Reviews tagging 'War'

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

208 reviews

stephmcoakley's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

patti29's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Vomit, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

hellscape_princess's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide attempt

Minor: Death of parent

raluca_s's review

adventurous emotional fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Death of parent, Alcohol, and War

daughterofearth's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Classism

jessofawesome1321's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

The books are so much better than the movies. Katniss feels like a real teenager with trauma not just some survival is young woman. Peeta has so much more sassy and savvy. Haymitch too has some more depth but him and the other characters are about the same. The realities of this harsh dystopian hit harder coming to understand them with Katniss and her inner monologue rather than just observing it on screen. The illustrations are nice for the fans but convey such meaning in being down black and white. As well as the specific scenes not just being book and film favorites, but holding deep meaning to Katniss.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent

bakerloo's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

creationwing's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Torture, and Abandonment

Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, Cannibalism, Alcohol, and War

dawnofdusk's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

• 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Blood, and War

bzliz's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

In honor of a new Hunger Games book being announced, I’ve started rereading the series and it’s just as good and upsetting as it was the first time I read it. I just wish certain people saw it as the cautionary tale it is, rather than an instructional manual for our future. 

The characters are so good, even when they’re being terrible, and it’s one of the only books where I can be entertained by a character being on their own for a significant portion of the action. Katniss is clever, compelling and utterly human in a way I find completely devastating. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism and Grief

Minor: Cannibalism, Death of parent, and War