Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Spotgaai by Suzanne Collins

667 reviews

hollynyew's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, War, Classism

melist6's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt

Minor: Alcoholism

nperkins's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, War

maverique's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Can't say I'm a fan of the ending

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death

maanbloem's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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On my earlier reads as a teenager, I didn't like this as much as the others. Now that I'm older I can understand the gravity of tne situation and it's all so devastating, undedstanding how traumatized Katniss and the others were. It shows the horrible results of war and revolutions, propaganda and hope. Not to beat a dead horse, but there is a point to the love triangle and that is made clear in the ending. Maybe knowing the story and what is to come makes certain *moments* even more devastating, like watching a play unfold knowing you can't warn the hero of what is to come. Suzanne Collins might have written the most important series of books about the end of an authoritarian dystopian regime.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, War

sabrina118's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War

Moderate: Addiction, Sexual assault, Torture

Minor: Incest

sgollogly's review against another edition

4.0

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

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The first half of Mockingjay drags a bit and the second half flies. I loved that Suzzanne Collins pulled no punches. Every death feels like wound to the reader without seeming gratuitous. Katniss and Peeta finding their way back to one another through the brainwashing, horrors of the games, loss of their homes and families, and their own self-worth issues is beautiful. I wish we did have a little longer to see them find one another again. The epilogue of this book will alter your brain chemistry. I get chills even thinking about the final line.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Classism

neleusb's review against another edition

4.5

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

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this book wrecks me everytime. i will never forget seeing the author comment on

prim’s death, and if it was always the plan

and she said that was the whole point. IT IS. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Sexual violence

caliconyanko_ren's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail

bleach226's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, War