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sweetjuly_src's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Violence, Suicide attempt, Classism, Panic attacks/disorders, Gun violence, Gore, Child death, Murder, Confinement, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Addiction, Emotional abuse, and Abandonment
Moderate: Dementia, Mental illness, Animal death, Murder, Cannibalism, and Bullying
fkshg8465's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, War, Domestic abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, Bullying, and Drug use
pysselfia's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, Alcohol, Body horror, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Child abuse, Classism, and Colonisation
Moderate: Child death, Classism, Medical trauma, Xenophobia, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Murder, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Police brutality, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Body shaming, Death of parent, Drug use, Gaslighting, Grief, Misogyny, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Addiction, Cannibalism, Colonisation, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, War, Forced institutionalization, Child abuse, Genocide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Physical abuse, and Toxic friendship
sqbxxks's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
First of all I loved the idea and concept of the book. I love reading about the flip side of things. Seeing contradicting POVs and exploring a world I already know even more. This book is about influence and indoctrination. This book is deeply philosophical and reflects on different philosophical constitutional standpoints which I found so amazingly incorporated into the book. Students discussing war plans in class, debating moral questions about humanity, Coriolanus having to write a paper on the good side of war,to justify war, the topic of education, the topic of reputation, the privilege of the rich: if one book lets you reflect on everything going wrong in the world it is this one.
I have never read a book which focuses on how the boy turns into the villain and tbh I loved and hated it at the same time. When you find the MC of a book not likeable or you know how the story will end it can be really frustrating to follow the characters train of thoughts. There are people who sympathize with Snow after reading the book? Showing this human side of him made it even worse for me, made me hate him even more. It really shows how deeply evil he is.
This book made me feel so bad at times, it was so brutal and honestly gross: but that was the point right. A mirror for the reader to reflect the real world, the past and the essence of being a human. Reading this at this time with everything happening in the world- I think one has to be prepared when going into this book. It can be deeply upsetting (check trigger warnings!)
The only thing I didn’t like was that this book felt sometimes repetitive due to the fact that we follow Coriolanus living his “normal life” but the more I think about this fact the more I reflect on how this is also so intentional by the author: this book’s purpose is not to be the most adventurous one like the HG often is.
I loved seeing this other side to the Games and how ideas were crafted that influenced Katnisse´s Games 70 years later. The parallels and explanations, the deeper insight and understanding we got of many characters and plot points.
So overall when we talk about the topics discussed, the brilliantness of the author I think this book is a masterpiece but the execution could have been a little bit better. But I loved coming back to this world again and I want to read about the backstory of more characters like Effie Trinket or Haymitch!
Graphic: Cannibalism, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Violence
vannahcabana's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Physical abuse, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Death, Grief, Death of parent, and War
Moderate: Drug use, Gun violence, Classism, and Alcohol
rhgrimes's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Death
Moderate: Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, War, and Drug abuse
Minor: Miscarriage, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, and Cannibalism
am4man's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Bullying, Drug use, Murder, Blood, Physical abuse, Classism, Child death, Drug abuse, Death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, and Police brutality
Moderate: Suicide attempt and Torture
ruaruarua's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Grief, Classism, Death, and Child death
Moderate: Genocide, Abandonment, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and War
hiddeninfantasy's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Moderate: Genocide, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Gore, Cannibalism, Confinement, Murder, Blood, Death, Animal cruelty, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Physical abuse, Torture, and War
cassireads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Blood, Confinement, Murder, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, and Violence