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Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Police brutality, Death of parent, Murder, Classism
Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Rape, Alcohol
Graphic: Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Alcoholism, Drug use, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Alcohol
I had to put down the book and SOB three times towards the end. You know how it's going to end, and yet you have NO IDEA. No idea. It's so much worse than you could ever be thinking when you go into it.
Obviously you know Haymitch wins the Quarter Quell. You figure
The parallels between Haymitch and Katniss are so apparent, and I honestly am looking forward to rereading the series next so I can find even more. I cannot even fathom what his life was like those 23ish years being without
The emotional damage Haymitch experiences, and that I experienced along with him, is on a sociopathic level, Suzanne. Being
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Vomit
Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use
This book is undeniably a major retcon, and there's quite a lot of fanservice, but I can't say it wasn't purpose-less. The games were entertaining (painful) to read about, although I was hoping for more of a focus on the aftermath of the media manipulation according to the promised exploration of propaganda tactics and of Hume's ideas. How is Haymitch as a victor received by District Twelve and the rest of Panem in light of the manipulated narrative created by the Capitol? Sadly, we don't get to find out, because we return to what we've already known since Catching Fire.
I would say the strongest aspect of this installment is its prose. Haymitch's story is rife with tragedy, and I think the author delivered on this aspect via the expressiveness of Haymitch's voice as a narrator. Perhaps more could have been done to flesh out his relationships (or rather more subtlety could have been exercised), but we all know what happens to the people he loves, and their unjust deaths hit me hard anyway.
Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Drug use
Minor: Homophobia
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Suicide
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Violence, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Torture
Graphic: Child death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death, Drug abuse, Police brutality, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Gaslighting
I wonder what he named each of his geese?
Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, Medical trauma
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Torture, War