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the_pysselfia's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Blood, Cannibalism, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
wheelyautistic's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Genocide, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, and War
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Animal death and Death of parent
ruaruarua's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, and Classism
Moderate: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Abandonment, and War
hiddeninfantasy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
al3xa's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
4.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Blood, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Deportation
idk_indigo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Second, I am typically not the biggest fan of "add-ons," ie., when an author writes another book after the series is complete. That being said, this was really well done & also offered a lot of interesting insight to the actual trilogy. Kind of getting inside Snow's head, while horrifying, was a great way to see how the Hunger Games later developed in this fictional world.
Collins has such a marvelous capacity to so richly capture not just human morality, but also the ways in which humans struggle to understand & adhere to it. Snow's internal monologue was insane & while he is fundamentally a terrible, horrible, no-good, very-bad guy, he also has a lot of very human flaws. The way he's portrayed throughout the book is very human, & while we as an audience are kinda like, "Omg Snow please take a nap & a Xanax," we're also made to feel if not empathetic towards, then at least understanding of his actions. After all, I think a lot of us would argue that one of humanity's driving forces is definitely a sense of belonging.
There's this shift in the narrative at some point, & we suddenly realize: it's not belonging he's craving, it's power. I think throughout the beginning of the book & thus our introduction to Snow, we can almost convince ourselves that these thoughts he's having are rooted in wanting to fit in, even if they are a bit unhinged. But then there's that shift, & we're left recapping everything we know about Snow & it's this kind of realization that, well yeah, people think cruel & unusual things & no, that doesn't always reflect their actions, but Snow is a full-fledged sociopath.
Snow's relationship with Lucy Gray is based on an opinion he forms when he realizes that she can bring him fame, popularity, & ultimately, power. He claims Sejanus as a friend only when it is beneficial to him, only when being his friend gives him more standing than being his enemy does; & he makes this very clear when he changes the way he talks about their relationship depending on whom he's speaking to. He controls the narrative, always, & when he feels that he no longer can, eg., the scene at the lake, or anytime he is forced to be with the mockingjays, or when he is unsure how somebody else feels about him, he gets violent & abusive. He is a manipulator through & through.
Snow even decides that if he ever marries, it will be to somebody he hates because he
SnOw LaNdS oN tOp yeah well Snow needs to go to therapy for his antisocial behavior & intense trust issues... Sure you're the president & whatnot, now tell me: how does it feel to have lived a lonely & unsatisfying life? How does it feel to have been killed by a teenager who represents everything you despise; not only that, but everything you might've been able to hold if you realized that power is never going to change your legacy?
F*ck Coriolanus Snow, all my homies hate Coriolanus Snow #wasitworthit
Graphic: Child abuse and Child death
Moderate: Violence, Murder, and War
Minor: Animal cruelty, Genocide, Gun violence, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
vnfhcxksiw's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation
sariereads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, and Classism
Moderate: Alcoholism and Drug use
znvisser's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
For me it’s been long enough so that I don’t remember the precise details of the later President Snow’s evil. At some point though, Snow was just a (cocky) kid a bit too gullible buying into the propaganda poured over him after growing up in a war. Simultaneously however, the basis for his later evil is already apparent as well: his character is classist, distrusting, and extremely calculating; as a teenager, Snow is therefore cold and unable to form any genuine relationships. From the start Snow is constantly - and quick at - rebuilding his outward image to control how he comes across in public, whether it is to hide his insecurities, arrogance or cruelty. It’s also shown early on how he is actually able to drop this guard to some extent around Lucy Gray, which makes his actions harder to predict sometimes, and as a result for a more interesting plot. It’s quite a feat how the author entangles you into this story about someone not even that likeable; somehow you still root for Snow to magically take his life in a different direction, even though this is a prequel and we already know not even love (or whatever the feelings were that he called love) could save the guy.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Murder, Toxic friendship, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Vomit, Medical content, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Deportation
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
noemie_13's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Cannibalism, Murder, Toxic friendship, War, and Injury/Injury detail