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Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Violence, Blood
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Alcohol, War, Classism
As a standalone, this book is pretty decent. The characters are a little blank and it just feels like one of those super easy, quickly digestible YA reads. But it also doesn't really work as a standalone, naturally, falling somewhere in the middle of a 5-part series. And it also does NOT work with the series.
It really overuses characters from previous books to give itself credibility but that doesn't hold the book up. It's kind of just a bad rewrite of the first Hunger Games book if I'm honest. Very formulaic and predictable. Suzanne Collins really lost the magic with this one. I mean, it was sputtering out pretty badly with the previous book but this one absolutely doused it.
I'll still watch the movie and I still love the original trilogy but the more she adds on to it, the sloppier it gets unfortunately. I don't regret reading it, I did still enjoy it. Let me be clear, Suzanne Collins' mediocrity is still better than a lot of people can ever hope to be. But it did not feel like a true Suzanne Collins masterpiece.
Read at your own discretion and temper your expectations. It'll still break your heart, just like 10% of the usual amount for this series.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death
Moderate: Police brutality, Death of parent
Minor: Alcoholism
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Torture, Violence, Grief, Murder
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Mental illness, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, War
Minor: Cursing, Rape, Sexual assault
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Police brutality, Grief
Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Police brutality, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder
Moderate: Drug use, War