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Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Homophobia, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Police brutality, Cannibalism, Pregnancy, War
Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Miscarriage, Torture, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Abandonment
Minor: Homophobia, Rape, Suicide, Police brutality
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Trafficking, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Although this one was one of the sadder books and had a couple death scenes that made my stomach upset, (and I’m not squeamish!)
it’s an important read for anyone as a Hunger Games fan.
Haymitch has so much character development and there are many, “oh so that’s why” moments.
This book kept me at the edge of my seat and I appreciated the Epilogue ending on a note that wasn’t so depressing since Haymitch’s story is quite dark. (I know, I know… it’s a hunger games book so it will be dark. But even then it surpassed what I expected)
Finishing this book makes me want to go read the Mockingjay books again!
May the odds be ever in your favor…
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol
Moderate: Classism
Minor: Torture
Anyways, those were my raw chaotic thoughts right after finishing the books and I hope I used the spoiler feature right!
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Classism
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Alcohol
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Rape, Fire/Fire injury, War
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Homophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Racism, Rape, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol
Minor: Miscarriage
The whole thing was as tragic and brutal as the original series, even though Haymitch is always playing his own game. It wasn't exactly what I imagined, though it gives a lot of context to his very extreme punishment. All in all this entry in the series seems to mostly concern itself with censorship and how the public opinion might be changed by repression of information, even if it opposes the truth people should remember. In that sense it fits very nicely with the book I read before it and is a bit of a change from the first three books in the series which were more of a manipulation of the public in an emotional sense. I haven't read "The Ballad" though and I feel like this book would have been improved by having that context too.
A very tragic origin story and a quick read.
Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Medical trauma, Murder