Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

166 reviews

helenafaustina's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content

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

creationwing's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Torture, and Abandonment

Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, Cannibalism, Alcohol, and War

amalas_bookstop's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

We have finished the 74th hunger games! This was such a wild ride. This was my first time reading this book and as I am an adult I am surprised by how much I enjoyed it! Katniss is THAT GIRL! While Peeta is strong where it counts. That book had me crying, gasping, laughing, and holding my breath. I throughly enjoyed every minute of reading this book and I am looking forward to moving on to book two. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

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

mayareadsxo's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Mental illness, Torture, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

blakelyschmidt's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

I love the hunger games! I’ve only ever watched the movies and I’m so excited to learn the true details and thoughts through the books! I was truly amazed by the brilliant writing and how I was kept entertained for hours on end! I could not put this book down until I was finished! This is a must read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

There is definitely violence. It is war. In the hunger games the goal is to kill all 23 tributes until you're the last one standing. The alternative is death. As a result you witness a lot of that while reading this book. You can either kill or be killed. They are set in bloody times and you might wince at an injury description, but the books really are works of art!

readwithsophsx's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

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

livelaughomo's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Alcoholism, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Abandonment