Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins

28 reviews

luminifera's review

dark emotional reflective 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? Yes

5.0

Great book, been re-reading it almost every year for the past 10 years. Recommend it for older teens (14+) and young adults.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Gore, Injury/injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, Child abuse, Child death, Vomit, Body horror, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Abandonment, Ableism, Classism, Excrement, Addiction, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Slavery, Alcohol, Death of parent, Medical content, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Confinement, and Mental illness

Minor: Animal death, Xenophobia, Suicide, Police brutality, Misogyny, War, Gun violence, Drug use, and Pregnancy

rayne_1906's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

5.0

Audiobook - 11 hours 9 minutes - I have lost track of how many times I've reread this book, but it never gets old. It is perfection - it is so cleverly written and I can't stop reading it every single time. All the characters are so important to me, and have such personality that they feel like real people, and the plot is so so engaging. I cannot sing the praises of this book enough.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death

Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, Child death, Violence, Injury/injury detail, Death of parent, Grief, and Animal death

Minor: Addiction, Vomit, Alcohol, and Body horror

orchidlilly's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Mental illness, Blood, Medical content, Police brutality, Gore, Murder, Death, Violence, Body horror, Classism, Grief, Injury/injury detail, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Addiction, Ableism, Animal death, Alcohol, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Slavery, Eating disorder, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Animal cruelty, Vomit, Medical trauma, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, and Sexism

gracewiley's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Grief, Violence, Murder, Animal death, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Death, Injury/injury detail, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Classism, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, and Death of parent

Minor: Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, Slavery, Child abuse, and Medical content

raeerdna's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective 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? Yes

5.0

this book keeps you hooked from start to finish. 
can't help to compare it a little bit with the world we live in today, where the discrepancy between poor and rich is so ruthlessly real and then compare the different districts with various countries or even continents altogether... 
I love that it makes you think and compare with our day to day life even tho it happens in a postapocalyptic world.
also has the perfect amount of everything: love, drama, suspense and so on. 
it's a shame I didn't read it sooner becaus it was also quite easily to identify with the main characters as well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Forced institutionalization, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, Abandonment, Injury/injury detail, Violence, Addiction, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Minor: Death of parent, Eating disorder, Cannibalism, Child death, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

c_dmckinney's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Classism, Death, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/injury detail, Blood, Child death, Gaslighting, and Grief

Moderate: Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug use, War, and Xenophobia

zombiezami's review against another edition

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

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

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

Starvation, Dehydration, Dictatorship

tonloon's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad 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

Amazing characters and growth. Not your classic hero trope and the characters are very real and interesting. Really deep and honest, quality themes. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Child death, and Murder

Minor: Alcohol, Addiction, Torture, and Death of parent

sophie42's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Animal death, Blood, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/injury detail, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, Medical content, Vomit, Animal death, and Cannibalism

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body horror, and Cannibalism

punkisocks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicide attempt, Violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Medical content, Vomit, Animal death, Blood, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, and Child death

Moderate: Police brutality and Cannibalism