Reviews tagging 'Cannibalism'

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

493 reviews

pandorasirens's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Violence, and Classism

Moderate: Gun violence, War, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, and Gore

Minor: Drug abuse and Cannibalism

saaraah'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Gaslighting, Death of parent, War, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Cannibalism

campbellsgrl1512's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

I enjoyed this book more than I was expecting. I looked forward to coming home and reading it everyday.
 I enjoyed hunger games so much I was happy to have another perspective in the world of Panem. 

The ending was a surprise to me - after getting over not knowing everything about the ending, I decided I enjoy a little mystery.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Cannibalism

hrose0208's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, War, and Violence

Moderate: Medical content, Medical trauma, and Police brutality

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

baearles's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, Child death, Death of parent, Murder, Blood, Classism, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol, Animal death, Drug use, Cannibalism, Drug abuse, Addiction, War, Vomit, and Grief

benegesserwitch's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Death, Deportation, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Confinement, Gore, Grief, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, Gun violence, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, Torture, War, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Drug abuse, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Drug use, and Alcohol

Minor: Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Dementia, and Slavery

hannahbenje's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

5.0

I thought this book was incredible! I know many people didn't like the slightly more philosophical nature of it, but it really helped build up Coriolanus's character well. This is the perfect setup prequel for the Hunger Games.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Death, War, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Animal death, Cannibalism, Addiction, Classism, and Animal cruelty

britwalsh16's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

3.0

I loved the hunger games trilogy, but this book about Snow, just wasn’t it for me. Don’t get me wrong, it’s well written and everything; but it’s just Snows character, we all know he’s a villain, but he spends the first 75% of the book pretending to be the good guy, & it just doesn’t fit him, it was driving me crazy! The book started out trying to paint him as a good guy. He’s not! Like Snow in this book doesn’t understand why they keep doing the hunger games, yet he’s the biggest supporter in the trilogy!! & he’s not a fan of the manipulations that come from those in power; but in the trilogy he’s the KING of manipulations. We’re supposed to believe it’s the same character, but it doesn’t feel like it, his personality is so diff. I love a good villain origin story, but this one seemed so far fetched. Atleast until the last quarter of the book where he finally started showing his true colors & became the heartless villain. 
Maybe it’s just me cause Snow was never a villain I loved to hate. He was always on par with characters like Umbridge from Harry Potter. They don’t deserve redemption, & that’s what this book seemed to try to convey for most of the book atleast. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cannibalism, Torture, War, Blood, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship, Violence, Colonisation, Child abuse, Death of parent, Gore, Gaslighting, Medical content, Classism, Death, Genocide, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Murder, Child death, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Grief, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Police brutality, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Slavery, Drug abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

alexasolis98's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective 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

4.25

Reading about the early Hunger Games and how future systems were developed and why was interesting to say the least. Some arguments that were made in this book are the same arguments that are made today which was a bit unsettling. How Snow and the Capitol justified their cruel actions was disgusting. Suzanne Collins did a good job in giving us Snow's backstory. Loved Tigris, she constantly tries to see the best in Snow and tries to keep him on the right path. The few issues I had were that the story dragged at times, Sejanus was an idiot and there was to many names to keep up with in the first half of the book. Thank goodness list of mentors and tributes was included. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cannibalism, Child death, Classism, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Animal death, War, Body horror, Animal cruelty, Death, and Murder

Minor: Addiction and Alcohol

keayra_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Violence, Vomit, War, Suicidal thoughts, Death, and Death of parent