Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

666 reviews

charmingnotsincere's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional sad tense slow-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Trafficking, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

superstar_y2k's review against another edition

4.0

dark tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Blood, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Cannibalism, Toxic friendship, War

galaxyelfjess's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence, Murder

Minor: Police brutality

caycem's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, Cannibalism

orion_selestri's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Murder, War

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Cannibalism

muckl3t83's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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This was a good prequel. Bad guys are always fun to read about. I thought this story added a lot of interesting detail to the universe. These grittier hunger games made a bit more sense to me in this book then the over-the top games in the original. I see now how they became that way. 

The third act was a bit long, a lot of stuff could’ve been cut without losing anything vital to the story. In terms of the “romance”,

I did not understand how Lucy fell for him. I assumed through the whole book she was tricking him and would betray him but turned out she actually did like him and he betrayed her instead? Made no sense to me.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

peachmoni's review against another edition

3.75

reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I'm conflicted. While there were parts of Snow's development and passages that put forth ideas about war that were important, I'm not sure that this book was necessary.

I kinda hate that there was a love story. Yes, I think Snow loved Lucy Gray – or he loved how she made him feel. I'm at a loss when it comes to her feelings for him. He certainly helped her in the Games, but I think the end shows she's a survivor in her own right.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Body horror, Xenophobia, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol

lostinstardust's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Alcohol, War

Minor: Animal death, Confinement, Gore, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Vomit, Cannibalism, Stalking, Death of parent

shanshanecker's review against another edition

4.5

challenging tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence

Moderate: Xenophobia, Police brutality

Minor: Drug use

jstarshine16's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark mysterious reflective 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Animal death, Bullying, Drug abuse, Genocide, Gore, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Dementia, Stalking, Abandonment