Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Ballada ptaków i węży by Suzanne Collins

194 reviews

brandonssmead's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, and Child abuse

Moderate: War, Violence, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

callie_castle's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Abandonment, Blood, Animal cruelty, Physical abuse, Body horror, Drug abuse, Violence, Drug use, Child death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Mental illness, War, Animal death, Toxic relationship, Grief, Police brutality, Murder, Colonisation, Cursing, Death, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Classism, and Death of parent

romanticmelody's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

A wonderful read. Coriolanus is a complex character that you'd love to hate. Never have I thought I'd ever imagine Coryo to be a brat of a character. Snobby and always looking for a way to uplift his family name. And too whatever happened to Lucy Gray is a mystery, and I like it that way. I would have been upset if Lucy Gray had turned up dead in the end. And may Coryo rot in hell for eternity for the betrayal he has done against my baby, Sejanus. Sejanus had a good heart, but he put his trust in the wrong character. I love you, Sejanus!

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Gun violence and Violence

Minor: Cannibalism, Death of parent, and War

gardens_and_dragons's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.0

This prequal was a villain origin story of both Snow and  the Capital.  It’s how they came to be what they are in the Hunger Games. 
I loved the dynamic of Coriolanus Snow, Lucy Grey, and Sejanus. I think it paints a broad picture of Snow and how he falls further down the power hungry hole that leads to manipulation of people. He was a starving child who would do anything for himself to survive and make his family proud. Even if this means the trust and love and friendship between him and others is thrown away in favor of control. 
Not a perfect book: it had some pacing issues but overall I liked this a lot!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Vomit, and Child death

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Cannibalism

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

ladywhiskers's review against another edition

dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

5.0

The best example of an unreliable narrator I've read recently.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death of parent and Death

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Cannibalism

megbook's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Death of parent, Child death, Child abuse, and Gore

Moderate: Addiction

midnightverde's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-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

5.0

What a wild ride this book was. I think it’s my favorite from the series. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Alcohol, Cannibalism, Police brutality, Terminal illness, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Colonisation, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Classism, Death, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Infidelity, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Vomit, Murder, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Violence, and War

myaraisin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Bullying, Child death, Blood, Body horror, Gore, Child abuse, Classism, Abandonment, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, and Grief

megan_is_aa's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful informative sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Child abuse, Child death, and Confinement

Moderate: Death, Medical trauma, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, and Murder

Minor: Violence, Drug use, Cannibalism, Addiction, Murder, and Alcohol

macety's review against another edition

adventurous funny slow-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Death, Suicidal thoughts, War, Grief, Gun violence, Child abuse, Violence, and Classism