Reviews tagging 'Torture'

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

126 reviews

bookishbyjennaavh's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-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

4.75

Very good. Hard to read a really YA focused book at 31 and not see things as immature. But I loved it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Violence, Torture, Murder, War, Death, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, and Gore

jenmaysiereads's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Child death, Physical abuse, Blood, Alcoholism, Violence, Torture, Murder, and Death

lqne's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Death

Moderate: Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Grief

Minor: Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Torture, War, Suicide, Classism, and Vomit

whatchloereadnext's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

5.0

I gave it the highest rating I could because this book was so fun to read. I found my favourite genre in this book

But when rue died I was distraught

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Content Warnings

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

domocampo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? It's complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, War, and Death

Moderate: Torture and Grief

Minor: Addiction

fkshg8465's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Much better than the movie!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Gore, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, War, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Body horror, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, Blood, Child death, Classism, Emotional abuse, and Grief

marslotus's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? No

4.75

I love the author's ability to make you so easily love and hate the characters you need to love and hate. I also think in the hands of a lesser writer, a lot of parts of this book could have been so frustrating to read, but something like the fact that I had no clue what Peeta was thinking the entire games

only to be revealed at the end

is a storyline that commonly makes me roll my eyes, but I found myself so enraptured in the mystery of it all. And when Katniss is grappling with new romantic emotions, it feels so real how there's no good answer for her (at least for now?).
I will say some parts of this book were, grammatically, weirdly phrased to me? But that's just a nitpick. I also forgot that this was one of the first popularized YA dystopia novels, so I was laughing at the novel in the beginning as it rapid-fire made up new words this society uses which I know is a silly dystopia novel trope. Luckily, beyond the first few chapters, this aspect didn't bother me to greatly.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Animal death, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, and Gore

Minor: Torture and Fire/Fire injury

redefiningrachel's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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: Blood, Child death, Murder, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Torture, Confinement, Child abuse, Addiction, Death of parent, Alcohol, Classism, and Medical content

Minor: Mental illness and Cannibalism

arinheck's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Death

Moderate: Grief, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Animal death, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Body horror, and Child death

meganpinkerton's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Murder, Police brutality, War, Alcoholism, Addiction, Child death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Violence, Alcohol, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Blood, Slavery, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Cannibalism

Minor: Vomit