Reviews tagging 'Torture'

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

146 reviews

lilureads's review

adventurous emotional 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

4.0

Everything is crafted masterfully, from the characters and the atmosphere down to the political system and it’s flaws. I really enjoyed Katniss’ small ways of rebellion. I don’t think there’s anything about the objective value of this book that I can add that hasn’t already (rightfully!) been said, so I’ll stick to my subjective enjoyment of this first hunger games book. 

I watched the movies before reading the books and I can’t say it didn’t influence my reading experience. I definitely would have enjoyed it much more if I hadn’t known the story, but it was still very entertaining and I got through this first book in a couple evenings. Despite me knowing the major plot points, the story still had me hooked and it was interesting to see Katniss’ thoughts. 

It’s a really solid book, one that has undeniably influenced many aspects of our 21st century media. Personally, I thought this was great, but I’m not obsessed with it like I might have been if teenage me had read this going in completely blind.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse and Alcohol

Minor: Domestic abuse, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

bookforthought's review against another edition

adventurous 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

Well, this was just as good on a second reading so many years later. I'm quite surprised because I feared I wouldn't enjoy it quite as much now I was more grown-up, but I just couldn't stop listening to it. The audiobook narrated by Tatiana Maslany is amazing, by the way: she did such a fantastic job bringing Katniss to life! Her singing in *that* scene actually made me tear up.

There was a lot more nuance to the characters and the worldbuilding than I remembered, and the social justice element was really evident - maybe even a bit too much at times but hey, it still works considering it's a YA novel. I'll continue my re-read with the next book in the series, which I'm even more curious to revisit since I remember very little about it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Death, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Torture and Vomit

Minor: Cannibalism and War

lakea's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Self harm, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

oceanbluetay's review

adventurous dark emotional 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: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Deadnaming, Torture, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal cruelty, Vomit, Cannibalism, Abandonment, War, and Classism

lolasbooks12's review

adventurous challenging dark 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

elle7_09's review

adventurous challenging emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

anxious_owl's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

All i want to say is: I can’t believe I didn’t start this series sooner. 
This story has everything you would want, action, adventure, romance, heartbreak, etc. 
I’m sure my review isn’t of any help now, but yeah great book. I regret not reading it sooner.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death and Slavery

If death and cruelty isn't your thing, and you can’t stomach it, don’t read it.

alyssapusateri's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Alcohol

Minor: Torture, Kidnapping, Grief, and Cannibalism

sariereads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Cannibalism

skyeshark1's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.0

The second book is way better. This one is still good though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Genocide, Blood, Grief, and War

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Mental illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and War