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The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

71 reviews

stitcho's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death and Death of parent

Minor: Police brutality, Cannibalism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

spooderman's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, War, Trafficking, Torture, Alcohol, Classism, Police brutality, Self harm, Slavery, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Medical trauma, Medical content, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Gore, Murder, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Confinement, Death of parent, Death, Colonisation, and Mental illness

Moderate: Cannibalism, Suicide, Chronic illness, Xenophobia, Ableism, and Genocide

Minor: Pedophilia, Acephobia/Arophobia, Fatphobia, Excrement, Vomit, Cancer, and Eating disorder

tabbed_reads2much'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Read this first at 11. I'm 24 now, and it's as good as I remember.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Grief, Antisemitism, Child abuse, and Blood

Moderate: Addiction, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Cultural appropriation, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Slavery, Animal death, Confinement, Hate crime, Alcoholism, Genocide, and Colonisation

Minor: Ableism, Cannibalism, Death, Racism, War, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Torture, Police brutality, and Suicidal thoughts

The sheer number of content warnings. Yikes

theirgracegrace's review against another edition

challenging tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I first read this book when I was in middle school and the movie adaptations were just coming out. I remember the focus on the "love story" that was at the heart of this series. But the Hunger Games isn't about love; it's about survival in a society where twenty-four children kill each other for sport on live TV every year. Katniss has an advantage because she already knows what's it like to starve, to lose someone, to hunt and to rage against the system that forces her to do these things. It uncovers the strategy and psychology of being a TV star and those of being a traumatized teenager put into a death game where traps and other contestants could kill you at any moment. It's harrowing and tense and once the Games end, you realize that it's just the tip of the iceberg.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child death, Medical content, Medical trauma, Self harm, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Suicide, War, Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Confinement, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Eating disorder, Cannibalism, and Police brutality

danimacuk's review against another edition

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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Child death, Murder, Violence, and Classism

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Alcoholism

Minor: Kidnapping, Vomit, Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal death, Mental illness, Police brutality, War, Blood, Confinement, and Gun violence

haley49'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
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Read this for the first time 10 years too late and I’m obsessed! I love the story, the characters, the message, the symbolism. It was great. Unfortunately, I’m starting it at an older age and some of the writing seems to be missing something for me but that could just me the limited perspective narrative and the middle grade writing focus which is the point. I love how impactful this story is in so many ways. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Police brutality, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: War and Vomit

raeb's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

arwenundomiel03's review against another edition

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

5.0

Well that was a rollercoaster! To begin with, I found it quite slow going, and although it was decently written, I wasn’t hugely into it. But as soon as the training and the games began, I was hooked! The description of everything that happened was so vividly written that I could imagine everything clearly in my mind, and I was truly invested in certain characters. 

Katniss however is a truly annoying character!! I can’t deny she’s brilliant at what she does, but also she’s so stupid sometimes! Particularly when it comes to Peeta.

Peeta seems the most lovely, genuinely caring and sweet guy, and she continues to mistrust him - regardless of everything he’s done for her. And there are times when you can see that she is falling for him too, but she doesn’t realise it, and still thinks it’s all an act… you just want to scream at her!

However, despite that, it was a brilliant read, and I would definitely recommend it! I can’t wait to read the next ones!!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, War, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief

ellaticonstellation's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring 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

5.0

Oh my god! This story was compelling, I couldn't stop reading it. There was something intense and appealing about a game and fake dating. These two combined were a treat. I liked that Katniss was badass and Peeta was the softie between the two. The game itself was cruel as fuck, horrible! And Rue, oh god, her death broke me. I watched the movies years ago but reading it felt different, the emotions I had for the story heightened. The themes were serious but executed great. Wow, Suzanne, now I need the rest of the series. Thanks to you, the audiobook narrator, the story flew across the pages.❤️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Blood, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

camillewhowrites's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense

• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Child death, Grief, Murder, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, and Gore

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, Gun violence, Addiction, Abandonment, and Blood