Take a photo of a barcode or cover
Not the book, just reading it.
Pure pain. Dammit Suzanne!!!
“She can’t keep getting away with this,” I said every time something bad happened.
We all must be masochists to want to keep reading this story knowing how it ends and the TORTURE these kids have to go through.
Let this be this gen’s 1984-style propaganda warning. Let this be this gen’s call to action.
You are not your government’s plaything. Don’t be a tool in their game.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Classism
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Medical content
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Confinement, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, Alcohol
Minor: Suicide, Vomit
Apart from that I like Haymitch’s narration style, I find it fresh and easy to read. Loved the epilogue.
Oh and also - if I was in the hunger games and I escaped the bloodbath and found a backpack
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body horror, Suicide
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use
Minor: War
I loved how Collins frames character development in this novel, how the characters grow within the text but also how their development sets up the greater narrative of the series. I especially loved the tidbit about the geese, which shows up in the end of Mockingjay.
I was also particularly interested in the theme of propaganda that was riddled throughout the book, from the repetition of "NO PEACEKEEPERS, NO PEACE", to Lenore Dove's mischievous acts of rebellion, to the startlingly beautiful arena where poison lurked beneath every surface.
Chef's kiss, Suzanne Collins!
Graphic: Addiction, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Torture
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Child death, Violence, Blood
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Police brutality
Minor: Vomit, Kidnapping
Never when I couldn’t see out. Never when I was being taken to die. No light, no air. Like they buried me already.”
This. Book!
This was the hardest I’ve ever sobbed in a book, I swear I was full on sobbing, ugly crying for a full half hour 😭 that end!!!
We already know Haymitch won the 50th anniversary games - the one that had double the tributes. This is the story of how it happened.
And what a story!! It had me gripped, the characters were so strong and the villains were so cruel.
If you enjoyed the hunger games, I’d definitely recommend this.
“The snow may fall, but the sun also rises.”
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail