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katenovah'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
4.25
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Blood, Death, and Animal death
Moderate: Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, Death of parent, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Alcohol, and Animal death
marxnapxrez'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
I don't remember why my twelve yearld old self decided not to read this book but my god... How good they are.
I loved the movies and I thought nows the time and I enjoyed every second of it
It's good, entertaining, keeps you on the edge but at the same time is light-paced, hurtful, and everybody knows I love a good unreliable narrator.
Can't wait to see more and more of them
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Genocide, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Classism, Colonisation, Death, Medical content, Murder, Torture, Violence, and Grief
Minor: Cannibalism
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
_marycappiello3's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Child death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Murder, and Violence
inkysplodge'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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Animal death, Alcoholism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Murder, and Gore
Moderate: Alcohol and Body horror
Minor: Death of parent, Medical content, Animal cruelty, War, Vomit, and Suicidal thoughts
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
jadeilona_'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
3.0
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, War, and Child abuse
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Classism, Grief, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, and Medical trauma
Minor: Death of parent and Animal death
lucyford's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Death, Child death, Gore, Violence, Murder, Genocide, Grief, and Body horror
Moderate: Police brutality, Addiction, Confinement, Vomit, Alcohol, Physical abuse, and Suicide
marena02's review against another edition
- 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
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
leeyongjin's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Death, Murder, and Violence
Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Drug use, Violence, Animal death, Classism, Confinement, Death, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Colonisation, Dysphoria, Genocide, Blood, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, and Police brutality
Minor: Abandonment and Cannibalism