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Kosogłos by Suzanne Collins

103 reviews

sadiaa's review against another edition

5.0

I wish the book ended differently, I mean she shoots coin and then is hospitalised until she's banished to district 12 and then in the future she and peeta live happily ever after with two children

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Death, Drug use, Suicide attempt, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Grief, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Violence, War, and Murder

claire_fitzgibbon13'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

5.0

Amazing Amazing Amazing. Team Peeta 4 life. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Gun violence, War, and Violence

Moderate: Grief, Drug use, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, and Medical content

ladykozan's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Medical content, Child death, War, Blood, Violence, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Gun violence, Grief, Drug abuse, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

withlivjones's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-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? No

4.5

A thrilling end to the trilogy, featuring realistic, un-sugarcoated depictions of war where the stakes are high and a lot of favourite characters are lost :( Something I’ve loved in this series is that Katniss isn’t presented as some bulletproof heroine. Sure, she is able to hold her own to some extent but Collins could have made her some overpowered prodigal Mary-Sue (which is kind of how she’s presented in propaganda as the Mockingjay) when really she’s still so young and she never comes away from battle unscathed and instead almost always survives out of sheer luck or through other people’s help (or sacrifice). I think this makes her a super realistic and compelling protagonist. I also really like how the romance wasn’t really the focus of the trilogy, there was a bit more love triangle content in this book but even then it takes a backseat to the rebellion, and as Katniss says, she “can survive just fine without either” of Peeta or Gale. 

I do think that the pace sped up a little too much towards the end - we spend so much time in Katniss’ head leading up to the end of the war and the execution, but I would have loved to have seen more of her thought process as she decided both to hold the symbolic Hunger Games and to kill Coin instead of Snow, since both of these decisions are really significant and they just kind of happen without much explanation. The ending itself and the epilogue is really sweet though, and I like that it took a long time for Katniss to have children and that Peeta was willing to wait for her, since Katniss was so terrified of being forced to bring children into Panem in Catching Fire. Overall, I loved this book and the entire trilogy and I can’t believe it took me so long to read it!

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Addiction, Blood, Grief, Body horror, Child death, Alcohol, Gun violence, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, and War

siennakt30's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Grief, Police brutality, Slavery, Torture, Violence, War, Alcohol, Blood, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, and Murder

angelsfw's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Grief, Murder, Violence, War, and Gun violence

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Alcoholism, Suicide attempt, Child death, Drug use, and Alcohol

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

wendyadarling's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Moderate: Gore, Blood, Child death, Body horror, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

capalluisce's review against another edition

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

kirstenpod_'s review against another edition

adventurous 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: Grief, War, Child death, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Gore, Drug abuse, Genocide, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Mental illness, Murder, Violence, and Torture

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Medical content

Minor: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, and Adult/minor relationship

rylin_marie's review against another edition

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