Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

495 reviews

rsoule7's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, War, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Genocide, Gun violence, Torture, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying

alexandramcgrew's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

this was SUCH an interesting exploration of president snow before he was president snow. at points i almost sympathized with him, and then he’d say something so president snow-esque it would snap me back to reality. i loved visiting the world of the hunger games again and getting to understand more about the original trilogy through this book. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Death of parent

heyjudy's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective sad slow-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

4.0

I didn’t want to read this when it was first released, and only when I saw the trailer for the movie did I decide to give in. And while the story is very slow, and Snow is purely awful, I’m so glad I read it. The development of their dystopian world is so interesting and depressing, and it’s horrifying to see how the people in the capitol view the districts and how they developed the games into what it is in the trilogy. Seeing inside Snow’s head is so eye-opening, while also awful. He’s truly terrible. 
I wanted to see Tigris some more, more of her character. I knew from the beginning that something was going to happen to Sejanus, and it was still so awful how it happened. I just felt so bad for him. Gaul was such an interest and demented character. 
The one thing that I realized later, is that Snow had even convinced me that Highbottom was cruel. The one person who saw Snow as he truly was from the beginning, and knew he had a terrible future and tried to stop it. I had to remind myself that Snow is still the villain in all this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Murder, and War

Minor: Death of parent

kaitidid's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Violence, Police brutality, Death of parent, Colonisation, War, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Cannibalism

Minor: Animal cruelty and Toxic friendship

spitzy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Classism

wallywoahjack's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.25

You have no idea how many notes there are in my copy that literally say either “Jesus Christ”, “DUDE” or “my god”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Cannibalism, and Alcohol

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, Stalking, and Death of parent

undecidedpersonality's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Classism

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Kidnapping

graceev's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and Medical content

Moderate: Cannibalism, Death of parent, and War

Imprisonment, Explosions

lay_kone's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

katvou's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

3.0

I liked Lucy Gray as a character, she had an interesting personality and story. Coriolanus Snow on the other hand is someone I didn’t like, maybe some of my dislike is because I’ve read the original Hunger Games trilogy and I know who he becomes after. Also I found him quite annoying in this book.

The idea of the book was interesting, but I would have loved to read more about the game itself. I liked that the book showed more of the “behind the scenes” of the game but still I would have wanted more of the game. Especially the ending of the game just fell flat.

I really didn’t like how Snow was complaining about being poor, having to eat cabbage soup etc when he lived in a nice house in the Capitol. And simultaneously his tribute was from a really poor district.

This book felt like a cash grab, haven’t seen the movie so I don’t know whether it’s better or worse. I would have loved to read a book about Haymitch and his time in the game, or Finnick instead.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Toxic friendship, and War

Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Cannibalism