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Das Lied von Vogel und Schlange by Suzanne Collins

42 reviews

calamityin's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Toxic friendship, War, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Police brutality, Grief, Medical content, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Violence, Addiction, Child death, Colonisation, and Death

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Suicidal thoughts, Dementia, Medical trauma, Bullying, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death, Cannibalism, Infidelity, Alcoholism, Blood, and Vomit

arikaking's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

absolutely phenomenal book; i finished it days ago, and cannot stop thinking about it! the music, the mystery, the craziness it was all so fast paced and really made you understand how terrible and messed up both coriolanus and the capitol are. 

Spoiler

knowing everything about lucy gray baird is so so wild! the way she wrote the hanging tree and (possibly) deep in the meadow. even the way that her ballad is a foreshadow of what happens to her at the end. there’s no way katniss’ father was not a covey. (most likely the son of maude ivory)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Gore, Child death, and Death

Moderate: War, Addiction, and Alcoholism

Minor: Cannibalism

goldnhabitx's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-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

Such a great book

Spoiler

you can see the downfall off his character as he becomes how we know him in the main books. i also love the mockingjay references

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Classism, Death, Blood, and Child death

Moderate: Drug abuse, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

Minor: Cannibalism

xandriamonique's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• 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

4.0

I am conflicted. I enjoyed reading Suzanne Collins again; the writing and world building is what you'd expect from a book. Well done and raises the bar for my next reads.

Coriolanus? I have a renewed hate for this man. Every single thing was him being worried about how it would reflect on him, tarnishing his reputation. I'm glad this wasn't a redemption arc for him.

The Covey? Protect them at all cost.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism and Alcohol

Minor: Cannibalism, Drug abuse, and Drug use

te_ss_i's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

2.0

Disliked the narrator for this one 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Alcohol, Medical trauma, Death, Addiction, Emotional abuse, War, Violence, Toxic relationship, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Colonisation, Child abuse, Cannibalism, Toxic friendship, Forced institutionalization, Drug abuse, Classism, Child death, Blood, Animal death, Grief, and Death of parent

carmenflorea's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Murder, Child death, War, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, and Alcohol

quinn24's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

The Hunger Games prequel following an 18-year-old President Snow  as a mentor in the 10th hunger games. 
and holy shit oh my god this is SUCH an incredible prequel. It’s absolutely fascinating the ways in which snow is so self important yet insecure and the way that he lies and justifies things to himself barely even needing outside influence. The way he views the games and his peers and Lucy Gray. The ways in which he is treated by the system and he clearly notices the faults in the system and yet continues to uphold it. All the parallels and references to the trilogy oh my god my brain is exploding. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, Violence, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Toxic friendship, Classism, Medical content, Murder, and Gore

Moderate: Alcohol, Addiction, Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Vomit, Drug use, War, Dementia, Drug abuse, Cannibalism, and Animal death

ginbat's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

It pissed me off so much I had to give it 5 stars. goddamn

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Violence, War, Child death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: War, Blood, Classism, Dementia, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Medical trauma, and Slavery

Minor: Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, Abandonment, Animal death, Drug use, Addiction, Cannibalism, and Drug abuse

katattack345's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-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

This book had me hooked from the get go as did the original trilogy. I went into it not knowing what to expect and I was pleasantly surprised. 

It is far more darker than the original trilogy but I still loved every page. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Violence, Murder, Grief, Gore, Addiction, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Gun violence, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Cannibalism, Death, Blood, Child death, Vomit, War, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: War, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, Panic attacks/disorders, Pandemic/Epidemic, Medical trauma, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Death, Child death, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Blood, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Cannibalism, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Murder, Gun violence, Grief, Gore, Forced institutionalization, and Drug use

Minor: Dementia, Torture, Colonisation, Body horror, Dysphoria, Classism, Cursing, Infidelity, and Terminal illness

peachythi_books's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective 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

5.0

This book brings on a whole new level of nuance and symbolism to THG and Panem as a world. The original trilogy was already so disturbing and the Capitol was corrupt. But in this book we get to see the corruption on a deeper level. Snow in this book is so deeply flawed and wholly unforgivable for his action in THG and in TBOSBAS. Yet his humanity is so clearly explored in this book that you can’t help but be so invested and intrigued in his character. Not lovable or even easily understood but vexing. If you are a fan of THG then this book will only make the entire series more enjoyable. Lucy Gray Baird is everything Katniss is not and vice versa. She is this charismatic performer who sees the good in everyone and easily came to trust Snow. Yet she remains eyes open to his actions and such as the title implies she uses music and songs as her own small act of Rebellion. And I adore her for it. Lucy so pure of heart and ready to rebell and poor struggling Snow who has every potential to be a better human but ultimately succumbs to the wickedness of the systems he eventually exploits.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, War, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, and Child abuse

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, and Police brutality

Minor: Emotional abuse, Vomit, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Grief