Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

49 reviews

thumbeleia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring 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: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Death, War, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcoholism, Animal death, Suicide attempt, Blood, Cannibalism, Child death, Body horror, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Child abuse, Classism, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Vomit, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, and Suicidal thoughts

d33znuts's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I find this book enjoyable, it's a taut book but gives that a sort of spark to the story and the relationship between the characters makes it just that more intriguing which really hooks you into it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Suicide, Genocide, Murder, Blood, Death of parent, Death, Alcohol, Animal death, Cannibalism, Child death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, War, Vomit, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol

namzuru's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

i have never consumed a book so fast before omg. i thought this book was going to be just okay bc usually with popular things my expectations are high. but this. this was soooo good. i couldn’t stop reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Violence, Murder, Blood, Child death, Classism, Emotional abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

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

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.

rencraft7's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny sad tense medium-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

5.0

This was 100% a nostalgia rating, but like what do you want from me? It's a great book, it has my lil heard both so happy and also just breaking. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Blood

Moderate: Death of parent, Classism, and Medical content

Minor: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, and Alcohol

tabbed_reads2much's review against another edition

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

canadawithoutthec's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I really enjoyed this book, it was really well written. Katniss' inner monologue really sounded like it was coming from a teenage girl, which made it all the more entertaining to read, and the darkness of the world and the games was done really well. I honestly can't think of any complaints, and I think it sets up the rest of the series really well. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcohol, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Medical content

Minor: Vomit, Cannibalism, and Death of parent

moonys_marsbar's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Murder, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Classism, Child death, and Grief

Minor: Emotional abuse, Medical content, and Alcohol

ellaticonstellation's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

Oh my god! This story was compelling, I couldn't stop reading it. There was something intense and appealing about a game and fake dating. These two combined were a treat. I liked that Katniss was badass and Peeta was the softie between the two. The game itself was cruel as fuck, horrible! And Rue, oh god, her death broke me. I watched the movies years ago but reading it felt different, the emotions I had for the story heightened. The themes were serious but executed great. Wow, Suzanne, now I need the rest of the series. Thanks to you, the audiobook narrator, the story flew across the pages.❤️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Blood, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence