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The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

19 reviews

o_w_e_n's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Child death, Alcoholism, Murder, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Vomit

Minor: Gun violence

jennabell's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Mental illness, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Physical abuse

t_swizzle's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Blood, War, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, and Death of parent

const_elle_ations's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-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

5.0

I haven't read these in a while but I still think that these are amazing books. Katniss is a great character and it's direct and straightforward writing and won't spend a chapter over random trivia on a battle that happened like years ago (*cough* les mis *cough*), which makes it an easy read. I love the universe and characters! (Also I'm rereading this so when the prequel comes out I will remember everything that happens...but isn't the prequel about President Snow idk)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Blood, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism and Death of parent

Minor: Gun violence

kaerukeroppi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

• 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Slavery, Stalking, Torture, Violence, and War

etherealyoungster's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Violence, Torture, Murder, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Grief, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Death, Confinement, and Blood

emfass's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Murder, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Vomit

Minor: Cannibalism and Gun violence

corrieinthehouse's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Child death, Death, Suicide attempt, Police brutality, Murder, Gun violence, Grief, Gore, Emotional abuse, and Confinement

Minor: Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, and Medical content

valereads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

 This was my second time reading The Hunger Games. I attempted to read the whole series about 10 years ago but gave up part way through Catching Fire for reasons that I'll mention in that review.

I liked this book the first time I read it and overall this book lived up to my memory of it. Collins is a great writer and the drama and action were both very well written.

Additionally I really liked the characters, even when I didn't like them personally they all felt like real people and were well developed. I also thought that the depictions of mental illness and the effects of trauma were well done and realistic, this is definitely a strength of not just this book but the series overall.

The weakest part of this book was definitely the romantic relationships. They felt shallow and ingenuine. Unfortunately this is another theme that continues through the rest of the trilogy.

Overall this was a good book if you can ignore how weak the romance aspects come across. It definitely still holds up.

Content Warnings: child death, parental death, injury detail (graphic and gory), alcohol addiction 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Animal death

Minor: Gun violence