Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

234 reviews

stsgplaylist's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

snow you are going to HELL. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Gun violence, Classism, and Drug use

Minor: War, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

toriwatson's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Violence, Death, Toxic friendship, Murder, and War

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Drug abuse

Minor: Cannibalism

mary_stormageddon's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Not as good as Catching Fire, by any means, or any of the original trilogy for that matter, but either way, I'm glad I decided to read it. It was an interesting, kind of painful, watching this kid who is confused and conflicted turn into a monster. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Blood, Animal death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Addiction, Drug use, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

hjb_128's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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: Child death, Blood, Cannibalism, Classism, Death, War, Violence, Gore, Murder, Body horror, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, Suicide, and Vomit

kaitidid's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death of parent, Violence, Child abuse, War, Child death, Classism, Colonisation, Police brutality, and Death

Moderate: Cannibalism, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Drug abuse, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, and Gun violence

Minor: Animal cruelty and Toxic friendship

undecidedpersonality's review against another edition

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

• 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Cannibalism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, Child death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, War, Police brutality, Blood, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Alcohol, Gore, Medical content, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Addiction, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, and Torture

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Classism, Suicide, Confinement, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Kidnapping and Panic attacks/disorders

katvou's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

3.0

I liked Lucy Gray as a character, she had an interesting personality and story. Coriolanus Snow on the other hand is someone I didn’t like, maybe some of my dislike is because I’ve read the original Hunger Games trilogy and I know who he becomes after. Also I found him quite annoying in this book.

The idea of the book was interesting, but I would have loved to read more about the game itself. I liked that the book showed more of the “behind the scenes” of the game but still I would have wanted more of the game. Especially the ending of the game just fell flat.

I really didn’t like how Snow was complaining about being poor, having to eat cabbage soup etc when he lived in a nice house in the Capitol. And simultaneously his tribute was from a really poor district.

This book felt like a cash grab, haven’t seen the movie so I don’t know whether it’s better or worse. I would have loved to read a book about Haymitch and his time in the game, or Finnick instead.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Classism, Death of parent, Alcohol, Child death, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, and War

Minor: Drug abuse, Addiction, Cannibalism, and Drug use

nialiversuch's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Ableism, Xenophobia, Toxic friendship, Murder, Classism, War, Addiction, Violence, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Gore, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Gun violence

Minor: Vomit and Suicidal thoughts

rebekkamafia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

Idk why I saw Coriolanus through rose-coloured glasses for a huge part of the book and was hoping he would change and not be like the President Snow we know but towards the end I truly realised (and let myself see) what a fking psychopath he is oh my lord i loathe him

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Animal cruelty, Murder, Death, War, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Blood, and Gun violence

Minor: Death of parent, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Cannibalism, and Injury/Injury detail

sareidle's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I watched the movie version first and was happy to find out that it was quite faithful to the book. I gained a lot of insight by reading Coriolanus's thoughts and motivations. The plot became even more tragic and twisted by seeing the events through Coryo's perspective.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Toxic friendship, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Blood, Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Grief, and Gun violence

Minor: Alcohol, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, and Drug use