Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

Vlammen by Suzanne Collins

44 reviews

anndreya's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Genocide, Slavery, Torture, Vomit, and Death of parent

dramagirl2003's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

because I've seen the film I had a pretty good mental picture of what i was reading. great book, loved the extra details that are missing in the film. especially the brief run-through of haymitch's games, and extra characters we don't get to see on screen

thoughts while reading
p227: suzanne collins needs to write about haymitch's games! it's probably the only way we'll ever get a film of it as well, so she must! and while she's at it, how about one for finnick too? 
p228: so much for not telling haymitch
p245: not darius! no!

"Careful," he says weakly. "There's a forcefield up ahead." 

yeah bro, we got that!

p319: it's great deal easier to catch the foreshadowing of how the games end in this book than it is in the film
p330: aww, katniss is a lot more trusting of finnick than she is in the film and I'm here for it
p364: good job girlie, it is a

clock

. props to wiress for figuring it out ages ago. what happened to her that traumatised her so badly?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Slavery, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Death of parent and Pregnancy

samanthaeumir's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, War, and Injury/Injury detail

dreamdust1600's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Incest, Slavery, and Pregnancy

Minor: Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Death of parent

fkshg8465's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

• 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

Getting more complicated, which means more fatiguing. But it also means it’s all coming to a head now. Looking forward to finishing the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Drug use, Gore, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and War

redefiningrachel's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Confinement, Death, Torture, Violence, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Slavery, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Mental illness

mermaidsherbet's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Violence, Police brutality, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

kendra_taylors_version's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, and Pregnancy

michaelholdenismyhusbandtyvm's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug abuse, Suicide, Torture, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Pedophilia, Slavery, Vomit, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and War

eveningreverie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

 I feel completely comfortable calling The Hunger Games, and its accompanying sequels, modern classics. The ease with which Suzanne Collins is able to directly comment on consistent, overarching themes while simultaneously weaving an immensely thrilling story is captivating. Each decision heightens the tension without a moment to breathe until the end of the final book. It's beautiful. It's horrifying. It's a hyperbolic expression of capitalist subjugation and the necessary ways moral panic can be coopted to change ingrained power systems. It even has fairly successful film translations—something few and far between. It's The Hunger Games, and for all its references, it is now a permanent part of American literary canon. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Slavery