Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

15 reviews

theuncannydani's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Police brutality, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug use and Terminal illness

nellsir's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense

• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, War, and Classism

Moderate: Dementia

cowboylikestoread43's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Classism

tbrnichols's review against another edition

dark 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

3.25

I felt the shift in Snow was a bit abrupt. His disagreements with Lucy Gray didn't really seem to build to enough to justify his actions in the end, though given his age and his stress level maybe it's not so far off. The first two thirds are quite fun for a prequel, showing off how we got to the later modern hunger games and giving some interesting depth and sympathy to the Capital and its war time material deprivation. The last third I found a bit weaker, I would have liked to see a bit more darkness in Coriolanus earlier to go from such a sympathetic figure to such a villain so quickly. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and War

Minor: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, and Cannibalism

amida's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cannibalism

Minor: Animal cruelty, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail