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Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Minor: Animal death, Miscarriage, Pregnancy
At first it was a little slow, but interesting. It wasn't the same as the ones before, but it was definitely interesting and not boring. I was really sad with the deaths of some of the characters I loved.
I loved the last phrase Katniss says to describe what Peeta can give her, the promise that life goes on, no matter how hard our losses are, and that it can be good again.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail
Katniss went from being The Girl On Fire to The Girl Who Was Set On Fire By Someone Else — just a shallow puppet version of herself. I understand her sadness to everything that happened, the anger, the hollowness, and I even enjoyed most of the parts where she's broken and depressed and just roaming around aimlessly. But for the most part it felt like she couldn't think for herself at all.
Why was the Capitol's fall told, not shown? All that build up lead to nothing at all. I don't understand the whole broadcasting-everything-they-do plot point. A majority of the rebel plot was confusing, I couldn't tell what direction it was going in. Gale vs. Peeta ended so conveniently, Katniss didn't even get to choose. Maybe it was because I got spoiled, but Finnick, Prim, and Castor's deaths didn't hit quite as hard as I expected it to. The epilogue was unnecessary but I kinda predicted it would be there from the very first book. Effie and the prep team getting spared when Cinna wasn't seems like a cop out. And I'm still mad we didn't see the Capitol's downfall.
Moving on to things I liked — I liked that Katniss ended up with Peeta and not Gale (though I do like him). I liked that Katniss shot Coin and not Snow. I liked that Snow had an unmemorable death. I liked how almost everyone has some form of trauma even after it ends. The way Katniss reacts to the scent of roses, Joanna to water, Peeta to just about anything, and how they found a way to cope with it like Finnick and his ropes, the Real or Not Real game were a nice touch. The war, the question of how far you'll go and how low you'll sink in the excuse of it, what is right and what is overdoing it, what can be justified and what is inhumane were all really enjoyable. Katniss's reaction to Prim's death was realistic. If only Katniss was there for the taking over of the Capitol, it would've been a 5 star read.
Maybe I just had high hopes for the conclusion of such a well-loved series and set the standards too high.
Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, War
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Police brutality, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Body horror, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Dysphoria
Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Child death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gun violence, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Confinement, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol
Minor: Infertility, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Trafficking, Death of parent, Pregnancy
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexual violence, Slavery, Vomit
Minor: Incest
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Eating disorder, Miscarriage, Pregnancy
Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcoholism, Confinement, Alcohol