Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

70 reviews

lakea's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

Minor: Drug abuse and Drug use

lochnessbookster's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Dementia, Grief, Cannibalism, and Gaslighting

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis and Fire/Fire injury

avazee's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Murder, War, and Classism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

laurajordensharris's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Vomit, Police brutality, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

kirstencholewa's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Suicide attempt, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Death of parent

alexijai98's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Overall an okay read. When compared to the original trilogy this falls short, but it’s hard to make anything better than the original. Some of the reverse foreshadowing (don’t know what else to call it) was a bit heavy handed but I don’t blame Collins too much since media literacy seems to be at an all time low. Interesting to see how things developed from the 10th Hunger Games and to compare it to the 74th.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Xenophobia, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

benegesserwitch's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Trafficking, Grief, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Murder, Toxic friendship, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

Moderate: Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Misogyny, Slavery, Dementia, and Religious bigotry

hannahcstocks's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

lua_pires's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and War

Moderate: Gore, Xenophobia, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Cannibalism and Death of parent

elenabluenette's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Drug use, Genocide, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Dementia, and Alcohol