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The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

71 reviews

jasmineslibraryy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

reread ⭐️

the king of dystopian books, and one of my all time favorite trilogies. katniss & peeta, i adore you to death <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Alcohol, Violence, War, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Child death, Classism, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent, Drug use, Colonisation, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Eating disorder, Genocide, Cannibalism, and Suicidal thoughts

_ren's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Torture, Emotional abuse, Death, Blood, Medical trauma, Body horror, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Medical content, Gore, Excrement, and Death of parent

Moderate: Self harm, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, War, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, and Vomit

abominablebas's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

The Hunger Games originally came out when I was in elementary school, and rose to popularity while I was in middle school. I didn't read them then, as I just wasn't interested. I'm turning 20 this year, and I loved the movies, so I thought I would give the books a try. 
This book was very interesting, and it did a good job at holding that interest. The audience never knows more than Katniss does, though if you've seen the movies or have been spoiled on what happens, then that doesn't really apply. There were details left out of the movies (as there are with every book-to-film adaptation) that made Panem feel more like a real world, as well as more details in regards to characters. I wanted to know a little more about the other tributes, and the book gave me a little bit of that.
Also, I'm a much bigger fan of Peeta in the books (so far) than the movies. He is not at all the kind of guy you would imagine

winning the games

, and yet he does, and I'm so happy for him. I know how it all ends, but I hope his little crush on Katniss works out :-( He's a sweet guy.
My only complaint is that the pacing was a bit too fast for my tastes, but it makes sense given how focused on action the book is. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death of parent, Gore, and Grief

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and War

This is a book about children from ages 12-18 being forced to kill each other in an enclosed arena for their nation's "entertainment," more-so as a reminder of the power their government holds.

All but 2 of these children die, the survivors both being around 16. The main death that is gone into detail about, and sticks, is that of a 12 year old girl.

gracewiley's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Grief, Violence, Murder, Animal death, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Classism, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, and Death of parent

Minor: Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, Slavery, Child abuse, and Medical content

rosegoldrose's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

4.5

Who doesn't know of this book?

Even as I was rereading it, I was being bombarded by references to it in the most random places in my day-to-day life. 

The first time I read it was in 2015, at the ripe age of twelve, which would actually make me eligible for the Games back then. That's absolutely terrifying to think about. 

This re-read made me appreciate certain characters way more than I did in the past. You also can't help but sympathize with the protagonist, even if her personality is a stark contrast to yours. The ending is a little bland in my opinion, but it's nothing the sequel won't fix.

In my opinion, it's truly justified in being the staple of the dystopian genre, and definitely worth a read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Child death

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

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Cannibalism

dqhvr's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Animal death, Police brutality, Death of parent, Drug use, Confinement, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Alcoholism, Cannibalism, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Toxic relationship

butlere's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Child death, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, Death of parent, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Cannibalism

c_dmckinney's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Classism, Death, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Child death, Gaslighting, and Grief

Moderate: Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug use, War, and Xenophobia

livreads16's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.25

First re-read. Love this book and as I’m listening I’m taking in just how good a job the movie did of capturing the book. There were obviously a few differences but they got a LOT of details right and only missed a few significant things. What really kills me is how little of a personality Katniss has. Of course I think some of that can be attributed to her need for survival her whole life. But her character is def a large flaw of this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Alcohol, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gore, Classism, Blood, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Police brutality, War, and Slavery

random19379's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Abandonment, Murder, Medical content, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Confinement, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Alcoholism, War, Violence, Torture, and Gore