Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Revolta by Suzanne Collins

149 reviews

njthk'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? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, War, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Trafficking and Sexual violence

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

pich's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

At the end of the day, Katniss was just a girl

who wanted to keep her family alive, and that was taken from her in the end anyway.

Though I am late in reading this series, it will definitely stay with me for a while. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, and Death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Torture

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

nodustollens's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Murder, Emotional abuse, Child death, War, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Gun violence, Drug abuse, Classism, Torture, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Confinement, Sexual assault, and Alcoholism

Minor: Toxic friendship and Miscarriage

kendra_taylors_version's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Alcoholism, Child death, Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Drug use, Classism, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Confinement, Death of parent, War, Murder, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

americattt's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.5

"That what I need to survive is not Gale's fire, kindled with rage and hatred. I have plenty of fire myself. What I need is the dandelion in the spring. The bright yellow that means rebirth instead of destruction. The promise that life can go on, no matter how bad our losses. That it can be good again. And only Peeta can give me that."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Murder, War, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

bella_01's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Another highly emotional book, which lead me to tears multiple times. Once I got roughly halfway, I wanted to stop reading. I knew from that point forward the book would become  depressing. 

Suzanne Collins is a brilliant author. No character in the series is unflawed, making the experience feel even more real. I felt my heart being ripped out multiple times . For me, the fall in rating is due to sections of confusing writing within the book. For the majority of this book and the others in this series, I was able to picture what was going on. Unfortunately, I found some of the chapters in the Capitol confusing. I re-read a few to gain a better understanding, but was mostly unable to picture what Collins was trying to convey through the text. 

Overall, I enjoyed reading this book, and look forward to recommending the series to lots of people!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Torture, Drug abuse, and Mental illness

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, and Suicidal thoughts

tiana_king's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective 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

4.5

The love triangle continued to be annoying but otherwise I liked the story. It reminded me a lot of ATLA in the way it addressed what lines should be crossed when handling enemies. The epilogue rubs me the wrong way because it sounds like Katnis was coerced/worn down into having children. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Child death, Death, Classism, War, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Alcoholism, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Mental illness, and Violence

Moderate: Torture, Drug abuse, and Kidnapping

Minor: Miscarriage

ih8sid's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

this book made me feel so many emotions that i didn’t know were possible. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Violence, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Drug use, War, Gun violence, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, and Medical trauma

the_gravediggers_society's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Gore, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Mass/school shootings, Body horror, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Blood, Gun violence, and Suicidal thoughts