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The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

346 reviews

fkshg8465's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

• 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? Yes

4.0

Much better than the movie!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Gore, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, War, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Body horror, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, Blood, Child death, Classism, Emotional abuse, and Grief

alannacoward's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Animal death, Violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Gore, Grief, Murder, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Death

carla20's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

marslotus's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? No

4.75

I love the author's ability to make you so easily love and hate the characters you need to love and hate. I also think in the hands of a lesser writer, a lot of parts of this book could have been so frustrating to read, but something like the fact that I had no clue what Peeta was thinking the entire games

only to be revealed at the end

is a storyline that commonly makes me roll my eyes, but I found myself so enraptured in the mystery of it all. And when Katniss is grappling with new romantic emotions, it feels so real how there's no good answer for her (at least for now?).
I will say some parts of this book were, grammatically, weirdly phrased to me? But that's just a nitpick. I also forgot that this was one of the first popularized YA dystopia novels, so I was laughing at the novel in the beginning as it rapid-fire made up new words this society uses which I know is a silly dystopia novel trope. Luckily, beyond the first few chapters, this aspect didn't bother me to greatly.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Death, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Child death

Moderate: Animal death, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, and Gore

Minor: Torture and Fire/Fire injury

erica_reads_things's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny sad 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? No

4.5

I mean, what else does there have to be said about a classic?? I read this so long ago and wanted to revisit after seeing the prequel movie. It was fun to revisit with more attention and a different perspective. Excited to journey through the series again!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Blood, Death, Alcoholism, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Classism, Antisemitism, and Grief

Minor: Cannibalism, War, Body horror, Bullying, Suicide attempt, Medical content, Death of parent, and Gore

flamesocks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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: Suicide attempt, Death, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Violence, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Medical content, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, War, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Cannibalism

yilliun's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This book holds up for both children and adults.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Child death

Moderate: Alcoholism and Blood

daisdu's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

4.25

A really strong start to the series, but truthfully stands very well on its own as a complete, punchy, well told story. There are a few small moments where the pacing slows down a bit too much for my taste, but largely the pacing is very good. I last read the book when I was in middle school and I didn’t expect it to hold up to rereading as an adult, but it proved me wrong very successfully. I feel I can’t comment on the characters much because I know my perception of them is formed by much more than just this book alone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Alcoholism, Murder, Grief, Animal death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, and Death of parent

arinheck's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Death

Moderate: Grief, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Animal death, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Body horror, and Child death

karleevoelp's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Alcoholism