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skyeshark1's review
- 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
Graphic: Death, Body horror, Blood, Child death, Genocide, Grief, and War
Moderate: Alcohol, Gaslighting, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, and Death of parent
Minor: Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Body shaming, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Torture, Violence, and War
tokki_reads's review
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Body shaming, Bullying, Violence, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Physical abuse, and War
lubejuice's review
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Alcoholism, Mental illness, Slavery, Police brutality, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Body shaming, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Colonisation, Alcohol, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Blood, Chronic illness, Classism, Violence, Torture, and Physical abuse
halaagmod's review
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Child death, Violence, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Alcoholism, Grief, Body horror, Death of parent, and Animal death
Minor: Body shaming and Cannibalism
Animal death content warning comes from how Katniss is a hunter in order to get food for her family. There are never any explicit descriptions, but it's frequent.whatchloereadnext's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
But when rue died I was distraught
Minor: Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Body shaming, Murder, Physical abuse, War, Death, Grief, Medical trauma, Child death, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, and Violence
raisinreads's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.25
The Hunger Games does not pull punches when it comes to political and social allegory on the US. It is brutal, damning, and so tragically accurate.
I love the emphasis on how community and kindness bring us strength, how systems of power aim to pit people against one another, how if you constantly keep people down they will not have the time or health to fight back. There is an assessment of privilege, of the commodification of tragedy, of hypersurveillance, of how all of these systems hurt and change children. Trauma runs deep throughout the entirety of the text.
And there is such love in the characters, in how they maintain their humanity, in how they take care of each other. It is love, connection, humanity that make us human and that is almost constantly emphasized.
The metaphors and allegories and characters within the text could be analyzed in multi-hundred page essay, but I will just end by saying I believe this is one of the most well-done dystopian novels in recent years and it continues to stick with me.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Murder, Physical abuse, Child death, Classism, Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Mental illness, Violence, Addiction, Death, Gore, Alcohol, Animal death, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Body horror, Body shaming, Medical content, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts
ak97x's review
- 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
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
wmalinn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Classism, Blood, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child death, Drug use, Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, and Body horror
Moderate: War and Suicide attempt
Minor: Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Body shaming, and Cannibalism
weepingstones's review
- 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
Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Classism, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Body horror, Child abuse, Police brutality, Slavery, Violence, Child death, Murder, Alcoholism, Body shaming, and Death
Moderate: Medical content, Animal death, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Cannibalism
greciamj1958's review
- 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
Graphic: Classism, Death, Child death, Torture, Blood, and Violence
Moderate: Grief, Addiction, and Body shaming