Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Spotgaai by Suzanne Collins

669 reviews

leanna_lewis's review against another edition

4.5

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

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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, War

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

jameslucpicante's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Death, Genocide, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War

mandycantsleep's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional inspiring sad 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Torture, Violence, War

Moderate: Gun violence, Vomit

Minor: Addiction, Drug use, Alcohol

falibat's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, War

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Torture

Minor: Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders

caelfind's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional 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

Moderate: Child death, Death, Violence, War

thedubstepdoge's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional 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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Wow this book is just incredible, this is my 2nd time reading it (first time was a long time ago) and is just such an amazing book, so tragic and emotional and intense. This really is just as good as the hunger games and catching fire, like it’s obviously not focusing on the actual games but it’s different and much more reality focuses with the war and the Capitol and District 13 and everything. It’s just intense and keeps you engaged the whole time. I could say so much more about this but i’ll leave it at that for now, again it's amazing, the whole trilogy is, probably my favorite book series ever now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Grief, Murder, War

Moderate: Child death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol

astrangewind's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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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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, Injury/Injury detail

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

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

priceofsalt's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Torture

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

circuscharlotte's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional 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: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, War

Moderate: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt

erin_362's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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The scene with Buttercup never fails to make me cry it’s just so sad 
I wish I could give this book 5 stars but it makes me so sad I can’t 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail