Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Spotgaai by Suzanne Collins

669 reviews

reemoony's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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fire (literally) 🔥🔥🔥

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

yilliun's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional 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: Complicated

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This book really struck me hard as an adult. I read this during the YA Dystopia craze of the early 2010s and I don’t think I grasped many of the concepts as I do now. The aspect of a 17-year old being the central figure in a war blows my mind now. Katniss and the people around her are forced to make so many difficult decisions to survive. She says something to the effect of feelings/ emotions need to be processed later and that struck me so deeply. She’s in an active war zone without any room or space to process that all of the people she loves and holds dearly are dying. Collins really wrote a YA classic and it holds up even almost 15 years later.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, Grief, War

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Suicidal thoughts

plutttonium's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark inspiring sad 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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Death, Torture, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Murder, Colonisation, War, Classism

Minor: Sexual violence, Trafficking

rafacolog's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, War

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Fire/Fire injury

readwithsarah's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous 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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The end to an incredible series. I prefer the books when they are actually in the games but this still remains interesting and engaging. It divulges into some interesting topics/dilemmas of power, relationships, etc which I really liked. I liked to see a lot of the character development, especially Effie! Definitely one of my favourite series of all time, love it!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Torture, Murder

thimbler's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Sexual assault

halaagmod's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-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: Death, Violence, Medical content, War

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Torture

Minor: Animal death, Miscarriage

jackielane's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Confinement, Genocide, Torture, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

missbibliofila13's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, War

iactuallydontread's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I really thought it was amazing (and it is) BUT THE ENDING GUYS
Katniss is horrible and nobody there is really likeable but the writing style and pace are so good

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Child death, Self harm, Sexual content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent