Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

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

660 reviews

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

readingannika's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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: Complicated

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Suzanne Collins remains my favorite author, a genius, and a visionary. I adore her work and how it makes me feel every time. Haymitch’s story is soul crushing. We knew what the ending was, and yet the journey there was surprising and gut wrenching. I couldn’t put this story down. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Classism

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

tessa_emily__'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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

its_just_wren's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Violence

Moderate: Gore, Blood, Classism

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

isabella_c03's review against another edition

4.75

dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content

dmrains's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I had heard that this book "isn't for the faint of heart" but was not fully prepared for the last few chapters to WRECK ME

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Confinement, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Kidnapping

ravensis's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Torture, Police brutality, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

nothannahmontana's review against another edition

5.0

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Yep, just as emotionally draining and thought provoking as I thought it would be, absolutely devastating, 10/10

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury

percy_still's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism