A review by zombiezami
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

4.0

I first read this series in my twenties, and I'm now reading this again at age 31. Overall, it holds up quite a lot. I now understand Katniss to be an aroace character, even if that wasn't the author's intention. That reading has added a new dimension and flavor to the narrative. The chapters are masterfully crafted, and I don't think the author ever got enough credit for the skillfulness of her writing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use, Genocide, Torture, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Ableism, Child abuse, Racism, Police brutality, Cannibalism, Pregnancy, and War

Starvation, Dehydration, Dictatorship