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skyeshark1's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Genocide, Blood, Grief, and War
Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Alcohol
Minor: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Mental illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and War
tokki_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, War, and Injury/Injury detail
lubejuice's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
halaagmod's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Child death, Violence, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Grief, and Death of parent
Minor: Body shaming and Cannibalism
Animal death content warning comes from how Katniss is a hunter in order to get food for her family. There are never any explicit descriptions, but it's frequent.whatchloereadnext's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
But when rue died I was distraught
Minor: Body shaming, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
raisinreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.25
The Hunger Games does not pull punches when it comes to political and social allegory on the US. It is brutal, damning, and so tragically accurate.
I love the emphasis on how community and kindness bring us strength, how systems of power aim to pit people against one another, how if you constantly keep people down they will not have the time or health to fight back. There is an assessment of privilege, of the commodification of tragedy, of hypersurveillance, of how all of these systems hurt and change children. Trauma runs deep throughout the entirety of the text.
And there is such love in the characters, in how they maintain their humanity, in how they take care of each other. It is love, connection, humanity that make us human and that is almost constantly emphasized.
The metaphors and allegories and characters within the text could be analyzed in multi-hundred page essay, but I will just end by saying I believe this is one of the most well-done dystopian novels in recent years and it continues to stick with me.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Minor: Body horror, Body shaming, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Medical content
ak97x's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, and War
Minor: Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, and Abandonment
wmalinn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Suicide attempt and War
Minor: Body shaming, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, and Cannibalism
weepingstones's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Classism
Moderate: Animal death, Medical content, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Cannibalism
greciamj1958's review against another edition
- 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
4.75
Graphic: Child death, Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Classism
Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, and Grief