Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

281 reviews

loveisabird's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• 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

4.25

it really is sooooo crazy how popular this pro-revolution anti-fascist YA series became isn’t it. it’s literally so radical and we just don’t acknowledge it because our society simply can’t handle it. and like. did suzanne collins even mean to write the most politically radical piece of mass media of the 21st century? i don’t know that she didn’t but somehow it feels hard to believe that she did. 

and yeah it really all does hit different in 2024 doesn’t it. 

ok but as for this book. when i first read it in eighth grade all i cared about was katniss/peeta. engrained from twilight i suppose but it makes me cringe to consider. the last time i tried to read it a few years ago i couldn’t make it very far in because the simplistic first person POV writing was soooo grating to me. and well it still is but after powering through a little longer the truly excellent story takes precedence and saves the day. wish a good writer wrote it though still, sorry suzanne!

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Animal death, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, and Alcoholism

Minor: Medical trauma, Medical content, and Fire/Fire injury

tokki_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious relaxing sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Body shaming, Bullying, Violence, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Physical abuse, and War

paloverdepages's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-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

5.0

This is the second time I'm reading this book. The first time was when I was in middle school, right before the movie came out. Now that I'm older (has it really been 12 years?) I appreciate a lot more of the details and nuances, and how overall extremely well written it is. I was waiting to get to certain plot points and was still excited to read them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Death of parent

Minor: Cannibalism and Animal death

ziracrow's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, and Gore

cecinamo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

I finally got around to reading these and they do not disappoint! The book was so interesting, it was hard to put down. All the characters have so much depth and charm, it was a really fun but also sad read T-T 💕 Ruee… 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gaslighting, Animal death, Child death, Vomit, Child abuse, Sexism, Classism, Violence, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Mental illness

r1vana's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

4.5

This series is the seed of dystopian books.
I have watched the trilogy (movies) and they are a masterpiece. First time reading the books. And I loved everything about it. Probably easier for me to visualize the world because I watched the movies before.
And that ending… so angsty!! Spoiler ahead!!!
Never will I ever be a Gale apologist. And reading Katniss being conflicted with her feelings for both Gale and Peeta is confusing and kinda stressful. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Vomit, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, Child death, Animal death, Torture, Panic attacks/disorders, and Grief

zoej_37's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Murder

Moderate: Violence, Animal death, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent

912jae's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Child abuse, Classism, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Death, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Grief, Murder, Violence, and War

Minor: War, Vomit, Gore, Eating disorder, Confinement, Animal death, Alcohol, Abandonment, Child abuse, Blood, Murder, Cannibalism, Addiction, and Violence

cleotheo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

It's a very emotional book. The emotion is not "lighthearted fun".

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Classism, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Vomit, Animal death, Murder, Alcoholism, Confinement, and Medical content

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Child abuse, Drug abuse, and Body horror

Minor: War and Cannibalism

thesecretsapphic's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Violence, Animal death, Murder, Alcoholism, Classism, Forced institutionalization, Torture, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, and Domestic abuse