Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

178 reviews

judeb0x's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Grief, Violence, Torture, Gore, War, Blood, Medical content, Forced institutionalization, Child death, Death, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Genocide, Drug abuse, Murder, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcohol, Vomit, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Addiction, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Animal cruelty, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Pregnancy

a_wandering_thinker's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Addiction, Confinement, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Child death, Gun violence, Medical content, War, Blood, Murder, Suicide attempt, Torture, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, and Grief

catsbreadbikes's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense 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? Yes

4.0

TIP: do not read this book if you have recently lost a family member. Even if you've read the book before amd so know what's coming. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, War, Self harm, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, Violence, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

paloverdepages's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

This time around, I finished the book in a matter of hours. I can appreciate the story so much more now.

Prim's death

was the first time a book made me cry. That memory is so strong in my head that I had forgotten how horrific some other parts are. 10/10 for catharsis, exactly what I needed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Mental illness, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Medical content, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Torture, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Mass/school shootings, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Grief, and Gun violence

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Vomit, and Drug use

divinehealer14's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

3.0

This is one of the hardest, most depressing books I have ever read in my whole life. 
I literally had to take breaks from reading because it was too dark, too violent, too heartbreaking for me. 
Apart from that, I must say it was my least favourite in the trilogy; there are really a few redeeming moments that provide hope, the pacing is off, the ending I found to be extremely rushed, considering the emotional, physical and psychological damage that survivors will carry forever, and I had a few issues with how the characters were handled. 
Firstly,

Finnick and Prim’s deaths

How is it possible that literally nothing is even said about that??? 
Secondly, I think that it makes a lot of sense to have made Katniss so unbearable in this book, given everything she has been through, and I wouldn’t change that. It makes her imperfect, and realistic. But some of her choices and actions just didn’t feel like her. I was really disappointed when at the end she voted yes to having new Hunger Games with Capitol kids (which are never mentioned again). Katniss wouldn’t have done that, after all her pain. And I get that she has been hurt so badly she basically lost her humanity, but that made her seem so heartless to me. 

In conclusion, I thought this book was extremely hard to finish and had some flaws that I found distracting in the story 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Gore, Gun violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, War, and Violence

samanthaeumir's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Mental illness, Police brutality, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Violence, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Gore, Miscarriage, War, Murder, Physical abuse, Slavery, and Torture

kells__bells's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad slow-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

3.0

When I first read this book years ago, I wasn’t a huge fan of how it ended. However, reading this now I discovered how human Katniss is. She never wanted to be a hero. She only wanted happiness and freedom to be herself with those she loved. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Gun violence, War, and Violence

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

lazmataz's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, War, Violence, Genocide, Classism, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Police brutality, Gun violence, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Alcoholism, Torture, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Slavery, Vomit, Pregnancy, Incest, Trafficking, Miscarriage, and Adult/minor relationship

hjb_128's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Torture, Police brutality, Mental illness, Genocide, Blood, Drug use, Death, Medical content, Grief, Child death, Gun violence, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Slavery, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Alcoholism

saliwali's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Torture, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Gun violence, Violence, Death, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , War, Blood, Forced institutionalization, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Alcoholism