Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins

184 reviews

neko_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? No

4.25

I thoroughly enjoyed this book, it had an interesting and exiting premise. The characters made me fall in love within pages, the romance is not too heavy of a focus and the action is fantastic. Absolutely could not stop reading
My only issue with the book is how it ended. I don’t hate the ending but I’m just not the biggest fan.
Still a great book overall!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Child death, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Cannibalism

readersmoon's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

Hunger Games est merveilleusement bien écrit. On rentre facilement dans l’histoire, les personnages sont intéressants et les émotions sont si réelles et poignantes!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Child death

Minor: Death of parent

jastran_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

reread ⭐️

the king of dystopian books, and one of my all time favorite trilogies. katniss & peeta, i adore you to death <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Alcohol, Violence, War, Injury/injury detail, Murder, Child death, Classism, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent, Drug use, Colonisation, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Eating disorder, Genocide, Cannibalism, and Suicidal thoughts

liv_jones's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Is it too early to call this book a modern classic yet? Most of the books I read during the YA dystopian boom of the early-to-mid-2010s have not aged well at all, but I enjoyed this book so much that I can’t believe I’ve gone this long without reading it. Suzanne Collins provides a masterclass in dystopian worldbuilding as she creates a society that is so clearly awful yet so close to the world we live in. There is so much potential and I feel Collins has only touched the surface so I look forward to exploring more of Panem in the other books. 

I tend to find the protagonists of these kinds of books annoying and Mary-Sue esque but I was really surprised by how much I liked Katniss. Her limitations, the way she narrates her thoughts, and the way she interacts with other people seem so realistic and three-dimensional. It may have helped that I was listening to the audiobook narrated by Tatiana Maslany, whose voice acting throughout is absolutely fantastic and brought every character, and especially Katniss, to life. 

Plus, I’m a sucker for the fake relationship trope and it’s so well-written here. 

I can see why these books are so popular and I’m looking forward to reading the rest of the trilogy. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Medical content, Death of parent, and Police brutality

Minor: Cannibalism

pearlelizabeth's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Classism, Injury/injury detail, Blood, Death, Confinement, and Violence

Moderate: Murder, Alcohol, Death of parent, and Gore

Minor: Abandonment and Cannibalism

iwikiwi's review

adventurous 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Alcoholism and Death of parent

tilde_c_s's review

adventurous challenging sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Death of parent, Injury/injury detail, and Murder

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

themadbloodstone's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Probably one of the few dystopian YA books that still are just as good as when it was first released. It is not pretentious with its themes, nor does it dumb it down for its initial target audience, and the characters have depth and charm unlike most YA characters from this era, mainly Katniss and Peeta.

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Death of parent

livelaughkatniss's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Death of parent, and Violence