Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

87 reviews

moonysraccoons's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Torture, Medical trauma, Murder, and War

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Death, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Vomit and Sexual harassment

sallytiffany's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Honestly not my favorite of the series. Had a good ending but super complicated. I didn’t like all the gore and just wasn’t well done. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, War, and Injury/Injury detail

boglord'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? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Self harm, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Blood, Excrement, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Incest, and Miscarriage

firelordmomo's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, and Murder

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Blood

kirjakimalainen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, and War

Moderate: Torture

jaythenerdbird's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.0

How is this series considered Young Adult? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

isabelle_mary's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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

I have never read a book series where I have given each book five stars and today is the day that has changed. While I love many book series, I am also the first to admit when that book series slacks in one book or doesn’t, but when looking back at this book series I cannot find one moment where it is lacking something. Suzanne Collins perfectly has written a series that does not disappoint, leave you wondering, have slow moments (and vice versa, too fast moments), etc. She provides hope and pain perfectly and gives a realistic example of how war is. Katniss and Peeta’s story had always been one of my favorites on the screen but now reading it and getting more of it, makes me love them even more. Each character in this series was written with so much in mind and it makes me feel as if I knew them personally (and I love when a book does that). Joanna and Finnick I love you both!! This will definitely be a series to me that I reread over and over again and share with others. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

leeyongjin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Gore, and Slavery

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Death, Gore, Vomit, and Gaslighting

loveisabird's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

i’m old enough to have been in the target audience when mockingjay was released, and my main memories of the book are everyone seeming disappointed in the conclusion and after finally getting handed off a copy of the book from a friend feeling maybe not that negatively but at best neutral about it.

now to be fair, while 14-year-olds were ostensibly the target audience, how many 14-year-olds were really equipped to deal with the themes and questions put forward by mockingjay? how were 14-year-olds supposed to understand what was going on with president coin, or why katniss didn’t make her romantic choice until the last paragraph in the most undramatic manner?

so i stand by my belief that the hunger games should not have been YA books. mockingjay does tell a good story, even with all its tragedies, which is evident when you’re 27. but that good story is ridiculously rushed. so my new the hot take is that mockingjay should have been two books. i think both more things needed to happen plot-wise in the revolution, and we needed more time spent on some of the things that did happen. (admittedly an argument that could be made for any of these books).

conveniently taking this stance means the controversial stance that it was correct to have two mockingjay movies is further validated. it SHOULD have been two movies because it should have been two BOOKS!!!!!!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Self harm, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

dizzyizzyy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, War, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Miscarriage, Slavery, Vomit, Trafficking, and Pregnancy