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lillik19's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Gun violence, Torture, and Murder
peskyybee's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Child death, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Suicide attempt, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death
Minor: Drug abuse, Sexual violence, Police brutality, and Cannibalism
While there can be triggering content in this book, it’s not the main focus and a lot of it is briefly mentioned.tamaraepps's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
As a fan of the Hunger Games trilogy I certainly found it interesting, but don't think I would be missing anything if I hadn't read it.
Graphic: Child death, Death, Racism, Violence, Police brutality, Murder, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Drug abuse, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, and War
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Cannibalism, and Death of parent
westonreads's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Classism
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gun violence, Grief, and War
Minor: Drug use, Death of parent, and Alcohol
itsdelulu's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
waltjessexo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Confinement, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Medical content, Stalking, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gaslighting
the protagonist has an inner monologue full of blatant racism against a romani-coded character and ain inmigrant character, misogyny against his "love" and his cousin, casual sexism all the time, classism and a blood libel reference.ctriinnn's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Classism
Moderate: Gun violence, Vomit, Cannibalism, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Torture, Police brutality, Medical content, Stalking, and War
liesthemoontells's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
I was impressed by this book for both its villain origin story and its worldbuilding. It isn't easy to write a compelling antihero who you can both root for and be repulsed by at the same time, but Suzanne Collins makes it feel effortless. I was completely hooked by the interiority of young Coriolanus Snow from the first few pages.
It was thrilling and shocking to see the casual inhumanity of the Capitol towards people from the Districts through the eyes of the oppressors; the choice to frame Coriolanus and his peers as traumatised children of war added complexity to characters who would otherwise be monstrous brats.
I don't know how convincing I found Lucy Gray as a foil to Coriolanus, and the last third of the novel
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation
zoeelora's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
leiftheuncanny's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
So it took me a few years to warm up to the idea. I must apologize for not trusting Collins to know what she was doing when she gave us Snow's backstory.
This novel is a fascinating study of privilege, trauma, propaganda, and core beliefs. Snow is not without his troubles, despite growing up in the capital and coming from a rich family, his circumstances are dire and he is always one bad day away from complete ruin. The face he presents to the people around him is always carefully curated, and he has developed an ease with lies and manipulation that have kept him and his family afloat. It's clear there are seeds of goodness in him, and a desire for happiness, comfort, friends, etc. However, enough lying to others and it becomes far too easy to lie to oneself, to make up stories and rationalizations that are easier to live with than the truth. And watching his descent, tracking his decisions, his justifications, and his motivations, as he becomes closer and closer to the man we see in the original trilogy, is fascinating, terrifying and tragic.
I could talk forever about Coriolanus and his merits and flaws, the moments he could've tried another way, the pieces of beauty he cut out of himself to be the person he thought he needed to be. I wish he could've lived another life, but the tragedy of prequels is knowing how the story ends.
Graphic: Death, Murder, War, and Classism
Moderate: Drug use, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Body horror, Panic attacks/disorders, and Cannibalism