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The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

206 reviews

melist6'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
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Death, Violence, Child death, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent, Alcoholism, Grief, Animal death, and Murder

Minor: Cannibalism

downsophialane's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Animal death, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Body horror, Alcohol, and Addiction

Minor: Police brutality, Cannibalism, and Suicide attempt

xinawebb's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Alcoholism, Child death, Classism, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Animal death

astrangewind's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

I am astonished, yet again, by the ease with which Collins examines the dynamics of an oppressive government, late-stage (and beyond) capitalism, death and trauma, and teenage love. When I first read The Hunger Games series, I was in middle school and had yet to grasp the intentions of the Hunger Games and those behind them. Now, after watching the movies (again) and reading Ballad, I find myself believing in and understanding Katniss and the complexity of her life before and after the Games, whereas as a preteen I was largely concerned with who she intended to date.

The Hunger Games is utterly un-put-down-able. I already know the story and how it ends, but even so, I cried at the same parts I always have. The depth of the characters and world and story, how cleanly it foreshadows the following books, the realistic depiction of PTSD.... it's all brilliant.

The only reason this book gets less than 5 stars is that the writing is just the slightest bit stunted, and I found parts of the book rather dull, particularly before the Games proper. (Although I found that Ballad didn't have this problem, but it could be the first-person vs. third-person perspective. So I definitely don't blame Collins for that.)

This book is truly a must-read for everyone. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Grief, Gore, and Medical content

Minor: War, Suicide, Cannibalism, Vomit, Death of parent, and Classism

emmarhian's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-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

5.0

Rereading this book nearly 10(?) years later and still finding love for it. Susan Collins is such a fantastical writer — much to say!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Death, Classism, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent, Cannibalism, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcoholism

lubejuice's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Mental illness, Slavery, Police brutality, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Body shaming, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Colonisation, Alcohol, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Blood, Chronic illness, Classism, Violence, Torture, and Physical abuse

lauren_shilling'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

4.25

I am so glad I finally read this book! I have been afraid of this series for so long because it is so rare to see negative reviews of it, and everyone always seems to love it. I was so afraid of reading it and it not living up to the astronomical expectations that had been set. This year, however, I decided I would finally conquer my fear and start the series, and I am so so happy I did! It lived up to my expectations (as much as it could anyway, my expectations were nearly unreachable) and I absolutely loved it. I won't say much because this book is already so well loved and there's not much I can add to the conversation, but I think it's such a good story. It sets up some very interesting commentary that I really enjoyed and that made me think a lot, and I am interested to see that continue in the next books as well. If you're worried about reading this book and being disappointed because of how popular it is and all the good things being said about it, please don't be! It is such an amazing book, and it is absolutely worth the read!

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism and Death of parent

Minor: Cannibalism

sasquatch_3's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Classism, Murder, Suicide attempt, Cannibalism, Child death, Torture, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Vomit, Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and War

priceofsalt's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Grief

Minor: Cannibalism

percivilious's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

this series makes me feel so many things and the more I read it the more I love the characters

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, Confinement, Classism, Gore, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, and Addiction

Minor: Cannibalism