Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

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

671 reviews

marino_sln's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Classism

Moderate: War

emmafishy1's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

quinnpjd930's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Wow. Just wow. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

jacobalenciaga's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, Mental illness, Self harm, Torture, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Bullying, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Pregnancy, War

chelseacan's review against another edition

3.5

emotional medium-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: Yes

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I think fans have long wanted and dreamt of this story and games POV. I don’t know if it’s time elapsed or rushed writing but this sadly wasn’t the story I was hoping for. Some aspects were good, but I felt like the cameos from other characters were so heavy handed it took me out of his story. Plus the lack of build of the romance of Haymitch and Lenore left a lot to be desired and made the story payoff feel mid. I liked the arena aspects but it was hard to invest in characters when they seem to die as soon as they’re introduced and with little story impact. I just feel like it could’ve gone so much deeper with more subtle and intellectually complex call backs/references to the other books.  I understand the structure of the reaping>train>prep>interview>games was necessary but it felt like a waste of the readers time. Was hoping for MORE and better, but still enjoyed a dip in the universe I first fell in love with in the trilogy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Violence

freshcinnamon's review against another edition

4.0

dark sad tense fast-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

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I have always llved Suzanne Collin's every-chapter-leaves-a-cliffhanger style that makes reading these books extremely fast paced. I wanted to read this one because I was interested in Haymitch's games. It was interesting to get the true POV and to know both actual version of events as well as the Capitol edited version and the bits we learned from the main series. Great to see characters we know from Katniss' books make appearances especially characters who become important in the 2nd and 3rd books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Violence, Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death of parent

hopebookworm's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging emotional 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Violence, Grief

Moderate: Bullying, Police brutality, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail

hawkescatesreads's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Death of parent, Alcohol

karaokestar's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Keep on giving me more hunger games books, it scratches that itch that the original books gave!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Murder, Classism

kgonzalez22's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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To keep it as simple as possible, the next time Suzanne Collins wants to write a book, I would prefer her to straight punch me in the stomach as many times as she needs to instead.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail