Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

68 reviews

marena02's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Torture, Violence, Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Forced institutionalization, Alcohol, Death of parent, Grief, Mental illness, and Murder

mtod26'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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Death, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Blood, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Vomit, and War

samugranjo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Murder, Police brutality, Violence, Child death, Torture, Confinement, and Death

Moderate: Medical content, Mental illness, and Vomit

Minor: Animal cruelty, Slavery, Racism, and Cannibalism

For the trigger warnings pf Slavery and Racism I have to point out

that althought it isn't completely explicit the representation of the agriculture district seemed like a very explicit portrayal of racism and slavery

bookishlesbian8's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child death, Violence, Blood, Death, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Minor: Genocide, Mental illness, and Cannibalism

bookishmelissaa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Torture, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, War, Murder, Death, Child death, Violence, and Mental illness

dystopianaddict's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Gore, Grief, Child death, Murder, Violence, and Body horror

Moderate: Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, and Alcohol

Minor: Mental illness, Death of parent, Child abuse, Abandonment, and Vomit

Rue. Clove. Foxface. Thresh. Oh my god this book!!!! I love movies a lot but books nearly always just have this little bit more, and I feel like this was the perfect example. Although I loved the movies and the cast, it was just the extra detail, and Katniss' POV that made me love it that bit more. Katniss' thoughts on Peeta, the way she was so sure he was just pretending to be nice to her was just something that I really liked. I knew everything that was going to happen and yet i still cried for Rue. That scene is so heartbreaking and so sweet at the same time it was crazy. I loved the way it went into more detail about Haymitch's Alcoholism, and how bad it really was, I love the inclusion of Madge, and the mockingjay pin (Maysilee's Mockingjay Pin 🤭🤭) I loved this book so much. The way it broke me and put me back together. The tropes. The fact that it wasn't all fix-it and the fact that it really shows that even the careers, who murdered in cold blood and joked about it, were still just kids. 5 stars.

proserpinapom's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful tense fast-paced

• 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Classism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Body horror, Death of parent, Grief, and Mental illness

hannahsk's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Torture, and Death of parent

Minor: Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Grief, and Mental illness

literaryinluv'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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Blood, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Moderate: Confinement and War

Minor: Alcohol, Animal death, Death of parent, Slavery, Genocide, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Alcoholism, and Cannibalism

kenzieburns's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

3.0

After the tik tok Hunger Games craze a few months ago, I decided I wanted to re-read the series with fresh eyes, so I set out hunting it down from local thrift stores. I'll keep this brief since I'm assuming almost everyone has read the books or seen the movies... I had to keep reminding myself that this is a middle-grade level book, because the writing style was just so simplistic. It's interesting, because I think Harry Potter is technically also middle-grade level, but feels like a more sophisticated writing style. Also, I wanted more as far as symbolism and other literary devices. Like, this book/series has so much potential to make bold statements on oppression and classes, even at the level it's written for, but mainly Katniss is just a stubborn teenager who, despite hating the political system, doesn't think about it much? Idk, maybe it's because we're living in a much more polarized political climate today than what it was at the time this series was first published, but taking a step back and considering the context of children fighting to the death as entertainment and reminders of war? I feel like Katniss was more of a doormat than I remember when it comes to just accepting her fate and competing in the Games. But also maybe I'm remembering Jennifer Lawrence's mature performances in the movies and holding book Katniss to a bit of a high standard. But based on the immaturity in Katniss' character, I did look up how old Lawrence was when playing Katniss, and she was 21, 5 years older than 16-year-old Katniss. 5 years might not seem like much, but at that young age, I would call 16 a child and 21 an adult, so I think my memories of the movies set the bar pretty high and the maturity of the characters just fell short for me. Last thing I'll mention is I still don't get the fake/real romance between Katniss and Peeta. Like, is he actually in love with her or is it a show?? It was quite unclear. Also, if her and Gale are "just friends," why is she so concerned with what he thinks? I didn't get romance vibes in the Katniss/Gale relationship until the end of the book, which made it even weirder that she was so concerned with her "friends" perception of their relationship.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, and Animal death