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: Alcoholism, Murder, Physical abuse, Child death, Classism, Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Mental illness, Violence, Addiction, Death, Gore, Alcohol, Animal death, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Body horror, Body shaming, Medical content, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts
vanyas's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Self harm, Police brutality, Suicide, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Classism, Death, War, Blood, Death of parent, Confinement, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Murder, and Violence
marena02's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Torture, Violence, Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Forced institutionalization, Alcohol, Death of parent, Grief, Mental illness, and Murder
mtod26's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Death, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Blood, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Vomit, and War
samugranjo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Murder, Police brutality, Violence, Child death, Torture, Confinement, and Death
Moderate: Medical content, Mental illness, and Vomit
Minor: Animal cruelty, Slavery, Racism, and Cannibalism
For the trigger warnings pf Slavery and Racism I have to point outSpoiler
that althought it isn't completely explicit the representation of the agriculture district seemed like a very explicit portrayal of racism and slaverybookishlesbian8's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Murder, Child death, Violence, Blood, Death, and Classism
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent
Minor: Genocide, Mental illness, and Cannibalism
bookishmelissaa's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Torture, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, War, Murder, Death, Child death, Violence, and Mental illness
dystopianaddict'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, Death, Gore, Grief, Child death, Murder, Violence, and Body horror
Moderate: Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, and Alcohol
Minor: Mental illness, Death of parent, Child abuse, Abandonment, and Vomit
Spoiler
Rue. Clove. Foxface. Thresh. Oh my god this book!!!! I love movies a lot but books nearly always just have this little bit more, and I feel like this was the perfect example. Although I loved the movies and the cast, it was just the extra detail, and Katniss' POV that made me love it that bit more. Katniss' thoughts on Peeta, the way she was so sure he was just pretending to be nice to her was just something that I really liked. I knew everything that was going to happen and yet i still cried for Rue. That scene is so heartbreaking and so sweet at the same time it was crazy. I loved the way it went into more detail about Haymitch's Alcoholism, and how bad it really was, I love the inclusion of Madge, and the mockingjay pin (Maysilee's Mockingjay Pin 🤭🤭) I loved this book so much. The way it broke me and put me back together. The tropes. The fact that it wasn't all fix-it and the fact that it really shows that even the careers, who murdered in cold blood and joked about it, were still just kids. 5 stars.proserpinapom's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Death, Classism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal death, Body horror, Death of parent, Grief, and Mental illness
hannahsk'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
4.75
Graphic: Murder, Violence, Death, Classism, and Child death
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Torture, and Death of parent
Minor: Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Grief, and Mental illness