Reviews tagging 'War'

Sunrise on the Reaping (a Hunger Games Novel) by Suzanne Collins

718 reviews

jakepasseri's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional 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: Yes

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Collins writes this book so amazingly that it makes TBOSAS seem like a high schooler's first book. The drama and symbolism is dropping from the first page, you can feel Haymitch's hatred and disgust (and eventually self-loathing and trauma) in every word he says ans feels.

Well done Collins.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Abandonment, War

Minor: Homophobia, Sexual content

hooraeitsmeme's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, War

musicmagician823's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide

peachmoni's review against another edition

5.0

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Violence, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Death of parent

Minor: Addiction, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Dysphoria, War, Classism

ghostofthegallows's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Oh my god. I felt like I was 12 and reading the hunger games for the first time again. I knew what was gonna happen but I didn't know it was gonna happen like that!!!!. It was a slow start but towards the end it hit you with the sucker punch of emotions that completely shattered he especially with the epilogue and how haymich talked about katniss. Was broke my heart completely at wellie's death. Fuck it hurt man

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Death, Drug use, Gore, Police brutality, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment

Minor: Rape, Trafficking, War

rosamaria's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional 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

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Suzanne Collins is paying for my therapy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol

Moderate: Animal death, Death of parent

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, War

agw622's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book made me cry

Honestly nostalgia aside this book hits hard if you let it. It forces you to see the charecters as complex, broken, and flawed. You truly get to see how special the OG trilogy was to get the results it did. 
It also hits hard in the context of everything going on and honestly makes me feel guilty of how little I'm doing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Vomit

calamitydane's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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I just completed this book and I'm reeling. I don't normally actually cry while reading but this one sure did it. It was a beautiful story of love, loss, and rebellion. I was fascinated by the growth of the games and the way media editing tells a story. Any concerns I had about the storytelling after Songbirds and Snakes were blown away as I read. I would honestly say this is my second favorite story of the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

vrtbng's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Death of parent, Colonisation

Moderate: Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts

Minor: War

ericarossetti's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Probably not my favorite book from The Hunger Games universe but still absolutely devastating, a great read, poignant, and full of deeper meaning and love and rebellion and poetry. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Violence, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Physical abuse, Police brutality, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Suicide, Torture, Vomit, Death of parent, Gaslighting, War