Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

82 reviews

danileah07's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Murder, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Gore

Moderate: Vomit, Alcoholism, Torture, Suicide attempt, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, and Blood

Minor: War, Police brutality, and Physical abuse

cdt96'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? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

A classic YA dystopian book. Cant go wrong, great for those in a reading rut

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Violence, and War

Moderate: Death of parent

nyxiee's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

3.25

also by the way i only read this book, and plan on reading its follow up books, so i can read again my old books and refresh how i feel about them before i decide what to do with them (like keeping them or donating them etc), so my review might seem a little bit more critical because my taste in books has substantially evolved based on what i have been thru and the more epiphanies i have of myself. so please keep that in mind and im sorry, i do not mean to hurt any fans' feeling over this review; in fact i used to be a major fangirl of the series and especially katniss when i was just a few years younger. but now im 18, and i just want to voice my opinions of this book since this book and its series is hyped by so many people, so hopefully my tiny little review wont make much impact on its glowing reputation<3

now starting with the negatives .... its just, some parts of katniss' character and the whole hetero ya genre/writing style just felt a little cringey for my taste. it was to the point where i basically struggled to finish the book. i had to even make every single character queer and change the whole plot to spice it up and make myself continue since i couldnt stand this type of predictable cheesy ya hetero romance. overall, the whole hetero romance just felt too much for my personal preferences and i kind of wish katniss focused on a way to fight the capitol while trying to play their games instead of having frantic thoughts here and there; going from the games, then her feelings, then doubts etc. if she focused more on hatching a plan for rebellion after the games as a revenge, it would probably given it enough content to not need a romance element to it and have katniss and peeta work another angle in surviving the games(like childhood besties or smthng)

buutt there some special moments that made me feel so sad and happy and philosophical with the system, both in the book and in real life, that gave me a new appreciation towards this book (like the bond between katniss and rue). and this is where i have conflicting emotions, where if it werent for those wholesome moments, and me changing everything in my head, id prolly give this a 1 star, but those heartwarming scenes and corruption of the capitol kind of teeters my judgement as a whole to 3-4 stars.

the element of the dystopian setting and the famous games may appeal to your preferences, but, to me, it seems that it keeps being over shined with the romance elements here and there. tho, if your into this type of romance where one doubts the others intentions and this whole back and forth of they love me, they love me not, with a hint of enemies to lovers and fake dating, then i totes recommend this book to you and support your taste in books!! just bc this book made me uncomfortable doesnt mean you wouldnt like it, so you should give it a read if this book and its synopsis is your cup of tea! :D

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Abandonment, Alcoholism, and Cannibalism

viacrow's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective tense fast-paced

• 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

4.5

peeta mellark, they don’t make men like you anymore

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Confinement, Classism, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Blood, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Animal death, War, Violence, Suicide, Police brutality, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Child death

Moderate: Cannibalism, Body horror, Physical abuse, Grief, Medical content, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Vomit

isabellaft's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Violence

Minor: Genocide and Police brutality

moonandmadness's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

2.75

I gave this a good go, however despite the interesting themes of political rebellion, inequality, and the police state, I feel the book utilises these ineffectively. Good world building, but ultimately hollow. The most obvious example of empty commentary I see is in its very concept; despite our narrator railing against the Hunger Games as voyeuristic and grotesque, it forms a sizeable part of the entertainment of the book. Theoretically, our narrator could have refused to share with the reader the details of most of the "the Games", sharing only their immediate feelings rather than the facts of it (i.e. who has died and when). I can definitely see this tying into the fact that most of its readers are part of "The Capitol", but I find the tone of the book confused and hypocritical in a way that can't be rationalised through pretending that its construction is genius and so well thought out that it resists criticism. A very quick read though, if you like action novels.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Police brutality, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent

theyannibannireads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

2.5

It was fine, peeta was the best bit 🥰

Update 03-30-23: don't know how to explain why or how but this book series means more to me now ❤️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Murder, Death, Forced institutionalization, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, Trafficking, Alcoholism, Torture, War, Addiction, and 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

nora_s's review against another edition

adventurous 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

This is a very different book compared to what I normally read, but I really enjoyed it. It was about a messed-up community where people are treated very unfairly. Some people are chosen from each district to fight to the death.
The biggest flaw that I noticed in this book was that the author created a world that was too unrealistic. I know realism definitely wasn't their goal, but the way the capital completely neglected district twelve, yet they had everything they need seemed really strange.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Alcoholism, Death, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Blood, Cannibalism, Police brutality, and Slavery

hyejoosupremacist's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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'M SO GLAD I READ THIS LITERALLY COULDN'T PUT IT DOWN i alway had mixed feelings on reading this series due to the immense cringe the movies were but i'm so glad i looked past that cause this shit was so good and reminded me why i love reading i will say though not that it's racist but you can kinda tell its a white woman writing it as with most dystopia

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Medical content, and Police brutality