Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Revolta by Suzanne Collins

38 reviews

mermaidsherbet's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, War, Death, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, and Body horror

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Torture, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Genocide, Blood, Grief, Gore, Murder, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Mass/school shootings, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Medical content, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Alcohol, Suicide, Stalking, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Vomit, Self harm, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Slavery, Trafficking, Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcoholism, Kidnapping, Eating disorder, Infidelity, and Addiction

hanhantap's review against another edition

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? Yes

4.75

I remember first reading Mockingjay when I was 14 and being utterly disappointed. The Hunger Games with no games, just political discourse, resistance, and trauma? How boring. Especially as a follow-up to one of the best sequels of all time. 

However, now my frontal cortex is fully developed and I have witnessed and participated in multiple resistance movements in the past 13 years — not to mention the past 60 days 🍉 — I feel like I can appreciate what Suzanne Collins was saying in and doing with this novel. When a symbol of a resistance movement (Katniss as the Mockingjay) becomes expendable or co-opted to repeat the evils of the past, there are moral obligations to rise against them. 

Imagine explaining that to a young Hannah and expect her to understand them at a deeper level than "Why did Katniss have to start a family at the end?"

Not understanding her survival, her trauma, and her hard fought ending to even remind herself to be happy in moments of great despair. For Katniss, starting a family was not a priority. Her only priority was to survive and now she had two — three counting Peeta — reasons to keep surviving even in the hardest of days. A life without choices became a life with one choice: the choice of companionship and finding the peace she never had. 

Her children, the other children of the districts, and the children of the Capitol will never experience the horrors that generations past will. The suffering of the present to provide for the future. It's a bittersweet ending that I finally understand.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death, War, Body horror, and Child death

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

ngb's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Pregnancy

emilywemily6's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

4.5

Reading this series as an adult is so much more meaningful than when I was a kid. My only complaint about this book is the pacing; a lot of the book felt a bit slow while certain parts in the Capital were breezed over too quickly. But the author does an amazing job at capturing the aftereffects of trauma in these characters. This book is the culmination of a series with themes like: media’s impact on public opinion, authoritative governance, the lasting effects of trauma, being used as a pawn in the plans of others, etc. I’m less satisfied with the ending now as an adult because the internal scars of Katniss, Peeta, and others are more clear to me than when I first read this book and was just happy Katniss and Peeta end up together- but war doesn’t satisfy anyone. It feels so realistic and penetrating that while there were moments of tears while reading, I am reeling in the aftermath and will probably sob as I dwell on the trauma, what it meant for the characters, and what it means in real life. Everyone should read this series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, War, and Violence

Moderate: Self harm, Chronic illness, Medical content, Rape, Slavery, Torture, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death of parent, and Police brutality

Minor: Infidelity, Pregnancy, Ableism, Bullying, Miscarriage, and Vomit

sxndaze's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

it hits different on a reread. the epilogue is one of the most impactful for a ya series, and i think collins does an amazing job showing what healing is like.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Addiction, Blood, Death, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, War, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Violence, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, and Mental illness

Moderate: Drug abuse, Child death, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Pregnancy, Vomit, and Trafficking

kelly_e's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.25

Title: Mockingjay
Author: Suzanne Collins
Series: The Hunger Games, #3
Genre: YA Dystopian
Rating: 3.25
Pub Date: August 24, 2010

T H R E E • W O R D S

Dark • Haunting • Contemplative

📖 S Y N O P S I S

Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she's made it out of the bloody arena alive, she's still not safe. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge. Who do they think should pay for the unrest? Katniss. And what's worse, President Snow has made it clear that no one else is safe either. Not Katniss's family, not her friends, not the people of District 12.

💭 T H O U G H T S

Every now and then I decide to pick up a YA novel for a quick, palette cleanser and when the mood stuck this time I decided to close out The Hunger Games series with Mockingjay. I didn't quite know what to expect heading into the final book of the trilogy and since I am reading these years after all of the hype, I hadn't really seen any reviews.

My main takeaway after finishing was a feeling of unsatisfaction. Throughout books one and two there is a forward progression of characters development, particularly when it comes to Katniss. However, in book three there was a sense of stagnation, which seemed odd and just disappointing. There isn't a whole lot of hope, rather this is filled with doom and gloom. I understand the reason behind all of this, but at the end of the day I'd have been okay with just one book.

Suzanne Collins has certainly created something worth reading with this trilogy. However, Mockingjay is hands down my least favourite. It felt drawn out, at times with not much going on, yet somehow the ending was rushed. It just didn't make sense to me.

📚 R E C O M M E N D • T O
• fans of the series
• young readers

🔖 F A V O U R I T E • Q U O T E S

"It takes ten times as long to put yourself back together as it does to fall apart."

"Some walks you have to take alone."

"Closing my eyes doesn't help. Fire burns brighter in the darkness." 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Grief, Murder, Gun violence, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Police brutality, Genocide, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Violence, Gore, and War

Moderate: Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Classism, Alcohol, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Body horror, Ableism, Self harm, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, and Vomit

Minor: Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Animal death, and Pregnancy

paigeinabook's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Forced institutionalization, Mass/school shootings, Gore, Mental illness, Murder, Pregnancy, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Drug use, Gaslighting, Genocide, Gun violence, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Trafficking, War, Child death, Eating disorder, Blood, Addiction, Dysphoria, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Colonisation, Grief, Hate crime, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

inesnp's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, War, Police brutality, Murder, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Pregnancy

claire_fitzgibbon13's review against another edition

adventurous 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

5.0

Amazing Amazing Amazing. Team Peeta 4 life. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Gun violence, War, and Violence

Moderate: Grief, Drug use, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, and Medical content

capalluisce's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-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? No

5.0

There's no much to add from the previous books, to be honest. 

It lost me at some point, when the Holo was introduced. But I reconnected with it after it, I even shed tears alongside Katniss. Felt her losses. 

Would have loved to live a little more in their new world, but that wouldn't feel much like an ending, would it. 

Anyways, I absolutely loved this series. I love Peeta, and I love Katniss, and I want them to live as happy as they can be. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Self harm, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Vomit, War, Animal death, Gun violence, Abortion, Child abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Child death, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Addiction, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, and Physical abuse