Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Spotgaai by Suzanne Collins

668 reviews

jonghyun4life's review against another edition

4.25

dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Just too heavy. Will probably never read again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, War

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Addiction, Drug use, Sexual assault

lakea's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Minor: Death of parent

kaptainpastel's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective 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

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A beautiful end to a stunning and thought provoking trilogy!! I genuinely think reading these books has changed my perspective on life

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Grief, War

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Sexual harassment

findrskeeprs's review against another edition

4.5

challenging emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Grief, War

Moderate: Sexual assault, Trafficking

apple_atcha_reading's review against another edition

3.0

emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail

dani794's review against another edition

3.75

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"Fire is catching! And if we burn, you burn with us!"

i want to beat gale with a stick, why did he keep appearing :|
the love triangle needed to end like yesterday
katniss' final monologue about choosing peeta about being the dandelion that calms her fire is one of the romantic things i've ever read tho

i do feel like this is the weakest installment, with the action not being as strong as I'd like it to be, but it was still a pleasant read

i like the fact that

coin is actually quite villainous too and gave the ending more nuance

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Torture, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Classism

Minor: Miscarriage, Misogyny, Police brutality, Pregnancy

polyanarchist's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, War, Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Confinement, Drug abuse, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body shaming, Kidnapping, Pregnancy

kbeucler's review against another edition

4.0

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The first time I read this book I was like ‘wow, why does Katniss spend so much time whining and hiding?’ But now I realize that Collins actually wrote a very accurate portrayal of PTSD and it’s honestly crazy that Katniss wasn’t more traumatized than she was. I’m also really interested in the examination of propaganda in this book. Everyone should read this book and then apply this knowledge about the way BOTH SIDES use propaganda to further their cause to the way we consume media.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, War

q_bert13's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-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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I’ve enjoyed rereading this series i enjoyed as a kid. Didn’t remember just how scary it gets, and how Collins can easily shock the reader (especially towards the end of chapters) A great read- super excited to read the newer entries, but am glad the newer additions revolve around different characters- giving Katniss a proper end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Confinement, Alcohol

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Classism

suchacommotion's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I liked this book the least of the series, but I still found that everything that happened was a very natural and necessary progression of the plot. The ending was utterly gut-wrenching. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts