Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

476 reviews

makenaseal's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Murder, Child death, Death, and Death of parent

azileotulp's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

5.0

I can't praise this book enough. Suzanne Collins has such a special way of writing that manages to always keep me engaged and wanting to know more. I didn't even mind the slower parts the way I do in other books because they added so much to the story. Every sentence felt perfectly crafted to contribute to the themes of the story. I honestly already want to read it again and again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Murder, War, Toxic relationship, Violence, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Drug abuse, Animal death, Body horror, Addiction, Drug use, Animal cruelty, Medical content, Kidnapping, Confinement, Gun violence, Gore, and Grief

Minor: Death of parent, Misogyny, Sexism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

bookhoarder93's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

Moderate: Police brutality, Gun violence, and Death of parent

ghostmomxoxo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

Corionalus? Coriolanus when I CATCH YOU CORIOLANUS???? 

Suzanne Collins is a marvel and I loved how she added to the already amazing world building of the Hunger Games in this story. I know this isn't possible, but at this point I'd read a book about each game if she's the one writing it. I think my biggest takeaway is that feels rare to read a YA series that respects its readers in the way that this series does; I love that it doesn't feel as though your hand is ever being held for too long.

Also Lucy Gray I will think of you for the rest of my living days <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, and Blood

Moderate: Death of parent

thewinterizzy's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I read this first, have not read THG series yet. I think that was a benefit, as I could see how — if you were familiar with Snow from the original trilogy — this book may be insufferable. Snow is awful and this backstory gives its reasons, but he’s still awful and remains awful by the end. Narratively though a great story and a good example of character growth (even if that growth is a spiral downward).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death of parent, Child death, and War

_azure76's review against another edition

emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, Vomit, Gaslighting, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Drug use, Classism, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, War, Body horror, Death, and Violence

magsbord's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Misogyny, Murder, Death, Deportation, Grief, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Classism, War, Violence, Medical content, Child death, Police brutality, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Torture, Alcohol, Cannibalism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Death of parent, and Drug abuse

nandakandabooks's review against another edition

sad medium-paced

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

3.0

Not a special bad or good book.
Solid historic backstory and circumstances influencing the  creation of the hunger games and Mr. Snow we know were.
Overall themes is definitely more toxic friend-/relationships and the romance.
The actual hunger games were quite short and POV is Mr. Snow. 
A lot of relationships are not really fleshed out and I would have loved seeing more details here and a less "sudden" development of certain relationships. 

Would recommened for fans who want to spend more time/revisit this setting. But it was not a pageturner.
The german audio book was well done!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Death, Classism, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, and Gun violence

Moderate: Drug use, War, Grief, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Cannibalism

celina246's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

5.0

Suzanne Collins was in her bag with this one. this was suchhh a great book I could not put it down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Violence, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Child death, and Confinement

Moderate: Gun violence, Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Grief

Minor: Death of parent, Police brutality, War, Dementia, Deportation, and Vomit

toriwatson's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Toxic friendship, Murder, and War

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Drug abuse

Minor: Cannibalism