Reviews tagging 'Racism'

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

7 reviews

ferlefur's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Medical content

Minor: Racism and Alcoholism

samugranjo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Murder, Police brutality, Violence, Child death, Torture, Confinement, and Death

Moderate: Medical content, Mental illness, and Vomit

Minor: Animal cruelty, Slavery, Racism, and Cannibalism

For the trigger warnings pf Slavery and Racism I have to point out

that althought it isn't completely explicit the representation of the agriculture district seemed like a very explicit portrayal of racism and slavery

birdsandrobins's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: War and Racism

Minor: Sexual assault

augustee's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Animal death, Child abuse, Murder, Racism, Alcoholism, Abandonment, and Violence

tabbed_reads2much's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.75

Read this first at 11. I'm 24 now, and it's as good as I remember.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Grief, Antisemitism, Child abuse, and Blood

Moderate: Addiction, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Cultural appropriation, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Slavery, Animal death, Confinement, Hate crime, Alcoholism, Genocide, and Colonisation

Minor: Ableism, Cannibalism, Death, Racism, War, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Torture, Police brutality, and Suicidal thoughts

The sheer number of content warnings. Yikes

maeveh's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

Brilliant novel, great way to start a trilogy, Katniss is a brilliant protagonist and altogether an amazing book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Child death, Death, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Grief, Abandonment, Death of parent, Racism, and Alcoholism

Minor: Gore, Animal death, and War

zombiezami's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

4.0

I first read this series in my twenties, and I'm now reading this again at age 31. Overall, it holds up quite a lot. I now understand Katniss to be an aroace character, even if that wasn't the author's intention. That reading has added a new dimension and flavor to the narrative. The chapters are masterfully crafted, and I don't think the author ever got enough credit for the skillfulness of her writing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Animal death, Death, Alcoholism, Medical content, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Gore, Addiction, Grief, Gaslighting, and Confinement

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Drug use, Alcohol, Classism, Torture, and Genocide

Minor: War, Cannibalism, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Ableism, Racism, and Police brutality

Starvation, Dehydration, Dictatorship