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The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

14 reviews

harylikeshb1's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Violence, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

uselesspirateraven's review

dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Gore, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Confinement, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Police brutality, and Medical content

fanboyriot's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

2.5

Read For

✓ Strong FMC

✓ Slight Cliffhanger Ending

✓ Unique Plot for its Publication Year

✓ Very Similar to the Movie Adaptation

˗ˏˋ ★ REVIEW ★ ˎˊ˗ 

Definitely went into this expecting more.  While I almost DNF’d it at 9% I kept going.  It was nearly identical to the movie only a few parts changed but ultimately it was an okay book.  I think I would have liked it more when I was a teenager rather than now but in the end I listened to the audiobook (in x3) in one go of it while I cleaned my house so it kept me busy entertained enough.

Spice Level: n/a

Angst Level: 💧💧💧

POV: First Person 

Release Date: 01, October 2008

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Colonisation

Minor: Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Self harm, and Alcohol

carol_3927's review

adventurous dark sad medium-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

4.5

This book is really good. My sister kept telling me to read this series for forever since it’s one of her favorites. It just happened that we read it in ELA class this year. My favorite part was the time in the arena. Especially Rue and Katniss’s relationship. The fight scenes were very in depth and helped me imagine them well. Overall this book is very well written and I urge everyone to read it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Cursing and Blood

Minor: Alcoholism

kwallace22's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-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? No

4.75

This book was so great I would even put it in one of the greatest of all times list. This book completely changed the way I read books. The 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Physical abuse, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

andst's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I don't know if I'm giving this book 5 stars because I just finished reading it and I'm pumped but I genuinely cannot thing of a single thing that I did not like. I am kind of sad that I watched the movie first because I knew what was coming. Reading this book without knowing anything about it would've been a great experience. 

Basically... I understand the hype. And I want to emphasize that I don't expect a lot from young adult books anymore. At this point I just read them as palette cleansers but wow, this book really showed me that I have to be more selective because the young adult books I've been reading are trash compared to this one.

The characters are very lovable and when I say characters I pretty much mean Peeta. I get the hype, they got me again... I think I really like that this book is not narrated from his perspective because not knowing his intentions makes his character a hundred times more interesting and intriguing. He gives me a slice of bread and I am kept wondering if he's manipulating me into thinking that he's nice to get me to be his friend or if he's actually nice. I'm still not sure but he got me, I do want to be his friend.

At the end of the book I was really surprised that Peeta actually thought all this romance was a thing. C'mon, you're smarter than that! That actually did make me feel bad. But at the same time, we can't even blame Katniss because she just wants to go home. I really can't blame anyone:( I guess he IS a Loverboy after all. Or maybe he isn't? I'm not sure but I think I'm leaning towards "yes."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Suicide, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Cannibalism

izzysizemore's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and War

paigeinabook's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

kitsunbae's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

The Hunger Games is an enjoyable series and the first book was better than I expected it to be. While the beginning of the book started at a slower pace, the plot intrigued me.

A very realistic view of how our world could be, the Hunger Games depicts the twisted and cruel nature of people in power and wealth. Katniss' character grew on me. In the beginning, she came across as a very brooding and dry person, but through the challenges of the Games, her intelligence and resourcefulness became very apparent. As well as this, her relationship with Peeta was sweet and sincere; I loved seeing them together! 

Overall, there was tension and drama galore in this book. I grew to love the characters and rooted for them throughout their challenges. The plot was interesting and well-paced, and I was eager to get ahold of the next books in the series once I finished it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Cursing, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

nadialonso's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective 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: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism