Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

Kosogłos by Suzanne Collins

62 reviews

loveisabird's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

i’m old enough to have been in the target audience when mockingjay was released, and my main memories of the book are everyone seeming disappointed in the conclusion and after finally getting handed off a copy of the book from a friend feeling maybe not that negatively but at best neutral about it.

now to be fair, while 14-year-olds were ostensibly the target audience, how many 14-year-olds were really equipped to deal with the themes and questions put forward by mockingjay? how were 14-year-olds supposed to understand what was going on with president coin, or why katniss didn’t make her romantic choice until the last paragraph in the most undramatic manner?

so i stand by my belief that the hunger games should not have been YA books. mockingjay does tell a good story, even with all its tragedies, which is evident when you’re 27. but that good story is ridiculously rushed. so my new the hot take is that mockingjay should have been two books. i think both more things needed to happen plot-wise in the revolution, and we needed more time spent on some of the things that did happen. (admittedly an argument that could be made for any of these books).

conveniently taking this stance means the controversial stance that it was correct to have two mockingjay movies is further validated. it SHOULD have been two movies because it should have been two BOOKS!!!!!!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Self harm, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

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

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

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

dizzyizzyy's review against another edition

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

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

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

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

Moderate: Slavery, Forced institutionalization, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Alcoholism, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

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

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

erica_reads_things's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

Really solid ending to a series that changed the face of dystopian fiction. There isn't much to say that hasn't already been said!! Sad that my time in this universe is almost to an end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

ag_berry's review against another edition

challenging 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

snowiceblackfruit77'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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

leanna_lewis's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful 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

4.5

Re-read. 

Finnick really didn’t need to die. And I think Gale and Coin could have been made more clearly bad rather than gray area given the target age group.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Police brutality, and War

Minor: Addiction, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Forced institutionalization, and Alcohol

astrangewind's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

5.0

Mockingjay is a brilliant example of dystopian fiction. As a sequel, it draws on the previous books without replicating them, which is shockingly absent in much of YA fiction. It feels like a truly accurate representation of a true dystopia being taken down by a revolution, which is to say there cannot be a happy ending. And there isn't.

There's only the event, the grief that follows it, and the steady eventuality of learning how to live again, albeit not entirely happy.

Collins' expression of PTSD, through pretty much every character, is painfully accurate. No, the characters don't return home unscathed. It's a beautiful and necessary and heartwrenching book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Medical content, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis