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Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Classism
Moderate: Alcoholism, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Death of parent
Minor: Suicide
Graphic: Death, Violence
Moderate: Death of parent, Alcohol
Minor: Suicide, Torture
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Minor: Miscarriage
Did I find the Lenore Dove thing a bit cloying? Perhaps. The repetition of the poem was kinda annoying. But I understand it, and I think it serves an important purpose. He was so enamored by her. She was his main reason for living. But he’s also a coward, and a kid who never learned how to actually feel things and think things through. This isn’t a character flaw - the boy is freshly 16 in this book - but it’s just so sad reading the book seeing him devolve into the drunkard, older Haymitch we know from original THG trilogy. It’s sad and kinda annoying that he doesn’t truly grow out of that stage of his life, but how could he? I mean, who can truly fault him? That’s the point. These victors are largely frozen in time. A snapshot of their youth when they had to fight or survive to the death and then had to go live a very strange in between life in their home again. The epilogue gave me comfort, him in the great after with Katniss and Peeta and his geese. His and Lenore’s geese. It’s what he deserves and never truly got. But I think this book is a truly excellent character examination and backstory, thoughtfully written, and sincerely well-executed. At times it felt a bit simple or neat, but honestly, it’s a YA book that is trying to make very complex and crucial political statements palatable and digestible to the vast public of all ages. Suzanne done did it again.
Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Violence, War
Read this. Read this. Read this. I was on my toes the entire time. I loved how Haymitch was connected to Katniss. I also read EVERYTHING Haymitch said in Woody Harrelson’s voice. Also, every sentence is utilized. There is nothing winding & no filler scenes. Every single page and sentence is necessary.
My only issue, a personal one, is that I’m not musical nor am I into poetry. There is a ton of snippets of poems and songs. Near the end I was kind of frustrated with them. They all have deep significance but I wasn’t about to untangle EVERY SINGLE ONE (there are so, so many) to finish the book.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Violence, Blood, Grief
Moderate: Gun violence, Suicide, War
Minor: Rape, Cannibalism, Pregnancy
Graphic: Child death
Moderate: Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child abuse, Suicide, Torture, Vomit, Death of parent, War
Do not read in public. Not even the start. None of it. I cried before the games began, I cried during the games, I cried after the games.
Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Murder
Moderate: Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, Death of parent, Alcohol
Minor: Suicide, Torture
Graphic: Child death, Gore, Violence, Murder
Minor: Suicide, Torture
Graphic: Child abuse, Death
Minor: Suicide
Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence
Moderate: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Alcohol
Minor: Rape, Suicide, Torture