Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins

37 reviews

m00nmins's review

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

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

smasson13's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

• 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

4.5

*Reread*

I read this with my students and it is one of my favourite read alouds. Every time that I read this novel I feel like I make deeper connections and more complex understandings of the characters. It really is such a rich book series.

Also, my most reluctant readers like this one, which is always a plus! 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Classism, Death of parent, Grief, Addiction, Animal death, and Alcohol

Minor: Mental illness, Medical content, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Vomit

thumbeleia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring 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: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Death, War, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcoholism, Animal death, Suicide attempt, Blood, Cannibalism, Child death, Body horror, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Child abuse, Classism, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Vomit, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, and Suicidal thoughts

elyssam's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This series is what gets me through life. I love these characters so much. My review could either lead to me being a blubbering mess or me writing an entire academic thesis so I’ll leave it for now. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abandonment, Animal death, Death of parent, Mental illness, and Vomit

d33znuts's review

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.5

I find this book enjoyable, it's a taut book but gives that a sort of spark to the story and the relationship between the characters makes it just that more intriguing which really hooks you into it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Suicide, Genocide, Murder, Blood, Death of parent, Death, Alcohol, Animal death, Cannibalism, Child death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, War, Vomit, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol

sudatot's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Child death, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Alcoholism, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, Eating disorder, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, and War

Minor: Genocide, Terminal illness, Torture, Ableism, Kidnapping, and Cannibalism

spooderman's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, War, Trafficking, Torture, Alcohol, Classism, Police brutality, Self harm, Slavery, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Medical trauma, Medical content, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Gore, Murder, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Confinement, Death of parent, Death, Colonisation, and Mental illness

Moderate: Cannibalism, Suicide, Chronic illness, Xenophobia, Ableism, and Genocide

Minor: Pedophilia, Acephobia/Arophobia, Fatphobia, Excrement, Vomit, Cancer, and Eating disorder

reverieevening's review

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: Death, Violence, Murder, Blood, Alcohol, War, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Child abuse, Classism, and Child death

Minor: Ableism and Animal cruelty

morgancleaver's review

dark emotional hopeful sad 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, War, Mental illness, Child death, Suicide attempt, and Alcoholism