Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Das Lied von Vogel und Schlange by Suzanne Collins

118 reviews

vbaltazar07's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Body horror, Death, Classism, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Murder, Addiction, Cannibalism, Animal death, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Police brutality and Gun violence

cody_crumley's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Confinement, Animal death, and Death

Moderate: Police brutality, Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Drug use

flute_frog_7's review against another edition

dark reflective tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child death, Blood, Gaslighting, Murder, Toxic friendship, Death, and Classism

Moderate: Death of parent, Medical content, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Blood, and War

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gun violence, Cannibalism, Addiction, Sexual content, and Animal death

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

plumdustsuns's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

3.25

I hate President Snow. That’s it. That’s the tweet. And the fact that Plinths are funding Snow when he got his son killed UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
This little sociopathic bitch???

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Addiction, Blood, Death, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Murder, Sexism, War, Genocide, Body horror, Cannibalism, Colonisation, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Animal death, Child death, and Classism

mgcalder's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Addiction, Animal death, Blood, Classism, Abandonment, Confinement, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, War, Gun violence, Murder, and Torture

maddalenacesco's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

protagonist has the holy grail of mental illnesses: blond, manic pixie dream girl as love interest, man.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Death, Child death, Toxic relationship, Blood, Animal death, Death of parent, Genocide, and Injury/Injury detail

leedolee's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

While I hate Snow, it was cool reading about the past. I liked learning more about past Panem and the early developments with how the Hunger Games would eventually pan out. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Gun violence, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, War, Toxic relationship, Violence, Toxic friendship, Physical abuse, Murder, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Emotional abuse, Classism, Gore, Genocide, Gaslighting, Death, Child death, Death of parent, and Confinement

Minor: Cannibalism

gretchenplz's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.0

It feels like so much happened in this book, but, simultaneously, nothing happened in this book at all. All that, and it ends exactly the same way it began. 

Reading this was like getting the inner monologue of a person being redpilled. This book was a thorough explanation as to why Snow was so absolutely triggered by Katniss. 

This book was a warning about the dangers of neutrality, valuing reputation, self-preservation, and power over all, and choosing to be bad because it's easy. 

Snow was repulsive and cowardly and unlikeable in every way. Lucy Gray gave off manic pixie dream girl vibes, and I thought it was pretty obvious that she was too smart to be Stockholm-syndromed into actually liking Snow. Sejanus was the only character I connected with, but I knew the whole time he was just a means to an end. (Also, why did she write two MMCs whose names ended with -anus???)

I found the writing style of this book very difficult to get through. Thick, heavy paragraphs, with plot details sprinkled throughout, a lack of dialogue, and song lyrics that either have a ton to contribute or nothing at all. The ending was confusing (again, plot details hidden in paragraphs) and a bit rushed. Everything turned so quickly that I was left scratching my head. 

A complicated read that makes me want to reread the OG trilogy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Animal death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Cannibalism

aurora_something's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, War, Torture, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Drug abuse, Death, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Death of parent, Drug use, Child death, and Classism