Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

78 reviews

warlockdorian's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Murder, Self harm, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Abortion, Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Blood, Child death, Body horror, Chronic illness, Confinement, Drug use, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Classism, Mental illness, Slavery, Colonisation, Death, Genocide, Gore, Police brutality, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Vomit, and War

geooo's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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: Self harm, Drug abuse, Blood, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Torture, Suicide, Sexual content, Mental illness, Gun violence, Child death, War, Suicide attempt, Murder, Drug use, Death, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, and Panic attacks/disorders

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

Moderate: Confinement and Alcoholism

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

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

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

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

ashleereadsx's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Torture and Violence

Minor: Medical trauma, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

capalluisce's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense 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? No

5.0

There's no much to add from the previous books, to be honest. 

It lost me at some point, when the Holo was introduced. But I reconnected with it after it, I even shed tears alongside Katniss. Felt her losses. 

Would have loved to live a little more in their new world, but that wouldn't feel much like an ending, would it. 

Anyways, I absolutely loved this series. I love Peeta, and I love Katniss, and I want them to live as happy as they can be. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Self harm, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Vomit, War, Animal death, Gun violence, Abortion, Child abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Child death, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Addiction, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, and Physical abuse

jupitersuns's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I loved this book so much that I hate it! I finished this right before I have to get ready for work and I cried like a baby. I definitely would recommend this to everybody!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and War

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Medical trauma, Blood, Body horror, Grief, Murder, Torture, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

This isn't for the light of heart. Especially towards the end-- I had a dream dealing with body horror because of the last few chapters.

rylin_marie's review

adventurous challenging dark sad 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

4.5

this book absolutely broke me. oh my goodness. i didn’t expect it to be so depressing. 

okay, first off, peeta. he’s had to go through so much. i cried when he tried to choke katniss. it was just so sad seeing how badly he was tortured. honestly, it was worse than death. i was glad when his humanity slowly started coming back. obviously, he was never really the same. the nightmares and traumas never go away. i just wish i could reach through the book and hug him

katniss. katniss had a really rough time. first her father, then rue, then cinna, then peeta, finnick, and prim, and even gale somewhat. throughout the whole series, she had been forced to play Games. even in the rebellion, she was just part of coins games. she never really got to get away. she experienced so much trauma and grief—too much for a 17 year old. we see her experience suicide attempts, depression, and all sorts of trauma. even after she got married and had kids, she wasn’t necessarily happy or at peace. the Games will always be a part of her. 

gale. if you are team gale, i suggest you don’t keep reading this. gale should’ve died. he should’ve died instead of finnick. i will forever hate gale. he didn’t even try to save peeta’s family. he created the weapon that killed prim. he’s heartless. he didn’t try to save finnick, or even let katniss try. honestly, he should’ve died instead of finnick. plus, it would create a better storyline since katniss “loved” gale. i will forever be team peeta. gale doesn’t understand or show any sympathy to peeta or even katniss after the Games. does he not know what the suffered? anyways, as you can tell i think gale is jealous of peeta and let that take over his life. 

finnick. oh finnick. i love him so much. in my heart, he’s still alive. he was probably my favorite character. he’s definitely one of my fictional husbands. i feel so bad for annie. i was so happy for them. i wonder if finnick even knew about the baby. he didn’t deserve to die like that. it infuriates me. he could’ve lived happily with his family after snow and coin died. he was so close to making it out alive. i’m just so depressed and frustrated about his death. he deserved better, so did annie and the baby. 

i was actually mad about finnicks death. this goes along with cinna as well. they got pretty much a singular paragraph, if that, about their deaths and then everyone moved on. i will never move on from their deaths. in my opinion, finnicks death was 3 times worse and more depressing than prims. it actually enrages me. 

overall, i really liked this series. it didn’t make me feel happy though. i felt dissociated and mournful during the series. it makes me sad knowing, even though katniss and peeta had a somewhat happy ending, they could never actually be truly happy. they can never forget what happened. not just in the games, but during the rebellion, when peeta got hijacked, the death of loved ones, it will never go away, and it never can.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Addiction, Child death, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Slavery, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Torture, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Blood, War, Murder, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, and Grief

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: War, Mental illness, Torture, and Suicidal thoughts

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