Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Vlammen by Suzanne Collins

75 reviews

mermaidsherbet's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

Moderate: Police brutality, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Violence

Minor: Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Trafficking, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Classism, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Sexual assault, Torture, Blood, Child abuse, Slavery, Stalking, Xenophobia, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, War, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Murder, and Vomit

melongin's review against another edition

adventurous sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Police brutality, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Child death, and Murder

Moderate: Classism, Death of parent, Gun violence, Alcohol, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug abuse, Addiction, Mental illness, and Alcoholism

Minor: Confinement, Cursing, War, Vomit, Torture, Trafficking, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Pregnancy

corvingreene'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? It's complicated

5.0

This book very much feels like the second in a series, but not in a bad way. A lot happens in the book, but it feels sort of like a stepping-stone to get to the resolution of the third book. The 2nd and 3rd books are some of the best depiction in literature of PTSD that I've ever read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Child death, Murder, Classism, Grief, Blood, War, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Death, Addiction, and Mental illness

kendra_taylors_version's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Drug use, Medical content, Body horror, Death of parent, Grief, Medical trauma, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Classism, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Police brutality, Mass/school shootings, Alcohol, Violence, Vomit, Blood, Physical abuse, and Slavery

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Mental illness, and Pregnancy

jacob_dion's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Grief, Suicide, Violence, Police brutality, and Death

Moderate: Alcoholism, Addiction, Mental illness, Drug abuse, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death

katenovah's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, War, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Murder, Kidnapping, Death, Police brutality, Mental illness, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Confinement, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Genocide, Pregnancy, Medical content, Drug abuse, Torture, Violence, and Blood

tiana_king's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

The only painful thing about this book was how much Katnis can’t figure out her feelings. Otherwise this was a great follow up to book one and doesn’t suffer much from the “middle book syndrome” most 2nd books in a trilogy do. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Medical content, Police brutality, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Violence

Moderate: Mental illness, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, and Addiction

Minor: Pregnancy and Adult/minor relationship

bella_01's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

This was a re-read for me. The book was absolutely devastating. I forgot how heartbreaking the story is, particularly the first half of the book . It's a crazy experience to feel such sympathy for fictional characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Mental illness, Blood, and Police brutality

Minor: Miscarriage, Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse

emilywemily6's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful tense fast-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

How is it possible that I enjoyed this book even more than the first one? Katniss’ world is in flux and it felt like there was a constant stream of twists and turns. This book definitely sets up the third book, but it didn’t feel like a middle book in a trilogy. It has much less fighting/hunger games than the first book but a lot of uncertainty and character development in the face of the Panem’s changes. My heart aches for Peeta…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Child death, Murder, Mental illness, Police brutality, Violence, Blood, Child abuse, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Kidnapping, Addiction, Death of parent, Alcohol, Drug abuse, and Medical content

Minor: Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Fire/Fire injury

lucyford's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Really good book, as was the first one. The plot in this book was especially well devised, and the creativity and connectedness of the story definitely surpasses the first novel. This book was a fun read (if incredibly emotional and traumatic) and met my expectations! However, the writing style is a bit ”young”, which can make it a bit boring/unenjoyable at times (not significantly).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Gaslighting, Death, Violence, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Murder, Genocide, Body horror, and Confinement

Moderate: War, Child death, Death of parent, Drug use, Deportation, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

Overall very gory and deals with death on basically every other page.