Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins

851 reviews

kaitlyncookies's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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I wish I could un-read this book 🙅🏽‍♀️ I guess my tolerance for child death, gore, and trauma is just lower than the masses. This book made me feel bad. And not in a dystopian “the world could be this evil” kind of way but in a why would anyone write something this upsetting way. 

I was tricked into thinking there could be a single positive ray of light in this story so I read through to the end. Apparently that was too much to ask for. I didn’t want to read about people dying in such graphic, horrifying ways. I know I know- it’s the Hunger Games, what did I think would happen. But the level of violence in this book is far beyond the rest of the series. And for what? To give us all nightmares? Mission accomplished!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death

Minor: Torture, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail

vividink's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Thus book really  did push limits of what we already knew about Haymitch’s games.

The was a lot of “oh tge game makers will never show this!” the cover all parts that didn't quiet fight the picture already laid out out for us

but there were some amazing easter eggs and deeper looks into the characters and older victors. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Death of parent, Colonisation

Moderate: Violence, Vomit, Murder

Minor: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Torture, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Classism

butlere's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Liked the first page, flower descriptions

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death

cleotheo's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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Brutal. Loved it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Torture, War

bella_jayde02's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol

nefariousbee's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark 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: Complicated

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mrs Collins just doesn't miss

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Vomit, Grief

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Homophobia, Police brutality

asparagusfern's review against another edition

4.0

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: Complicated

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Suzanne Collins is still at the top of her game and this was well-written. As someone who loved the original Hunger Games trilogy, I'm honestly not sure if this book added anything new. More misery porn, a fair bit of heartbreak, and another thrilling game but neither the events nor the themes are a huge departure from the original trilogy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Grief, Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Alcohol

Minor: Suicide, Torture, Medical trauma, Death of parent

cassianlamb's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Confinement, Gun violence, Police brutality, Death of parent, Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Homophobia, Rape, Torture, Fire/Fire injury

Extra spoiler:

Romantic partner death

harrypotterfan33's review against another edition

5.0

inspiring sad 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: No

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I LOVED IT... so amazing. Highly recommend to all THG fans. But it is really sad.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Physical abuse, Violence, Death of parent, War

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Suicidal thoughts

bookjess13's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Death of parent, Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood

Minor: Rape, Suicide, Torture