Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

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

15 reviews

arttichokedipp's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Confinement, Drug use, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Medical trauma, Death of parent, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Minor: Homophobia, Miscarriage, Suicide, Xenophobia, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, War

supermormongirl's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious 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: Yes

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More violent, disturbing, harrowing, and disheartening than the rest of the Hunger Games series- which is saying a ✨LOT✨

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Rape

lottieingham's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark 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: Complicated

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A worthy prequel to The Hunger Games trilogy and it still managed to keep the plot interesting and surprising, despite us already knowing part of the story (and thus feeding further into that idea of propaganda). The characters were really well defined and nuanced, and I felt strongly towards lots of them and their sordid outcomes, even more minor characters. 
The plot was well-woven and incorporated references to the other books; I did feel at times some references and minor characters were not needed (it felt like they may be partly there for fan service), but for the most part it was a really moving and compelling read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Torture, Vomit

Minor: Toxic friendship

rnbhargava's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense fast-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 is a fantastic prequel to the original Hunger Games Trilogy. Given its protagonist is Haymitch, the connections to the original books are very explicit. It’s basically the generation of Katniss’ parents with a few that are slightly older. This book even makes the other prequel “A Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes” a better book in retrospect. FANTASTIC 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Self harm, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

julie_kristine's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark reflective 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: Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism