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The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

25 reviews

kaerukeroppi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

etherealyoungster's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense slow-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

emfass's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Vomit, Medical content, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gun violence and Cannibalism

corrieinthehouse's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Police brutality, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, and Fire/Fire injury

valereads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

 This was my second time reading The Hunger Games. I attempted to read the whole series about 10 years ago but gave up part way through Catching Fire for reasons that I'll mention in that review.

I liked this book the first time I read it and overall this book lived up to my memory of it. Collins is a great writer and the drama and action were both very well written.

Additionally I really liked the characters, even when I didn't like them personally they all felt like real people and were well developed. I also thought that the depictions of mental illness and the effects of trauma were well done and realistic, this is definitely a strength of not just this book but the series overall.

The weakest part of this book was definitely the romantic relationships. They felt shallow and ingenuine. Unfortunately this is another theme that continues through the rest of the trilogy.

Overall this was a good book if you can ignore how weak the romance aspects come across. It definitely still holds up.

Content Warnings: child death, parental death, injury detail (graphic and gory), alcohol addiction 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Animal death

Minor: Gun violence