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The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

327 reviews

andst's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

5.0

I don't know if I'm giving this book 5 stars because I just finished reading it and I'm pumped but I genuinely cannot thing of a single thing that I did not like. I am kind of sad that I watched the movie first because I knew what was coming. Reading this book without knowing anything about it would've been a great experience. 

Basically... I understand the hype. And I want to emphasize that I don't expect a lot from young adult books anymore. At this point I just read them as palette cleansers but wow, this book really showed me that I have to be more selective because the young adult books I've been reading are trash compared to this one.

The characters are very lovable and when I say characters I pretty much mean Peeta. I get the hype, they got me again... I think I really like that this book is not narrated from his perspective because not knowing his intentions makes his character a hundred times more interesting and intriguing. He gives me a slice of bread and I am kept wondering if he's manipulating me into thinking that he's nice to get me to be his friend or if he's actually nice. I'm still not sure but he got me, I do want to be his friend.

At the end of the book I was really surprised that Peeta actually thought all this romance was a thing. C'mon, you're smarter than that! That actually did make me feel bad. But at the same time, we can't even blame Katniss because she just wants to go home. I really can't blame anyone:( I guess he IS a Loverboy after all. Or maybe he isn't? I'm not sure but I think I'm leaning towards "yes."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Suicide, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Cannibalism

bella_01's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

Re-read this book almost a decade after I read it for the first time, and I have to say, I feel just as captivated now as I did back then. It's such an incredible book, and it's so beautifully written. I got so absorbed into the book I read nearly half in one sitting. It has the perfect balance between detail and pace , it's so easy to imagine exactly what Katniss sees and feels .

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Police brutality

danicam's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Mental illness and Grief

inkysplodge's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror and Alcohol

Minor: Animal cruelty, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Medical content, Death of parent, and War

depresdoregano's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Gore

Minor: Alcoholism

raisinreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

Suzanne Collins very much does not utilize the "show, don't tell" technique, which is something that can really put me off when it comes to writing. Yet, despite this, the heart of her characters and her story are so strong that her writing style did little to keep me from loving the book. 

The Hunger Games does not pull punches when it comes to political and social allegory on the US. It is brutal, damning, and so tragically accurate.

 I love the emphasis on how community and kindness bring us strength, how systems of power aim to pit people against one another, how if you constantly keep people down they will not have the time or health to fight back. There is an assessment of privilege, of the commodification of tragedy, of hypersurveillance, of how all of these systems hurt and change children. Trauma runs deep throughout the entirety of the text.

And there is such love in the characters, in how they maintain their humanity, in how they take care of each other. It is love, connection, humanity that make us human and that is almost constantly emphasized.

The metaphors and allegories and characters within the text could be analyzed in multi-hundred page essay, but I will just end by saying I believe this is one of the most well-done dystopian novels in recent years and it continues to stick with me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Body horror, Body shaming, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Medical content

goldnhabitx's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Classism

Moderate: Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and War

sophiesometimesreads's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This was actually my second time reading this (or maybe third?), the first being a long time ago, around when the books initially came out.

It still holds up today. Amazing, three-dimensional characters, an intricate dystopian world, super high stakes. It balances being YA and outlining the horrors of kids being forced to kill other kids. To be honest, I think it hit me harder now that I'm older and you truly realise how young people 12 to 18 are.

An amazing book that will hold up for years to come, and has some really interesting themes and discussions that stay relevant to this day.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Gore and Blood

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

lucyford's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I read this after having seen the movies, and it’s like a whole different story. The plot is so well written and the characters are all so complex. While the level of reading is a bit low for my taste, I still thoroughly enjoyed reading this book and can’t wait to start the next one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Confinement, Physical abuse, Suicide, Vomit, Police brutality, and Alcohol

johndavis345's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

The hunger games is a futuristic adventure book where North America is completely corrupt and 12 districts live in poverty while one capital  lives in comfort. Every year, the capital takes one boy and girl from each district to fight to the death in an arena. This year a 16 year old girl named Katniss Everdeen gets drafted to the hunger games and finds herself in a life or death situation, will she survive? One thing I liked about this book is that the plot is super creative and Suzanne Collins (author) perfectly balances strong emotions with  intense action scenes that had me flipping pages at a constant rate. One thing I disliked about the book is  the way the capital treats some districts better than others which is kind of unrealistic. But that is just a minor infraction in my book. This is one of the best books I have read in a while. I honestly had a hard time  thinking of a mistake about the book. Easy 5/5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury