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Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, Blood, Grief
Moderate: Alcoholism, Confinement, Torture
Minor: Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, Fire/Fire injury, Classism
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death of parent
Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Genocide, Gaslighting
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Body shaming, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol
Minor: Rape
Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Classism
The epilogue was beautiful - sad but beautiful - very glad it was included. Otherwise it might all have been a bit much.
In several ways felt more like a sequel to Ballad than a prequel to the originals. Not a bad thing though. Loved seeing more of
The character of Lenore Dove was great.
Felt very topical, timely, with the themes of propaganda and media+government driving the narrative through editorialising.
A lovely little authorial dig against generative AI! Quite on-the-nose but no complaints there tbh
I liked the incorporation of The Raven. Made it apparent early on how things would end with
Perhaps it wouldn't have hurt to quote a bit less of the poem in the book and leave it as a thing to explore afterwards. Though it did nicely underline
Definitely a good addition to the overall saga. Although the broad strokes were already known, plenty of surprises along the way, and a very poignant portrait of Haymitch.
If I had to criticise something, it did feel a bit out of character to have
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Trafficking, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Torture, Kidnapping, Death of parent
Minor: Rape, Suicide, Terminal illness, War
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail
haymitch is one of my favorite characters (along with johanna) so it was nice to get a fuller picture of his hunger games and his life/experience pre and post games. I really enjoyed his fellow district 12 allies and I really enjoyed ampert as well (ampert's death made me mad tho because one it was gruesome imagining it and two because I felt it was too quick/sudden). I enjoyed seeing more of beetee, mags, and wiress as well.
this was much much better than a ballad of songbirds and snakes but not as good as the main books in the series for me.
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail