Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

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

633 reviews

maddyshelley's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma

madlibs554's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

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You know the saying... Suzanne Collins writes when she has something to say. And boy does she. This book was fantastic. I don't know how Suzanne Collins writes a story we know the ending to in such a way that has you hooked from the first sentence. She masterfully worked with propaganda in this book. I'll reread it soon, after I wipe the tears from my eyes.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Police brutality, Grief

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Police brutality, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol

mrbrant's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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This was harder to read than past books with everything going on in the world. It offered some interesting backstory on characters we know from the other books, in particular Haymitch, but it doesn’t really offer anything new or especially interesting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Police brutality, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

niamhzorina's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark hopeful sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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 kills it every time! Fantastically harrowing book. I'm glad Haymitch's story has finally been told, and it was great to see the beginnings of some very well loved characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Torture, Violence, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Police brutality, Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, War, Classism

kdelhan's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This felt like an elevated fanfic to please the audience after the success of the original trilogy with the clear mission of immediately adapting it into a movie, but I'm not complaining! I thought it was great - not as good as the original trilogy but lightyears ahead of the Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, with plenty of callbacks and tie-ins. It was fun to see how the story unfolded when you already know how it ends.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

existenchellecrisis's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Violence, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Police brutality, Kidnapping

Minor: Death of parent

ann_twentyone's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark emotional sad tense

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Flew through it. Collins got a lot better at making the reader feel something for the characters left behind in the district. Generally, a lot of ends got tied in neatly, but sometimes too much so. (E.g. Haymitch figuring out Lucy Grey's and Snows involvement with each other)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Bullying, Gun violence, Medical content, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Slavery, Pregnancy

fayye_21's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional sad medium-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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Owwwwwww. This books hurts your feelings

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Classism

evelynkaa's review against another edition

4.5

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Grief, Murder, Classism

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Death of parent

bella_jayde02's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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: Death, Genocide, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol