Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

826 reviews

river_jean_sterling's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Child death, Death, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Murder

adrilynn21's review against another edition

dark sad medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Death, and Classism

Minor: Death of parent, Cannibalism, and War

dizzyizzyy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Blood, Child death, Classism, Gun violence, and Addiction

vaguelyredhead's review against another edition

dark 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: War and Cannibalism

valeriedittrich's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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

3.75

if coriolanus snow has no haters i’m dead. if sejanus plinth has no fans i’m dead. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, and Gaslighting

kate_arts's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Police brutality, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, Gun violence, Child death, and War

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

random_being's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful tense 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: War, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent and Cannibalism

hannahcstocks's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Eating disorder, Death, Alcohol, Bullying, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Deportation, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Panic attacks/disorders, Xenophobia, Body horror, Child death, Cannibalism, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Classism, Drug abuse, Confinement, Dysphoria, Gore, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Genocide, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Murder, Police brutality, Slavery, Stalking, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, Vomit, and War

kmsander4's review against another edition

challenging emotional slow-paced

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

3.0

This book was not at all what I was expecting.

I read the Hunger Games series many, many years ago and really loved it. So, I was excited to dive back into this world but, if I'm honest, I found it really slow.

While Collins does a good job to get the reader to buy into Snow as a sympathetic character and then absolutely destroys everything in the final few pages. I didn't expect her to light the character on fire like she did. 

But the worst part? I didn't even really care. I found that all of the characters irritated me by the end. I don't know if that was the intention because of our narrator or not, but that's what I felt.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, War, and Violence

Moderate: Suicide and Gun violence

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

literaryjunarin's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

"What young brains lack in experience they sometimes make up for in idealism. Nothing seems impossible to them.” 

I'm four years late because I can't keep up with the hype but now I made it! I think this prequel summarized the trilogy neatly, and I loved it for that. I enjoyed delving into Snow's thoughts and seeing that he's not inherently bad, but his obsession with being in control and self-serving choices contributed to what made him the evil President Snow. I wasn't a fan of the romance, but pubescent Snow's pining for the district girl Lucy Gray? Now, that's a treat.

My only complaint is the book's length; it's too long! It reads like a trilogy in one book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder