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pantslint's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Suicide attempt, Cannibalism, Chronic illness, Forced institutionalization, Alcoholism, Blood, Child death, Classism, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Grief
Minor: Child abuse
fkshg8465's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Gore, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, War, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Body horror, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, Blood, Child death, Classism, Emotional abuse, and Grief
redefiningrachel's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Blood, Child death, Murder, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Torture, Confinement, Child abuse, Addiction, Death of parent, Alcohol, Classism, and Medical content
Minor: Mental illness and Cannibalism
samflowerv6's review against another edition
- 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
4.75
“Remember, we're madly in love, so it's all right to kiss me anytime you feel like it.”
“I can feel Peeta press his forehead into my temple and he asks, 'So now that you've got me, what are you going to do with me?'
I turn into him. 'Put you somewhere you can't get hurt.”
Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Child abuse, Classism, Kidnapping, Torture, Child death, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Animal death, Confinement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Physical abuse, and Vomit
Minor: Death of parent and Cannibalism
kendra_taylors_version's review against another edition
- 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? No
5.0
Graphic: Death, Cannibalism, Child death, Classism, Confinement, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Murder, Torture, Vomit, Animal death, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
njthk's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
This is going to be a modern classic, it it isn't already.
The only and first YA dystopia that really worked as what it wanted to be.
Graphic: Blood, Violence, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder
Moderate: Confinement, Alcoholism, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Death of parent
voldycat's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, Death, Child death, Murder, Genocide, Blood, Violence, and Addiction
Moderate: Torture, Gore, War, Police brutality, Grief, Drug use, and Death of parent
Minor: Medical content
tiana_king's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Murder, Body horror, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Classism, Death, Blood, Child death, Confinement, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Cannibalism and Death of parent
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
andst's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- 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
Basically... I understand the hype. And I want to emphasize that I don't expect a lot from young adult books anymore. At this point I just read them as palette cleansers but wow, this book really showed me that I have to be more selective because the young adult books I've been reading are trash compared to this one.
The characters are very lovable and when I say characters I pretty much mean Peeta. I get the hype, they got me again... I think I really like that this book is not narrated from his perspective because not knowing his intentions makes his character a hundred times more interesting and intriguing. He gives me a slice of bread and I am kept wondering if he's manipulating me into thinking that he's nice to get me to be his friend or if he's actually nice. I'm still not sure but he got me, I do want to be his friend.
Graphic: Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, Body horror, Death, Grief, Confinement, Violence, Child death, and Gore
Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Cursing, and Suicide
Minor: Cannibalism
raisinreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.25
The Hunger Games does not pull punches when it comes to political and social allegory on the US. It is brutal, damning, and so tragically accurate.
I love the emphasis on how community and kindness bring us strength, how systems of power aim to pit people against one another, how if you constantly keep people down they will not have the time or health to fight back. There is an assessment of privilege, of the commodification of tragedy, of hypersurveillance, of how all of these systems hurt and change children. Trauma runs deep throughout the entirety of the text.
And there is such love in the characters, in how they maintain their humanity, in how they take care of each other. It is love, connection, humanity that make us human and that is almost constantly emphasized.
The metaphors and allegories and characters within the text could be analyzed in multi-hundred page essay, but I will just end by saying I believe this is one of the most well-done dystopian novels in recent years and it continues to stick with me.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Murder, Physical abuse, Child death, Classism, Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Mental illness, Violence, Addiction, Death, Gore, Alcohol, Animal death, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Body horror, Body shaming, Medical content, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts