Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Spotgaai by Suzanne Collins

337 reviews

eleanora's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark fast-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, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail

ezmereldaah's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Collins writes Katniss’ character to be a true representation of not only a teenager with adult level expectations but also a teenager with a lot of past & current trauma. Katniss’ choices and thought process are purposefully frustrating and sometimes confusing because of this. Yet, she also is someone you’re still rooting for. The plot itself makes sense but isn’t completely expected. Collins pushed you to realize quickly how complicated revolution and change is, but it doesn’t make you I want it less. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, Suicide attempt, War

Moderate: Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality

Minor: Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship

kirstenpod_'s review against another edition

5.0

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

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Medical content, Alcohol

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

nesxreads's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional reflective sad tense fast-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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, War

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

dutchyreads's review against another edition

5.0

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: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Blood, War

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Fire/Fire injury

mia_123's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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THIS BOOK WAS SO GOOD. it was a little hard to follow along with because there was SO MUCH happening but oh my god it was so good. also for me, i feel like there could’ve been more added to the end of the book, but that might also just be because i’m sad that it’s over. another thing- i cant believe this book was only 400 pages it felt way longer than that, but overall i loved it and i love the way suzanne collins writes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Blood, Murder

louiepotterbook's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

her_littleclouds's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

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3.5 ⭐️: I was listening to this on audiobook on an 8 hour long bus ride suffering from sleep deprivation so i’ll have to reread it at some other point in time since i missed a lot of shit

Update: I found the time and motivation to read this book again(again on audiobook cause I love the narrator, she’s really good!) and this book is really great, and absolutely heartbreaking!

I don’t think I’ll ever get over Finnick and Prims deaths. 😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail

karigan's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book perfectly encapsulates what it’s like to live through a war you never intended to start. It is incredibly dark and has just enough plot twists without going over the top. The main characters are put through the ringer in this book, even more so than the past two. We see how dangerous power can be, no matter who is holding it and the costs that come with overthrowing the government. 
This book is definitely much slower than the others because we focus more on Katniss and what is happening around her than the plot itself. But I would not say it’s boring by any means. It is a devastating finale to The Hunger Games trilogy in which we learn that the things we want most may come with the ultimate sacrifice. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, War

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Mental illness, Suicide, Torture

Minor: Confinement, Miscarriage, Self harm, Fire/Fire injury

yourbookishbff's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional 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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual assault, Trafficking