mattiedancer's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
- Fans of The Hunger Games trilogy
- Death, murder, child death, parent death, illness, cannibalism, blood, injury, medical trauma, gore
Graphic: Police brutality, Body horror, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Grief, Bullying, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Dementia, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Cannibalism, Child death, Classism, Colonisation, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Vomit, and War
Moderate: Abandonment
Minor: Eating disorder, Misogyny, and Sexism
reverieevening's review
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Violence, Grief, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Gaslighting, War, Gore, Emotional abuse, and Child death
Moderate: Addiction and Abandonment
cepbreed's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I could talk about the symbolism behind the compact and compass forever.
Songs:
- Fun - Troye Sivan
- National Anthem - Lana Del Rey
- Fist - Deftones
Graphic: Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Classism, Death, Gaslighting, and Murder
Moderate: Torture, Violence, and War
Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Bullying, Drug abuse, and Drug use
cait's review
- 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
Minor: Abandonment, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Police brutality, Sexism, Slavery, Stalking, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Colonisation, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Classism, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Child death, Confinement, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical trauma, Torture, and Toxic friendship
chronicacademia's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
The world building was good. This book could have (and should have) been an almanac of information to expand The Hunger Games world about how the games developed over time, which would have been more interesting than 500 pages of Young Pre-President Snow complaining about how much his life sucks in the Capitol because he can’t afford his penthouse rent.
Also, this might be the first book I’ve read in preparation for a movie adaptation where I really hope the movie is not accurate to the book. Because if it is accurate to the book, half the movie is just going to be me sitting in a theater watching Coriolanus Snow sitting in a theater watching the world’s most boring Hunger Games.
I am so disappointed in this book.
Graphic: Gun violence, Cannibalism, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Ableism, Child death, Classism, Grief, Murder, Police brutality, War, Violence, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Death of parent, and Gaslighting
sunniva174's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Child death, Toxic friendship, War, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Death, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Drug abuse, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture
Minor: Animal death
lemonysquish's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Spoiler
but that was a steep drop off in character development in the last ten pagesGraphic: Death, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gore, Murder, Torture, Cannibalism, Classism, Confinement, War, and Violence
Minor: Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicidal thoughts
elenaluisa's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
0.25
Graphic: Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Blood, Gun violence, Violence, Animal cruelty, Child death, and Death
Moderate: Classism, Gaslighting, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Slavery, Cultural appropriation, Racism, Colonisation, Deportation, Emotional abuse, and Sexism
brittaka's review
- 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
Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Classism, Murder, Confinement, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Grief, Police brutality, and Gun violence
Minor: Drug use, Drug abuse, Animal death, and Death of parent
studydniowka's review
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Child death, Classism, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Deportation, Grief, Medical trauma, Torture, Toxic relationship, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Sexism, Slavery, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Colonisation, Body horror, Forced institutionalization, Murder, War, Xenophobia, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, and Violence