Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

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

661 reviews

hootypocket's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional inspiring 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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Deportation

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Confinement, Alcohol

Minor: Confinement, Rape, Torture, Police brutality, Death of parent

sillyduckie's review against another edition

0.5

challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

katrinarose's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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I enjoyed this book but at the same time I was hoping for a bit more. It felt like Collins took the easy way out writing another book about the reaping and games without any new nuanced commentary, twists, or even many new characters. Keeping to a limited cast of new characters and the same premise of the games really limited any expansion of the world of Panem. Lenore was basically the same panic pixie dream girl that Lucy was in Songbirds, and there were many characters from the original trilogy that seemed a bit forced into the book for fans to get excited. I really liked Maysilee but that’s about it for new characters with strong development. Also, since we know Haymitch survives, it was hard to feel a lot of tension in the games. Overall it was a “fun” read but doesn’t expand on the original trilogy in the way I was hoping for.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Suicidal thoughts

leannanecdote's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

arayo's review against another edition

4.0

dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

katie_a_13's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring 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: Complicated

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If you’ve read The Hunger Games trilogy, you’ll know where this story ends up. Even with that knowledge, I was hooked from the first page! I love the tie-ins between this book, the original trilogy, and The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.  Poignant, pointed, and expertly done, in true dystopian fashion, that really adds to the Hunger Games universe, and at the same time provides the opportunity to reflect on the world and the roles you play in it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Torture, War

marley_b's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

imcourtneymarie's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Well…that sucked 😭

Not the book, just reading it.
Pure pain. Dammit Suzanne!!!

“She can’t keep getting away with this,” I said every time something bad happened.

We all must be masochists to want to keep reading this story knowing how it ends and the TORTURE these kids have to go through.

Let this be this gen’s 1984-style propaganda warning. Let this be this gen’s call to action.

You are not your government’s plaything. Don’t be a tool in their game. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Classism

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Medical content

deeloved's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark emotional 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: Complicated

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I read this book in two sittings and now I need to sit and think about it for a while.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts

blizzardinsummer's review against another edition

5.0

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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you know what? i’d be drunk all the time too if i was him. i bawled my eyes out so many times reading this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Drug use, Mental illness, Torture, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol

Minor: Body horror, Bullying, Gore, Suicide, Medical content, Abandonment, War