Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Kosogłos by Suzanne Collins

51 reviews

claudiamacpherson's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, War, Body horror, Classism, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Trafficking, and Violence

Minor: Genocide, Medical content, Child abuse, and Pregnancy

kamrynkoble's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad 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? Yes

5.0

2024 Reread:
I REALLY thought I was FINALLY safe, but I still cried. At a resort in Mexico while a boy splashed me and drunk Europeans screamed. This trilogy is so beautiful and gut-wrenching and they just attack me in a way that no other books ever have. Katniss isn’t even real and I would do anything to give her a hug. Man, this book is just completely devastating and yet the epilogue is still so perfectly hopeful. I know I won’t ever be able to write books this powerful but I am so thankful that Collins did.  I will never, EVER stop thinking about them and I’ve accepted that I’m going to be doing rereads for the rest of my life. 

2023 Reread:
Well, I’m sobbing. I just finished reading this entire trilogy aloud to my husband—the boyfriend in my below 2019 reread that had to sit there while I cried then too.

I love this story. I love Katniss even more. It’s perfect. Each time I revisit Mockingjay especially, it means that much more to me. I don’t think there will ever be a time I can read this without crying. Favorite books ever, infinite stars. 


2019 Reread:
When this book first came out, I was in fifth grade and I had to beg and plead for someone to take me to a Walmart to buy it. 

It’s always been my “least favorite” of the trilogy. It just has a different feel to it. The games are different, Katniss is different, Lord knows Peeta is different. It’s cold, it’s bloody, it’s broken. I kept forgetting who all died until I would reach paragraphs before their deaths, and would be afraid to keep reading and reach the inevitable. 

All three of these books broke me now in a way that they didn’t before. I’m older than Katniss now, not years younger when I first met this incredible protagonist. 

Even though Mockingjay is generally considered the weakest book, I found myself having to exhale and mutter under my breath at the profoundness of various phrases. It’s gut-wrenching. 

I think Mockingjay is the one I’ve reread the least. It’s not perfect. The trilogy isn’t perfect. But my word, it reached me. And that’s all I can ask for from literature. There’s no doubt in my mind that they will be considered classics, and I feel fortunate to have read them in their prime.

So here I am, sitting with my poor boyfriend crying over these characters and this story. I have a feeling this won’t be my last time returning to them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and War

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Pregnancy and Miscarriage

punkisocks's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Vomit, War, Body horror, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Drug abuse, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Torture

sophie42's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Body horror, Classism, Drug use, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Animal death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Vomit

Minor: Pregnancy, Death of parent, Mass/school shootings, Miscarriage, and Suicide attempt

goldsbuc's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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: Classism, Confinement, Gun violence, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Self harm, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Violence, War, Grief, Medical content, Torture, Miscarriage, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Slavery, and Suicidal thoughts

emfass's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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? Yes

4.0

I really do like this book (though I like the first two better), and Tatiana Maslany was an incredible narrator. However, this final book in the trilogy is just relentless darkness and trauma and it was really hard to take on this read through. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, and War

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Pedophilia, and Slavery

Minor: Death of parent, Excrement, Pregnancy, Rape, and Sexual assault

cdt96's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-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

4.5

A great end to the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Police brutality, Violence, and War

Moderate: Pregnancy

lucilaroife's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Child death, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, and Drug use

rayne_1906's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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? Yes

4.5

Audiobook - I find this book extremely powerful. When I was younger I read it simply as a slightly slow action novel, but now it feels entirely different. This book shows the struggle of a girl thrust into the midst of a war, being treated as nothing more than a glorified puppet, and how she deals (or doesn't) with her new role. The last few chapters I find absolutely heart-breaking. However, the epilogue feels like it falls flat, and I can't help but feel it is a borrowed ending from Harry Potter - I feel like the epilogue slightly takes away from the final chapter, which feels like a perfect epilogue in itself. On the other hand, this book as a whole is a very emotional, action-packed finale to the trilogy and the rebellion Katniss started with a single spark.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Murder, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Confinement, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, and Violence

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Sexual content, and Pregnancy

jessicaludden's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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? Yes

5.0

“What I need is the dandelion in the spring. The bright yellow that means rebirth instead of destruction. The promise that life can go on, no matter how bad our losses. That it can be good again.”

I am in pain after rereading this. Somehow I have that same feeling I got when I read this for the first time as a 12 year old. Just that emptiness in my soul after reading such a bittersweet ending. This book was full of war and politics and rebellion which is why it was so boring to me as a kid, but 10+ years later and I love it even more. There’s so much loss and the ending does an amazing job of portraying how Katniss and Peeta have been damaged beyond repair, but still have hope for their future together. They suffered a lot, but are braver and will make their kids braver for it.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Death, Kidnapping, Addiction, Blood, Mental illness, Gore, Miscarriage, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Drug abuse, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Child death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, and War