Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

46 reviews

cait's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

megannoelle's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

peso'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? Yes

2.5

I hate Snow so much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexism, Police brutality, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

thattheatrekid'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? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Loved this book! I still don’t feel sympathy for Snow; he’s still a sleazeball; but I do understand why he is how he is. His fundamental view of the world is just wrong which caused him to become the monster he was. A great read (did it in 1 night!) and I liked the glimpse of Capitol’s past and the early version of the Hunger Games. The plot moved well. However, sometimes the direction Snow went with some decisions or outlooks just didn’t make sense with the rest of the context. It felt more like Susanne was trying to get him to the spot of a believable villain than to weave a story where the progression to get there was natural. But! Overall loved it and would definitely read it again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Self harm, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Emotional abuse, Vomit, Police brutality, Abandonment, and War

hr1245's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Murder, and War

Moderate: Confinement, Blood, Death of parent, and Abandonment

jjpope's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Trafficking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Abandonment