Reviews tagging 'War'

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

690 reviews

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

itsrenee's review against another edition

dark 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

4.5

Sejanus’ death absolutely ruined me. He didn’t deserve that. Lucy Gray didn’t deserve to be hunted down by Snow either.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Abandonment, War, Violence, Child death, Toxic friendship, and Murder

bass_clarinet's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Child death, Death, Trafficking, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and War

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, and Death of parent

Minor: Misogyny and Vomit

lupitoreads's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Death, Child death, and War

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Death of parent

hazle_363's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Such a good exploration of snow and Lucy gray, the capitol vs districts and loyalty

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, Colonisation, Grief, Classism, Violence, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

thebowandthebook's review

challenging emotional fast-paced

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

4.0

I enjoy this book, this was a re-read. The madness of Snow is really fascinating and I really like how Collins integrates philosophy into her works. 
Minor reference to gay stuff. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Death, Murder, Physical abuse, and Child death

Moderate: War, Torture, and Cannibalism

Minor: Addiction

pikkumarja's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

3.75

Kirja tarjosi juuri sellaista eskapismia, jota kaipasin! Kirja syventää alkuperäistä Nälkäpeli-trilogiaa merkittävästi (vaikkei nousekaan valitettavasti sen tasolle) ja nyt haluaisin jo kovasti lukea trilogian uudelleen.

Tarina liikkuu nopeasti eteenpäin ja juonittelua ei todellakaan puutu.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Physical abuse, and Torture

Moderate: War and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Death of parent

mirandahems's review against another edition

challenging dark tense

4.25

very well written, a great prologue. i forgot how much better these books are than the movies. also im glad it didn’t try to redeem snow, but showed how twisted his mind truly was

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: War

aimnorth's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

5.0

This book is a beautiful example of what happens when you take someone who is fully indoctrinated in a military state and what happens as you start to threaten a very fragile and romanticized world view. Snow is more diabolical than even he fully realizes until the very end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Cannibalism, and War