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The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

41 reviews

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

shellroch285's review against another edition

adventurous 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

5.0

This is like my third or fourth time reading the series…it still holds up. It’s still just as impactful like eight years. If you haven’t read it yet, oh my gods, this better be the next thing on your list 😤💖

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty

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

spooderman's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense fast-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

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, War, Trafficking, Torture, Alcohol, Classism, Police brutality, Self harm, Slavery, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Medical trauma, Medical content, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Gore, Murder, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Confinement, Death of parent, Death, Colonisation, and Mental illness

Moderate: Cannibalism, Suicide, Chronic illness, Xenophobia, Ableism, and Genocide

Minor: Pedophilia, Acephobia/Arophobia, Fatphobia, Excrement, Vomit, Cancer, and Eating disorder

gildedspines's review

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, Blood, Alcohol, War, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Child abuse, Classism, and Child death

Minor: Ableism and Animal cruelty

marthadude's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

This book still slaps and it’s more relevant than it ever was. Tatiana Maslany is a phenomenal narrator. Big thank you to Suzanne Collins for putting all the audiobooks on Spotify for free. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Child death, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Classism, Body horror, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical content, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Vomit and Cannibalism

Kids go into an arena and fight to the death. Lots of gore, violence, and child death.

veenotme's review

reflective 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Minor: Vomit

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

theirgracegrace's review

challenging tense fast-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

4.5

I first read this book when I was in middle school and the movie adaptations were just coming out. I remember the focus on the "love story" that was at the heart of this series. But the Hunger Games isn't about love; it's about survival in a society where twenty-four children kill each other for sport on live TV every year. Katniss has an advantage because she already knows what's it like to starve, to lose someone, to hunt and to rage against the system that forces her to do these things. It uncovers the strategy and psychology of being a TV star and those of being a traumatized teenager put into a death game where traps and other contestants could kill you at any moment. It's harrowing and tense and once the Games end, you realize that it's just the tip of the iceberg.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child death, Medical content, Medical trauma, Self harm, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Suicide, War, Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Confinement, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Eating disorder, Cannibalism, and Police brutality

stephmcoakley's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Alcoholism, Torture, Violence, War, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, Animal cruelty, Physical abuse, and Vomit