Reviews tagging 'War'

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

688 reviews

clairemitchell's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Those last 45 minutes were INTENSE. The betrayal. The cruelty. Snow slips into becoming a tyrant as easily as putting on a glove. He’s full of red flags from the start that are nurtured by circumstance and hubris. 

Oh my gosh!! The murders! He does it so casually! You know how bad Snow is from the original Hunger Games , but whoah…awful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Blood, Gore, Murder, Body horror, Classism, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and War

Minor: Cannibalism

lri_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Vomit, Classism, and War

moondaisyy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: War and Toxic relationship

catsbreadbikes's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative medium-paced

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

3.0

This book has big "you were named for the bravest man i ever knew" energy for most of the way. I liked learning the history of Panem, but thjs would have been better served as a fictional "history" text, similar to The World of Ice and Fire for the game of thrones books. Being a fictional narrative with a young president snow as the protagonist detracts from the experience of this book, and the choice to have SANTINO FONTANA narrateand NOT have him perform the songs is downright baffling 🤷 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, and Classism

Moderate: War, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Alcohol, Blood, Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Medical content

Minor: Police brutality, Torture, Cannibalism, Child death, Bullying, and Death of parent

laurenbaggy's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, War, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, Blood, Child death, Confinement, Violence, and Classism

apirlroge's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, and Blood

Minor: Cannibalism and War

beckyraines's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

I’ll be thinking about this one for awhile. Suzanne Collins improved upon the Hunger Games and it was a

fascinating and disturbing look into Coriolanus Snow’s descent into madness.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Vomit, and Murder

Minor: Sexual content and Child abuse

anderson27paige's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

The second half of the book was a little slow, but there were nice twists and turns and the ending chapters nicely tied the whole series together. Overall, it was really well done, better than the second and third books in the original series imo.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Cannibalism and War

whitne_ey's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Police brutality, Child death, Classism, Death of parent, Blood, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Gun violence, Genocide, Toxic relationship, War, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Cursing, Drug abuse, Confinement, Vomit, Addiction, Drug use, and Alcohol

popiloey's review against another edition

dark reflective fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Gun violence and War