Reviews tagging 'Gore'

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

265 reviews

sem4661's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Blood, Gore, Murder, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Cannibalism

thewinterizzy's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I read this first, have not read THG series yet. I think that was a benefit, as I could see how — if you were familiar with Snow from the original trilogy — this book may be insufferable. Snow is awful and this backstory gives its reasons, but he’s still awful and remains awful by the end. Narratively though a great story and a good example of character growth (even if that growth is a spiral downward).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death of parent, Child death, and War

mandycantsleep's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Violence, Child death, and Murder

goodomen's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Toxic relationship, Murder, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Blood, Gaslighting, Child abuse, and Death

rsoule7's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Pregnancy, Xenophobia, Violence, Murder, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Death of parent, Body horror, Confinement, War, Child abuse, Classism, Police brutality, and Gore

Moderate: Gun violence, Torture, Drug use, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Cannibalism, Addiction, and Genocide

Minor: Bullying

icedlemonade's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Murder, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

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

62fexofenadine29's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Child death, Classism, Death, and Gore

zinfandel's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Murder, Death, and Violence

wallywoahjack's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.25

You have no idea how many notes there are in my copy that literally say either “Jesus Christ”, “DUDE” or “my god”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Death, Toxic relationship, Torture, Animal cruelty, Blood, Child abuse, Police brutality, Murder, Kidnapping, Confinement, War, Sexism, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Violence, Child death, Body horror, Misogyny, and Gore

Moderate: Addiction, Cannibalism, and Alcohol

Minor: Death of parent, Vomit, Stalking, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts