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skyeshark1's review against another edition
- 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
moonsongsiren's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Not to mention every character is lovable in their own way, and Katniss as a protagonist is one of the greatest I've ever seen. This book is considered a classic of young adult fiction, and it still holds strong to this day.
Graphic: Classism, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Gore, Genocide, Grief, Medical content, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and War
Moderate: Physical abuse, Animal death, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, and Suicide attempt
griminycricket's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Kidnapping, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Medical content, Murder, Blood, Child abuse, Classism, Death, and War
Minor: Abandonment and Mental illness
dannacalder22's review against another edition
- 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
Moderate: Violence
Minor: Death of parent, War, Abandonment, and Child death
weihnachtslilie's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Child death, Murder, Violence, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Death
Moderate: Cannibalism, Death of parent, Alcoholism, War, Mental illness, and Grief
colorful_lulu's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Grief, Child abuse, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Murder, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Gore, Physical abuse, and Police brutality
Moderate: Alcoholism
Minor: War
hanneloretaft's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Moderate: War, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Body horror, Blood, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Death
nick13's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
I know, I know, everyone always thinks the book is better and really I shouldn't be thinking about the movie while reading but almost everything that was in this book was translated into the movie (and better done). What wasn't put in or changed simply felt like a good change such as the entire Avox chapter that felt nearly thrown into the book just to add to the Capitol's cruelty.
But this feeling of not liking extra content tacked onto the book is not a problem because if I enjoyed reading the book I would've been happy for that extra content. What it really comes down to is the writing. I simply did not enjoy how this book was written whatsoever. It was just so incredibly dull. We never get to really hear Katniss' thoughts, she's very closed off in a lot of ways. And yes, that is because her personality is closed off but this ends up making this book feel dull as it just simply describes things she does.
This even comes into a factor when she is in the games. She is simply surviving for most of it. You can't convince me that the games are a fun thing to watch for anyone, it just seems so freaking boring as nothing happens for ninety percent of the time other than people walking around collecting supplies.
Even when there are action scenes, they happen so quickly that it feels nearly like the author knew she had to put them in and so just threw them in.
Again, this all comes back to us being so closed off from Katniss' inner thoughts that it just felt like I was just reading words on a page for most of it, I never truly got into the story.
Anyways, rant over, this book really isn't terrible I just know it can be so much better - and is in the movie ;).
3 stars.
Graphic: Child death, Grief, and Death
Minor: War
thewinterizzy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, War, and Violence
Minor: Vomit and Death of parent
judeb0x's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Violence, Grief, Murder, Blood, Alcoholism, Death, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, Alcohol, and Animal death
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Suicide attempt, Cannibalism, War, and Police brutality