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The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

500 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

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

vanesst's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement and Grief

kalebd_2125's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious 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

4.5

A very nice collector's item. There was about one illustration per chapter. A few of them I would want framed, especially Katniss in the fire dress. I appreciate how

none of the illustrations contained any explicit violence because that felt like it would have missed the point

My one minor criticism is that I wish the pages between the illustrations would have been decorated a bit more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism and Suicide attempt

kalebd_2125's review against another edition

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism and Suicide attempt

jenuinesmile's review

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.75

 Dystopian world, citizens vs corrupt and abusive government, a teenage girl unknowingly started a rebellion by saving her sister. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug use, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Death, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicide attempt

jade_queer's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

Minor: Cannibalism

wren_cat's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

This is one of the biggest books of the 21st century for a reason. The overall plot and message of the book are captivating and very well-conceived. However, I have a few pretty big complaints. First, this book definitely could have used another pass in the editing process. The grammar is below par and the voice of the narrator is…questionable. Speaking of the narrator, Katniss is not a particularly consistent or well-rounded character. Almost none of the characters in this book are,. Especially Peeta Mellark. Peeta was boring at best and insufferable at worst. The half-baked “romance” is the main thing that made this book a solid “meh” for me. Katniss would have benefitted from not attracted to men in any way. Overall, I think the dystopian world of The Hunger Games is fascinating, and the anti-authoritarian message becomes more important every year But in almost every other way, this book falls flat. I do want to know what happens afterwards, but (forgive me, bookworms) I think I’ll just watch the movies. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Grief, and Cannibalism

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

djy's review

adventurous dark emotional 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Body shaming, Confinement, Genocide, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Cannibalism, and Alcohol