Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

386 reviews

leanna_lewis's review against another edition

emotional sad fast-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

Perfect book. No notes. Heartbreaking.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, and Classism

azileotulp's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

I can't praise this book enough. Suzanne Collins has such a special way of writing that manages to always keep me engaged and wanting to know more. I didn't even mind the slower parts the way I do in other books because they added so much to the story. Every sentence felt perfectly crafted to contribute to the themes of the story. I honestly already want to read it again and again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Murder, War, Toxic relationship, Violence, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Drug abuse, Animal death, Body horror, Addiction, Drug use, Animal cruelty, Medical content, Kidnapping, Confinement, Gun violence, Gore, and Grief

Minor: Death of parent, Misogyny, Sexism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

ghostmomxoxo's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

4.5

Corionalus? Coriolanus when I CATCH YOU CORIOLANUS???? 

Suzanne Collins is a marvel and I loved how she added to the already amazing world building of the Hunger Games in this story. I know this isn't possible, but at this point I'd read a book about each game if she's the one writing it. I think my biggest takeaway is that feels rare to read a YA series that respects its readers in the way that this series does; I love that it doesn't feel as though your hand is ever being held for too long.

Also Lucy Gray I will think of you for the rest of my living days <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, and Blood

Moderate: Death of parent

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

_azure76's review against another edition

emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, Vomit, Gaslighting, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Drug use, Classism, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, War, Body horror, Death, and Violence

hesa_is_a_kiwi's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

The journey of the characters is insane. You kind of understand Snow's POV until it turns absolutely crazy. Lucy Gray Baird is a powerful, witty woman, who never loses her compassion for her fellow tributes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness

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

magsbord's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Misogyny, Murder, Death, Deportation, Grief, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Classism, War, Violence, Medical content, Child death, Police brutality, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Torture, Alcohol, Cannibalism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Death of parent, and Drug abuse

nandakandabooks's review against another edition

sad medium-paced

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

3.0

Not a special bad or good book.
Solid historic backstory and circumstances influencing the  creation of the hunger games and Mr. Snow we know were.
Overall themes is definitely more toxic friend-/relationships and the romance.
The actual hunger games were quite short and POV is Mr. Snow. 
A lot of relationships are not really fleshed out and I would have loved seeing more details here and a less "sudden" development of certain relationships. 

Would recommened for fans who want to spend more time/revisit this setting. But it was not a pageturner.
The german audio book was well done!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Death, Classism, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, and Gun violence

Moderate: Drug use, War, Grief, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Cannibalism

celina246's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

Suzanne Collins was in her bag with this one. this was suchhh a great book I could not put it down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Violence, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Child death, and Confinement

Moderate: Gun violence, Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Grief

Minor: Death of parent, Police brutality, War, Dementia, Deportation, and Vomit