Reviews tagging 'Cannibalism'

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

530 reviews

cavallonee's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Gore and Death of parent

Minor: Vomit and Cannibalism

knowledgeddilemma's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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? Yes

4.5

Definitely a fantastic edition to the Hunger Games world building. This is basically a villain origin story for President Snow. I think Susan Collins does a very good job at portraying how people are a product of their environment whilst simultaneously reminding the reader that every person has a story and that is what makes a society. Having the books coming from Snows perspective is also a fantastic choice.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Murder, War, and Classism

Moderate: Animal death and Cannibalism

born_reading's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Blood, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Blood, Excrement, and Cannibalism

morgue666's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-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

3.75

reading this book is having to deal with this fascist thinking the most casually out of pocket controlling insanity and then doing one selfless thing maybe once every ten chapters if you were lucky. completely infuriating in all the right ways and better than i thought after i’d refused to read it for years

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, and War

Minor: Blood, Vomit, and Cannibalism

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

nixoneshoe's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Violence, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, War, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, Cannibalism, and Alcohol

abbimmorgan's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

3.0

I decided to reread the Hunger Games trilogy after 10 years and was pleasantly surprised by how well the books held up, especially being YA. I hadn’t read this prequel yet, so I was excited to give it a go. And how entirely underwhelmed and disappointed I was.

This book was boring. In the THG, Collins doesn’t waste a single word or sentence. Here, the book dragged out forever. I almost didn’t finish it. There were so many pointless details, long, unnecessary songs, and characters that could’ve been completely removed. It was interesting to learn more about the beginning of the games and how they evolved over time, and how the war affected the Capitol citizens, but this story could’ve been done in less than 300 pages. There was very little action, but when it did happen it felt very rushed. We had to hear details about every meal Snow ate, but the actual exciting parts were breezed by? 

And as another reviewer put it, some of the Easter eggs for the original trilogy felt too “nudge nudge wink wink.” They were too in your face and overplayed. 

I feel like overall this book was a waste of my time and I’m annoyed how many hours I spent reading it since it was so long. If it would’ve wrapped up after 250 pages, this could’ve been a 5 star book. But I’m left feeling very disappointed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Cannibalism, and Murder

andreamariaanderson's review against another edition

Although I managed to get through the first three Hunger Games books, I had to put this one down. Early on in the second chapter, I think, the scene of a hungry individual sawing off the leg of a girl to consume was just too much horror for me. I could not continue. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism

uselesspirateraven's review against another edition

challenging dark informative 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

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Blood, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Classism

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

crunchylettuce's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Classism

Moderate: Body horror, Death, and Violence

Minor: Child death, Drug use, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Cannibalism