Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins

51 reviews

melissaslibraryy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

This is my first time picking up The Hunger Games after growing up watching and re-watching the movies for years and all I can say is “why didn’t I pick this up sooner?!” The book is a lot more intense and detailed than the movie, which is some thing I appreciate and am grateful to be able to read and truly dissect for the first time now that I’m older. I was in between reading my paperback and listening to the audiobook or doing both at the same time to enhance my reading experience. I can’t wait to reread this once I’m done with the trilogy so I can annotate the hell out of my copy because I was itching to if it weren’t for me having an old copy of the book😅 After it being such an amazing read, there’s no doubt in my mind that the next two books will only get better and this is a new book I won’t stop recommending!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Grief, Medical content, Violence, Gore, Injury/injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Vomit

parlonny's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Torture, Emotional abuse, Death, Blood, Medical trauma, Body horror, Violence, Injury/injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Medical content, Gore, Excrement, and Death of parent

Moderate: Self harm, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, War, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, and Vomit

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

kashby's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Grief, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Blood, Child death, Classism, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Death of parent and Animal death

Minor: Alcohol, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Suicide, and Alcoholism

filipa_maia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad 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? Yes

5.0

This is the third time that I read this book. The first two times were when it was released and now, ten(-ish) years later. I felt exactly the same and that was my favorite part about rereading this story.

Katniss is an amazing main character: a very strong female role model, selfless, sensitive... even her naiveness is very relatable. She was forced to grow fast and had a very hard life - losing her father and with a mother destroyed by grief she was the only one who could provide for her sister and from that point on Prim is the only reason why she wants to live.

I love this book because shows that love can be the force that changes lives, even in the most complete chaos and brutality the ones we love can make a difference between giving up and fight a little longer.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Murder, Blood, Gun violence, Violence, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Body horror, Gaslighting, Injury/injury detail, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Police brutality, Death, Confinement, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal death, Alcoholism, Classism, Death of parent, and Animal cruelty

andiapfel's review

adventurous dark emotional inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Death, Blood, Violence, Murder, and Physical abuse

Minor: Alcohol, Injury/injury detail, Medical content, Alcoholism, War, Bullying, and Domestic abuse

myaphrodiite's review

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.25

the hunger games shows us a dystopian world that is realistic and mature, instead of everything being perfect and visually appealing we see riots, starvation and a whole lot of death. this shows the contrast between the scavengers who live in the districts killing anything they can eat and the capitol who are stylish and spoiled coming across as alien-like. 

the world building is fantastic, all the districts are so different and detailed it makes a very diverse world. the characters were also very well written and extremely detailed. i loved gale and peeta’s (bread boy <3) characters as the contrast between them was strong but they had one thing in common. 

this book is a portrayal of sacrifice, love, survival and support. i would recommend this book to everyone who loves getting completely immersed in another world.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Death, Gore, War, Animal death, Child death, and Ableism

Moderate: Classism and Alcoholism

Minor: Medical content and Fire/Fire injury

syd991's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

A re-read for me, still absolutely love it!

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Grief, Animal death, and Vomit

Minor: Death of parent and Suicide attempt

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

singalana's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Violence, Vomit, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Alcohol, Blood, Alcoholism, Animal death, and Child death