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Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Child death, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, Classism
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting
Minor: Bullying, Confinement, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Excrement, Pregnancy, Colonisation
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Violence, Murder, War
I'm not quite sure how i feel about this book. i mean obviously depressed, but i knew what the ending would be. This was just... sad.
I guess the overall message Suzanne is making is to not believe the government propaganda and keep fighting even when it seems impossible. But the story doesn't exactly put you in a fighting mood 😅
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Miscarriage, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
I was actually going to give this one a lower score, but the tonal shift at the end of the novel really sold me. I had some gripes that my love of the originals couldn’t smother, like how Wiress and Mags felt a bit like exposition dumpers more than characters, and how some tie ins to the OG trilogy read more like fan service than legitimate plot choices. Those issues alongside not connecting with Haymitch’s internal voice as much as Katniss (having read the OGs as an emotionally difficult tween girl myself aiding to a ton of my enjoyment), almost had me give this one a 3/3.5. However, the ending really stuck the landing for me. I love how we saw just how completely Snow was able to eviscerate this once plucky boy’s resolve, and how Katniss’s/the rebels’ future success really did hinge on a lot of lucky miracles. It’s a tragedy, as I think this book had to be for it to work. I loved the further fleshing out of the Covey and connections to Ballad (it made me want to read Ballad when I had no interest previously). I loved the fairy tale nature of the romantic plot, but Hans Christian Anderson type fairy tale where it ends on a bleak but hopeful note. The other tributes in these games also really shine, and though I wasn’t crying like a lot of other folks did while reading this one, I did care about all of them even knowing their eventual demise. The games themselves were bloodier and more of a spectacle than what I remember Katniss’s being like, and that definitely upped my enjoyment as well (the irony doesn’t escape me). All in all, the things I like here outweigh the stuff I don’t like, and the ending brought it from a “this was fun but not the same magic as the OG trilogy” to “an entry worth its place” star rating. Very excited to see what the film looks like.
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Alcoholism, Confinement, Drug use, Mental illness, Medical content, Alcohol
Minor: Bullying, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury
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Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Violence, Grief, Murder
Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Cursing, Medical trauma, Death of parent
Minor: Genocide, Miscarriage, Rape, Torture
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Minor: Rape, Suicide, Suicide attempt
Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief
Moderate: Suicide
Minor: Homophobia
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Classism
Minor: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Medical content, Suicide attempt
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism