, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Trafficking, Medical trauma, and Gaslighting

marthadude's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I feel like I vibed with this one less than the other two but still a worthy entry. The last line goes so hard. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

eleanora's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

tesslaah's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark fast-paced

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

5.0

Collins writes Katniss’ character to be a true representation of not only a teenager with adult level expectations but also a teenager with a lot of past & current trauma. Katniss’ choices and thought process are purposefully frustrating and sometimes confusing because of this. Yet, she also is someone you’re still rooting for. The plot itself makes sense but isn’t completely expected. Collins pushed you to realize quickly how complicated revolution and change is, but it doesn’t make you I want it less. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, Suicide attempt, and War

Moderate: Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, and Police brutality

Minor: Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

elysianbud's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.75

The last line is so damn good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

nesxreads's review

adventurous emotional reflective sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and War

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

nagirak's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

This book perfectly encapsulates what it’s like to live through a war you never intended to start. It is incredibly dark and has just enough plot twists without going over the top. The main characters are put through the ringer in this book, even more so than the past two. We see how dangerous power can be, no matter who is holding it and the costs that come with overthrowing the government. 
This book is definitely much slower than the others because we focus more on Katniss and what is happening around her than the plot itself. But I would not say it’s boring by any means. It is a devastating finale to The Hunger Games trilogy in which we learn that the things we want most may come with the ultimate sacrifice. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and War

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Mental illness, Suicide, and Torture

Minor: Confinement, Miscarriage, Self harm, and Fire/Fire injury

rebyreadsandwrites's review

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Animal death, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy