Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

96 reviews

infjkiki's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Gore, Blood, Gun violence, War, Medical trauma, Murder, Confinement, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Animal death, Abandonment, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Addiction, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Classism, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Drug use, Slavery, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Mental illness

Minor: Cannibalism and Pregnancy

trashcanmoose's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Confinement, Terminal illness, Gun violence, Death, Classism, Emotional abuse, War, Violence, Medical trauma, Murder, Child death, and Police brutality

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Torture, Slavery, Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, Toxic friendship, Pandemic/Epidemic, Death of parent, Bullying, and Toxic relationship

luna_is_superior's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• 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

5.0

Coryo is a HUGE unreliable narrator, how'd he make me love him until like the last chapter????

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Drug use, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Classism, Gaslighting, Gore, Torture, Toxic friendship, Blood, Confinement, Police brutality, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Alcoholism, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Violence, War, Alcohol, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, and Vomit

olliepopop's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• 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

I found this novel to be an amazing addition to Hunger Games lore. First, I enjoyed learning about the behind-the-scenes of the games so much since it helped me imagine Haymitch and the other mentors and what power or influence they could've tried to wield to help their tributes in the games, and the limitations of their influence too.

I also really appreciated getting to see Snow's perspective and the mindset of the Capitol elite (and eventually people) that would've contributed to the longevity of the Hunger Games.

I heard some people felt that reading Snow's perspective and the romance made him too sympathetic, but honestly, I felt it truly showed his character and how he could be capable of rising to such complete and vicous power. I started marking every time he talked about "his girl" who of course loved him, was devoted to him, and would only ever think about him while trying to fight for her life in the arena. Sure. 

I was shocked when it was revealed Lucy Gray did actually love him at all and wasn't just playing him, but that just further showed the sinister nature of his lying, that she could think he did things for her when it was really just to save his own reputation, future, or life every time. The last chapter felt the perfect culmination and reveal of Snow's true nature even while he was still making himself sick lying to himself.

Overall, I really enjoyed the book and think it showed what it wanted to incredibly well!

Part 1: 4 ⭐️
Part 2: 4.25 ⭐️
Part 3: 5 ⭐️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Gore, Blood, Child death, War, Body horror, Classism, and Confinement

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Cannibalism, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Drug use, and Sexual violence

calamityin's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Toxic friendship, War, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Police brutality, Grief, Medical content, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Violence, Addiction, Child death, Colonisation, and Death

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Suicidal thoughts, Dementia, Medical trauma, Bullying, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death, Cannibalism, Infidelity, Alcoholism, Blood, and Vomit

plumdustsuns's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

I hate President Snow. That’s it. That’s the tweet. And the fact that Plinths are funding Snow when he got his son killed UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
This little sociopathic bitch???

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Addiction, Blood, Death, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Murder, Sexism, War, Genocide, Body horror, Cannibalism, Colonisation, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Animal death, Child death, and Classism

thebankofbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Confinement, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Classism, Violence, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, Body horror, Death of parent, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Addiction, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Toxic relationship, War, and Genocide

Moderate: Cannibalism

sxndaze's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

She could fly around District 12 all she liked, but she and her mockingjays could never harm him again.

coriolanus is an interesting character and his perspective was fun to explore. i didn’t hate him all the time, but the last third made him insufferable. the amount of character names tho….jesus

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Medical trauma, Violence, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide attempt, War, Drug abuse, and Drug use

sav_22's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Death, Blood, Animal cruelty, Slavery, Vomit, Torture, Suicide attempt, Medical content, Grief, Drug abuse, Toxic friendship, Mass/school shootings, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Dementia, Death of parent, War, Colonisation, Classism, and Excrement

te_ss_i's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Disliked the narrator for this one 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Alcohol, Medical trauma, Death, Addiction, Emotional abuse, War, Violence, Toxic relationship, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Colonisation, Child abuse, Cannibalism, Toxic friendship, Forced institutionalization, Drug abuse, Classism, Child death, Blood, Animal death, Grief, and Death of parent