Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

51 reviews

gildedspines's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Gaslighting, and War

Moderate: Addiction and Abandonment

cepbreed's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Because of the hubbub surrounding the movie trailer release I decided to pick this up after years of neglecting its existence. My little brother even read it and recommended it to me and I still didn’t give in. Now that I’m done I’m so angry I hadn’t read it earlier. This book made me hate Snow exponentially more.  He and Lucy do not have some wonderful love story. He manipulated her (she manipulated him). Lucy was a girl thrust into an unimaginable position and all she could do was cling to her only support, her mentor. Snow fancied her as some manic pixie dream girl and I loathe not hearing from her perspective in the books. He thinks he owns her. He was jealous and foolhardy. It isn’t only Lucy, he also manipulated Clemensia. Snow took an opportunity to pander for her forgiveness and charm her into accepting his completely falsified apology and she did. He mistreated Tigress though she did everything possible to protect their small family. She was forced to bargain with her own body at an incredibly young age and his only respond was disgust. Poor sweet Sejanus put all of his trust in his “brother” but was betrayed at every turn. Not once did Snow have a sincere, not self-motivated, positive thought about anyone. Certified sociopath. FUCK SNOW I HATE THAT GREASEBALL.

I could talk about the symbolism behind the compact and compass forever.

Songs:

• Fun - Troye Sivan 
• National Anthem - Lana Del Rey
• Roll Call - The Neighbourhood
• Fist - Deftones 
• Everybody Wants to Rule the World - Lorde (the cover from the Catching Fire soundtrack lol) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Torture, Violence, and War

Minor: Addiction, Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Alcohol

studydniowka's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Bardzo dobra młodzieżowa (i nie tylko) dystopia.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Colonisation, War, Classism, and Deportation

cdoubet's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Bullying, Drug use, Dementia, Death of parent, and Alcohol

percivaljoyce's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

ging090803's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I didn't think I would really like this book. I'm not a big fan of prequel but this one... Well, it was really great. I like how the hunger games were incorporated. We weren't following the tribute's POV but the mentor's POV. It was different.
Since it is during the 10th Hunger Games, I really liked how the games were not as developped as the book 1.
For Snow, I liked how his development was complicated yet really simple. 

He was always hungry for ambition and power. He was just distracted for a little while by love but, at the end, he did return to his beloved ambition

 Little rebelous but not enough to not become the futur President Snow. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Death of parent

Minor: Torture and Cannibalism

haley_reads_books's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

4.0

I really liked the first half of this book, but I felt it dragged on after the games until the last few chapters which held so many plot twists I didn’t see coming at all. I can’t wait to see how the movie turns out!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

amida's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cannibalism

Minor: Animal cruelty, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

abbeerambles's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I know not every book needs a happy ending. I know I went into this already aware of who Snow would become. But the final chapter still hurt my heart. I would gladly read a book about every single Game, or any more books in the universe. Even from Snow's perspective

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and War

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic friendship

jessicaa_'s review against another edition

challenging emotional tense medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Mental illness, Medical content, Grief, and War