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The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

180 reviews

itsme_kayy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Medical content, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body horror, Grief, Alcohol, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Abandonment, Vomit, Child abuse, and Cannibalism

sadiaa's review against another edition

adventurous

4.75

Rereading a nostalgic series

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Classism, Violence, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, War, Grief, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Blood, and Murder

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

izzysizemore's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Grief, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Classism

Minor: War, Death of parent, and Suicidal thoughts

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.

geneav21's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

The perfect dystopian to immerse in, well constructed,  complex characters, world building amazingly executed, nail biting book. 
will keep you hooked 100%. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Murder, Alcohol, Addiction, and Suicidal thoughts

Scy-fy

alec_may's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Gore, Animal death, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Classism, Alcoholism, Blood, Murder, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

paigeinabook's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad tense medium-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

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Violence, Confinement, Cannibalism, Murder, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Physical abuse, Vomit, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Torture, Dysphoria, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic relationship

melsage1823's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Wow an incredible novel that I missed out on when I was younger that I am now glad I have read. Although it was very dark and bleak I heavily enjoyed it as it had such an important message.

The only negative I can think of for this book is that I didn't like some of the outdated ableist language and how a certain disability was cured. I wish she had consulted other Disabled people and War veterans. Same with her bipoc rep as I wish Katniss had been confirmed biracial indigenous rather than coded as it would add even more depth to the story.

 Other than that I absolutely adored the novel it was super interesting and thrilling read.

 My favourite part of the book was the dystopia theme. I feel like alot of the themes really hold up to today and that's scary. For example the fact about how people are willing to sacrifice kids to preserve tradition or how we want society to be sticks out. Especially through the pov of Katniss a biracial indigenous teenager who has suffered in District 12. Even after putting down the book the powerful themes and morals stick with you and that's brilliant.

Another thing I liked is the writing style. I often found single povs very exhausting to follow but I'm so glad Collins wrote Katniss in a way that her thoughts are engaging so much to the point that your not too fussed you won't get to read another characters pov. I also like how when Katniss gets to talk about her childhood it isn't to out of place. Katniss's sole pov doesn't make you biased of certain characters which is great. Honestly Collins single pov writing is the best pov writing I've read by a long shot.

Finally the stakes as a dystopia need to be High and this absolutely was. I feel like every moment in the area at anypoint our main characters might die especially Katniss who's point of view we're following. I really had a bad jitters in my stomach when reading the chapters in the arena.

Overall a brilliant, thrilling, classic that everyone should read with High Stakes and important themes that everyone should pay attention to. Super excited to read the next two books in the trilogy.

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Alcohol, Addiction, and Death of parent

The violence is very graphic and if compared to the movies whilst the movies are a 12/PG 13, this book is more R-Rated/15.