Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

119 reviews

noemie_13's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cannibalism, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Murder, Police brutality, Genocide, War, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, and Violence

kylasmv15's review

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

I’ve got many thoughts and *many* opinions about this book, but I'm going to sit on them for a bit. All I will say at this time is that after managing to finish this book, there had better be a Finnick book in the works as my compensation. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Toxic friendship, Violence, Blood, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Classism, and Addiction

Minor: Grief, Alcohol, Dementia, Bullying, Cannibalism, War, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Abandonment, Drug use, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

infjkiki's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Gore, Blood, Gun violence, War, Medical trauma, Murder, Confinement, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Animal death, Abandonment, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Addiction, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Classism, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Drug use, Slavery, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Mental illness

Minor: Cannibalism and Pregnancy

trashcanmoose's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Confinement, Terminal illness, Gun violence, Death, Classism, Emotional abuse, War, Violence, Medical trauma, Murder, Child death, and Police brutality

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Torture, Slavery, Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, Toxic friendship, Pandemic/Epidemic, Death of parent, Bullying, and Toxic relationship

kat1105's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Cannibalism, Blood, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Violence, Vomit, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Child abuse, Confinement, Classism, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and War

garlicbelle's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Overall a good book, a great read that took me back to my time as a teenager reading the original hunger games. My one qualm is that the pacing is weird and it ends very abruptly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death of parent, Police brutality, Murder, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Grief, Genocide, Death, War, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Emotional abuse, Blood, Violence, Trafficking, Suicide, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Alcohol, and Body horror

emercedesrich's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

This book's prequel status is aided by reading the original trilogy first, for anyone who is just getting into this story for the first time!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Drug use, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Grief, Police brutality, Toxic relationship, Violence, War, Classism, Death, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Body horror

Moderate: Cannibalism

Minor: Slavery, Alcohol, and Vomit

kingspite618's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

rip coriolanus snow you would've loved therapy

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gaslighting, Genocide, Violence, Blood, Murder, Police brutality, Toxic relationship, War, Body horror, Classism, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, Gun violence, and Alcohol

Moderate: Torture, Death of parent, Cannibalism, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual violence

caitlin_123a's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, Violence, and Body horror

Moderate: Classism, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Cannibalism, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Death of parent, Animal death, War, Addiction, and Religious bigotry

sarahsbookss's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Murder, War, Addiction, Drug abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Police brutality, Vomit, Trafficking, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Violence, Toxic relationship, Torture, Alcohol, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Classism, Death, and Death of parent