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The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This surpassed all my expectations. I'm always a little skeptical when an author goes back to a series after so many years but I heard everywhere that this prequel was worth it. The character development especially was SO well-done, and tied into the complex plot, the cause-and-effect got so complicated that all I could do was appreciate the completely insane but realistic reaction to so much trauma. I now need to reread The Hunger Games because I don't how I could forget if all of Collins' books are this phenomenal.
(I apologize if this review kind of doesn't make sense, I am quite sleep-deprived because of school but also I could not put this book down tonight until I finished it.)
(I apologize if this review kind of doesn't make sense, I am quite sleep-deprived because of school but also I could not put this book down tonight until I finished it.)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Drug use, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Minor: Vomit and Stalking
Noopiming. Remède pour guérir de la blancheur by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
C'était un style narratif totalement différent de l'habituel occidental et je l'ai beaucoup aimé. C'est hors de la norme et m'a fait réfléchir aux méthodes de raconter une histoire et d'écrire un livre.
des fleurs comme moi by Xavier Gould
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
4.75
Honnêtement, super révolutionnaire. Gould discute de sujets variés, parfois taboos : le sexe, la dépression, le genre, l'anxiété, l'identité régionale et linguistique... Il faudrait avoir suivi le trajet de Gould pour comprendre toutes les références. J'ADORE le français non-normatif : et le code-switching et l'écriture inclusive/non-binaire.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Homophobia and Transphobia
Minor: Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Fire/Fire injury
Au 5e by MP Boisvert
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.25
Sphinx by Anne Garréta
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Une demie étoile pour la réussite de ne jamais genrer les deux personnages principaux, ni dans les adjectifs, ni dans les accords, ni dans les pronoms, un grand défi en français.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Violence, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail