Reviews tagging 'Grief'

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

1408 reviews

m_liz's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

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This was as heartbreaking as I was expecting it to be. It was honestly a tough read, and it made me ache all the more for everyone experiencing the horrors of the world right now. It made me ache, but it also enraged me, because the Capitol doesn’t feel like such a far-flung fiction these days. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Grief

a_sleepy_berry's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective 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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Absolutely heartbreaking and devastating. Poor Haymitch deserved so much better.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail

noahisblue's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional sad 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: Yes

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Collins has done it again, this was a great addition to the hunger games series. Hilariously heavy handed in foreshadowing haymitch's drinking problem. His life is much more tragic than I'd imagined and makes his fall from a relatively upbeat kid to a jaded cynic that much sadder

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail

august_rhea's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional sad tense fast-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Classism

Minor: Self harm, Torture, Pregnancy, War

hstcrow's review against another edition

3.75

dark sad tense

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God that was so brutal. Probably the saddest of all the books. Really had the same tone and energy of the first two books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Gun violence, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Drug use, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide, Medical content

jesssenpai's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Made me cry twice, and had great poetry (as always with Suzanne Collins).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, Classism

ashareadsbooks's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark tense medium-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

katie0528's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous 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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And I thought the first four Hunger Games books were devestating. They absolutely have nothing on this. I fear for the movie, as I doubt it can truly capture the horror and heartbreak Haymitch endures. There is no teenage love story in this arena, just a boy trying to survive as literal children are slaughtered. That is a fact the earlier books and movies let slide a little, with the older protagonists who keep to themselves. But Haymitch's attachment to the younger competetors refuses to let you look away or romanticize the slaughter.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Gore, Police brutality, Grief, Alcohol, War

cmflynn827's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional sad tense fast-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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Wish there was a bit more going on during the games part, especially since there were twice the amount of tributes but it only being less than a week for it to be done. Felt like he should have been involved in more, but I understand what it was he was trying to do. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Grief, Murder

stormbetts's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Thank God for the epilogue because the other 380 pages very thoroughly answer the question ‘how come Haymitch drinks so much’ and it’s like getting punched in the teeth repeatedly

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Violence, Grief