Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Kosogłos by Suzanne Collins

310 reviews

goodomen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Blood, Violence, Torture, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Gore, Emotional abuse, Death, and Trafficking

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Child death

masucolmusings's review against another edition

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

4.75

“I think that Peeta was onto something about us destroying one another and letting some decent species take over. Because something is significantly wrong with a creature that sacrifices its children’s lives to settle its differences. You can spin it anyway you like. Snow thought the Hunger Games were an efficient means of control. Coin thought the parachutes would expedite the war. But in the end, who does it benefit? No one. The truth is, it benefits no one to live in a world where these things happen.”

real or not real? i rest my case. still the best dystopian novel i’ve ever read in my life 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Physical abuse, War, Child abuse, Death, Suicide attempt, Child death, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Torture, Grief, Mental illness, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug abuse, Addiction, and Vomit

tomususan's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, War, and Torture

countdraculahimself's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

Moderate: Police brutality, Genocide, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Mental illness, and Torture

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

riereeds's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

It's been so long since I read these books the first time that it was like reading them for the first time again. My chest hurts for Katniss and all the things she had to go through. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Torture, Gun violence, War, Addiction, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Blood, Drug abuse, Death, Police brutality, Outing, Mental illness, Mass/school shootings, Injury/Injury detail, and Alcoholism

dwoht'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
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

kinda had a hard time reading this one. i feel like the pacing is slower than the last two books, but it's a good ending to a good series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, War, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Moderate: Alcohol, Child death, and Grief

Minor: Vomit

reemoony'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? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

fire (literally) 🔥🔥🔥

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Kidnapping, War, Classism, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Murder, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Torture, and Violence

yilliun's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

This book really struck me hard as an adult. I read this during the YA Dystopia craze of the early 2010s and I don’t think I grasped many of the concepts as I do now. The aspect of a 17-year old being the central figure in a war blows my mind now. Katniss and the people around her are forced to make so many difficult decisions to survive. She says something to the effect of feelings/ emotions need to be processed later and that struck me so deeply. She’s in an active war zone without any room or space to process that all of the people she loves and holds dearly are dying. Collins really wrote a YA classic and it holds up even almost 15 years later.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Grief, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, and Suicidal thoughts

plutttonium's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring sad 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Colonisation, Torture, Blood, Classism, Murder, War, Child death, Kidnapping, Body horror, Death, and Police brutality

Minor: Trafficking and Sexual violence

rafacolog's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Death, Violence, Blood, and War

Moderate: Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, and Torture