Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

52 reviews

tuc39033's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Animal cruelty

lorenmarie7's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, War, and Classism

wcndereads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

It was sick (negative) knowing Snow's thoughts as he indulged into his love for power.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

hjb_128's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, Toxic friendship, War, and Classism

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, and Police brutality

wallywoahjack's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

• 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

4.25

You have no idea how many notes there are in my copy that literally say either “Jesus Christ”, “DUDE” or “my god”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Cannibalism, and Alcohol

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, Stalking, and Death of parent

undecidedpersonality's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Classism

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Kidnapping

jennaviolet's review against another edition

dark 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicide and Vomit

ladywhiskers's review against another edition

dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The best example of an unreliable narrator I've read recently.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Murder, War, and Classism

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Cannibalism

paigej101's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

The last two chapters are by far the best parts. Leaves things to be questioned as all great things do!! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime

Minor: Suicide

eguare's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

The primary tension of this book comes from its status as a prequel, wherein the reader already knows that the main character is the primary villain of the Hunger Games trilogy 60-ish years after the events of this book. Knowing that, the book has a dark, ominous cloud over it even in the parts that would, in any other book, provide hope for the protagonist's redemption. The characterization and deep dive into the motivations of "future President Snow" were fascinating and often heart-droppingly horrifying. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Cannibalism