Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Hunger Games: Illustrated Edition by Suzanne Collins

1340 reviews

carson73's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, War

lou_loo's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence

Minor: Death of parent

annihani's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Classism

Minor: Addiction, Animal death, Genocide, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Death of parent, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

nie_fertig's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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It is 2025 and this is my first time reading The Hunger Games--I haven't even seen the movie yet--I was able to avoid it for 17 years which is CRAZY! :0 It was really good!! Even though I understood the main plot (wasn't able to avoid that or some memes), I was still eager to find out what happens next! I feel terrible for what happened to Katniss and it makes my stomach churn to think this hunger games scenario could very likely happen in the future of our own world, knowing how richer the rich and poorer the poor is getting, and how insane people can become for sports and even reality tv. I thought Katniss' pov was excellent and so was the writing style; the only thing I didn't like was

Peeta's love for Katniss. Like that's the whole reason why they both survived in the end, but as a woman it's incredibly creepy to read about this boy who loved Katniss for years, watched her silently, and then expected her to instantly love him during and after the Hunger Games. I'm sorry but it's gross and creepy. Maybe Peeta will redeem himself in the future books though!

I can otherwise see why this is now a world-renowned novel and why it was so popular in the 2010s. I'll have to read the rest when I get a chance! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

hannah_jane_25's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Animal death, Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Alcohol

paulabekkerus's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

laladybooks's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Murder

indigolow's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional funny reflective sad 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Cannibalism

clooee's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Blood, Death of parent, Alcohol

caity_kitkat's review against another edition

5.0

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

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Tatiana Maslany’s narration is nothing short of perfect. She truly embodied Katniss, from her snark to getting choked up when it came to Rue. This is the best version of the Hunger Games I have ever experienced. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Death of parent, War