Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

42 reviews

leeyongjin's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Death, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Drug use, Violence, Animal death, Classism, Confinement, Death, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Colonisation, Dysphoria, Genocide, Blood, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, and Police brutality

Minor: Abandonment and Cannibalism

itsme_kayy's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Medical content, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body horror, Grief, Alcohol, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Abandonment, Vomit, Child abuse, and Cannibalism

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

ak97x's review

adventurous dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

Moderate: War, Alcoholism, and Animal death

Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, Body shaming, and Abandonment

dystopianaddict's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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: Alcoholism, Death, Gore, Grief, Child death, Murder, Violence, and Body horror

Moderate: Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, and Alcohol

Minor: Mental illness, Death of parent, Child abuse, Abandonment, and Vomit

Rue. Clove. Foxface. Thresh. Oh my god this book!!!! I love movies a lot but books nearly always just have this little bit more, and I feel like this was the perfect example. Although I loved the movies and the cast, it was just the extra detail, and Katniss' POV that made me love it that bit more. Katniss' thoughts on Peeta, the way she was so sure he was just pretending to be nice to her was just something that I really liked. I knew everything that was going to happen and yet i still cried for Rue. That scene is so heartbreaking and so sweet at the same time it was crazy. I loved the way it went into more detail about Haymitch's Alcoholism, and how bad it really was, I love the inclusion of Madge, and the mockingjay pin (Maysilee's Mockingjay Pin 🤭🤭) I loved this book so much. The way it broke me and put me back together. The tropes. The fact that it wasn't all fix-it and the fact that it really shows that even the careers, who murdered in cold blood and joked about it, were still just kids. 5 stars.

codifyy's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful tense slow-paced

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

5.0

A re-read again after a while of not doing so. Noticed more differences between the movie and the book. Some things I wish they had not missed out in the movie: Madge, the Avox, a more detailed scene of Thresh letting Katniss live, District 11 sending a sponsor of their bread to Katniss, Peeta's leg, Katniss' partial deafness, and more development with Katniss and Rue's relationship. I think the movie gave Cato a more forgiving end which I prefer because it shows that he is also just a child who has been manipulated by the system. Although I don't support Gale and his future actions, I think it would have been better in the movie to show how Katniss is more open towards the idea of having a future with Gale and, more often than not, she is the one who thinks about her relationship with Gale than Gale himself. I've re-read this book, and the others, many times and I can still enjoy it every time. It is nostalgic for me and I think there is a lot of hidden depth and detail within the book that is often underlooked - there is always something new that I think about in a different way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Death, Violence, Classism, Murder, and Child death

Moderate: Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Grief, and Medical content

Minor: Domestic abuse and Child abuse

elyssam's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

This series is what gets me through life. I love these characters so much. My review could either lead to me being a blubbering mess or me writing an entire academic thesis so I’ll leave it for now. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abandonment, Animal death, Death of parent, Mental illness, and Vomit

amelia22's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional lighthearted tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Qué rápido se lee, que buen concepto. Un verdadero bestseller. Una pena q las secuelas no sean tan buenas.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death of parent and Abandonment

Minor: Alcoholism, Body horror, Cannibalism, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Vomit

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

danimacuk's review

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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Child death, Murder, Violence, and Classism

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Alcoholism

Minor: Kidnapping, Vomit, Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal death, Mental illness, Police brutality, War, Blood, Confinement, and Gun violence