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Graphic: Child death, Gore, Violence, Murder
Moderate: Physical abuse
Minor: Addiction, Animal death, Alcohol
Graphic: Child death, Classism
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Violence, Murder, Alcohol
Minor: Animal death, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Genocide, Mental illness, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, War
Moderate: Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Police brutality
Minor: Rape, Torture
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Violence, Blood, Grief
Moderate: Alcoholism
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Death, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
I thought the chills I was getting when I started this at work was due to the AC but nope, it was this book. If you're reading this for the nostalgia...sorry in advance.
I could feel that this story was going to wreck me and I guess I could anticipate the ending, but let's be real: 99% of the people coming to read this definitely read the original books first so this is not a surprise for anybody. So yes, we all knew it was going to be devastating, but I didn't know it was going to be to this extent.
The cameos of certain characters, the unexpected love I developed for Maysilee and other tributes, the symbolism, the references you'll recognize from the original trilogy...I loved all of it. Which made everything so much more devastating.
Why 4* then? you may ask. It's simple. I did not particularly care for Lenore Dove (she was fine, I just don't think we got to know a lot about her) and I think it took way too long to get to the games (we were at 50% and still didn't start). I know it's gonna hurt, just rip the band aid already.
I cried about 4-5 times but most of them were stray tears. Only the finale gave me a big blow and started to ugly cry, red eyes and all that and now I have to reapply my moisturizer 👍🏻
4.5*
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction
Minor: Drug use
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Classism
Minor: Animal death
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Mental illness
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol