Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

15 reviews

alyssadavis's review

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-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? Yes

3.75

But one day I’ll have to explain about my nightmares. Why they came. Why they won’t ever really go away.

I’ll tell them how I survive it. I’ll tell them that on bad mornings, it feels impossible to take pleasure in anything because I’m afraid it could be taken away. That’s when I make a list in my head of every act of goodness I’ve seen someone do. It’s like a game. Repetitive. Even a little tedious after more than twenty years.

But there are much worse games to play.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, and Child death

Moderate: Rape, Grief, Violence, Trafficking, Classism, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Minor: Death of parent and Miscarriage

julesadventurezone's review

adventurous challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Gore, Alcoholism, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Medical content, Mental illness, Violence, Drug use, Drug abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, and War

Moderate: Rape, Genocide, and Vomit

jenna_justi2004's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, Violence, Trafficking, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Sexism, Rape, Physical abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders

emfass'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

4.0

I really do like this book (though I like the first two better), and Tatiana Maslany was an incredible narrator. However, this final book in the trilogy is just relentless darkness and trauma and it was really hard to take on this read through. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, and War

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Pedophilia, and Slavery

Minor: Death of parent, Excrement, Pregnancy, Rape, and Sexual assault

lauren_loves_books's review

adventurous dark reflective sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, War, Child death, and Death

Minor: Rape