Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

Изгревът в деня на Жътвата by Suzanne Collins

161 reviews

librarian_aj's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional tense fast-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

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I've heard it said that Suzanne Collins doesn't write unless she has something to say, and I agree. Dystopia as a genre exists to criticize society, and while this story fabulously compliments her existing works in this universe, it uniquely targets many of the issues we have today.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

angelali's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Blood, Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Suicide, Torture, Forced institutionalization

liesthemoontells's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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As a Hunger Games lover I was excited for Haymitch's prequel, especially after the brilliance of A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. It didn't quite live up to my expectations...
 
While it introduced another facet of the Capitol's brutality and gave us the backstory for several of the excellent side characters from the original series, being back in the Hunger Games arena felt like a retread over old ground.

I also felt like the choice to frame Haymitch's Hunger Games as being a not-quite-right time for revolution makes the progression of the original trilogy more confusing. What was so different about Katniss from her predecessors that she became a lightning rod for change? If anything, she seems less attuned to the power of spectacle and symbolism than Haymitch does in this book.
 
I think my tolerance for the brutal deaths of children may be waning, but if Suzanne Collins decides to explore another aspect of Panem, I would love to read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Classism

lillymarieundine's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, War

Minor: Child death, Rape, Sexual harassment

miadantoni's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional funny informative sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I’m devastated and can’t stop crying, don’t read the second half in public unless you’re comfortable sobbing in public lmao

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Vomit

morgs_gray's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad 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: Complicated

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Suzanne Collins has done it again. Sobbed my heart out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Alcohol

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Gun violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Classism

Minor: Body horror, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Trafficking, Fire/Fire injury, War

amusilver's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism

hayleyvem's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Torture

Minor: War

rosewise5171964's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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this is not a children’s book. It feels like her books get darker and darker.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

lisainher30s's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Each Hunger Games book seems to surpass the one before it, even over a decade later. These prequels hold absolutely nothing back, with absolutely horrifying deaths and gut wrenching ends to storylines - literally no one is safe and that’s evident in Haymitch’s story probably more than anyone else’s that we’ve seen so far. As always, absolutely incredible and dystopian fiction done only the way Collins can. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol