Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

15 reviews

theuncannydani's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Violence, Gore, Slavery, Xenophobia, Death, Grief, Classism, Confinement, Death of parent, Body horror, Torture, and War

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Vomit, Addiction, Drug abuse, Police brutality, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Alcohol, Sexism, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Drug use and Terminal illness

nellsir's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense

• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Classism, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Murder, Police brutality, Torture, Toxic relationship, Slavery, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Child death, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and War

Moderate: Dementia

cowboylikestoread43's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Colonisation, Violence, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Classism, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Grief, Police brutality, War, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, and Murder

tbrnichols's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

I felt the shift in Snow was a bit abrupt. His disagreements with Lucy Gray didn't really seem to build to enough to justify his actions in the end, though given his age and his stress level maybe it's not so far off. The first two thirds are quite fun for a prequel, showing off how we got to the later modern hunger games and giving some interesting depth and sympathy to the Capital and its war time material deprivation. The last third I found a bit weaker, I would have liked to see a bit more darkness in Coriolanus earlier to go from such a sympathetic figure to such a villain so quickly. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and War

Minor: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, and Cannibalism

amida's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cannibalism

Minor: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Blood, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Violence, and Murder