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Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent
Graphic: Child death
Moderate: Animal death
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcoholism
Minor: Death of parent
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
A note to those who it might affect: if infant loss is a trigger for you, tread lightly. It's not a main plot point or described in a disrespectful or graphic, but it could be something that could be jarring to someone who is dealing with that more than the other deaths in this series.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Rape
Graphic: Gore, Torture, Violence, Murder
Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death
Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Self harm, Police brutality, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Classism
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Homophobia, Infertility, Rape, Slavery, Torture, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, War
I suppose because I knew the ending going in, including
If I had to name an emotion to summarise the experience of reading it, it'd be that I found the whole thing very interesting. I was fascinated to see some of our big name characters from the original series 25 years younger. I loved in particular the seeding of
The best thing about this book, in my opinion,
If you're a hunger games fan, this is an obvious recommendation. Don't worry about it spoiling the original series or anything like that. This is a slam dunk of a prequel. Informative of characters we know and love from the originals and illustrative of how far back some of the plots really go.
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Drug use, Slavery
I was also really confused by the reappearance of certain characters in a different context. It made me rethink my previous knowledge of them in a way trying to fit the pieces together for continuity. And maybe I'm remembering things wrong but it wasn't really seamless. I also wonder if the author was influenced by the portrayal of the characters in the movies.
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Classism
Minor: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Vomit, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, War