Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

247 reviews

reemoony's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

fire (literally) 🔥🔥🔥

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Content Warnings

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

yilliun's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

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: War, Death, Grief, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, and Suicidal thoughts

readwithsarah's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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

Moderate: Confinement, Murder, Torture, and Child death

iactuallydontread's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

4.25

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: Kidnapping, Death, and Murder

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

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

mtod26's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gore, Death, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Blood, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Child death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, and War

malebrina's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Violence, Blood, and Grief

domocampo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and War

Moderate: Grief, Torture, Medical trauma, and Police brutality

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Addiction

arinheck's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, War, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, and Death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Blood, Alcohol, and Mental illness

Minor: Torture

fkshg8465's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

It’s hard to keep up a series at the same high quality all the way through. This one did a good job. Ended differently than I would’ve liked, however. In fact, I hated what became of Katniss in the end (before the epilogue) - felt like it defeated the point of the whole series. Also, I found the twist underwhelming. Rounding up to four foot storytelling, but the story itself, because of the ending, was a disappointment.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Drug use, Torture, Body horror, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Dementia, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Xenophobia

harmonygracie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

Peeta <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Drug abuse, Blood, Drug use, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Child death, Death, Grief, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Violence, and Emotional abuse