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The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

319 reviews

rogerslh28's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

5.0

i’ve already seen the movies and adored them but these books…wow…im struggling here but of course the books are even better

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism

botanicalbookshelves's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This was so good! It’s been about 8 years since I first read it and I had forgotten almost everything. I think I definitely prefer Katniss in the book because it really shows that she’s just a young girl and stuff she says/does really demonstrates her age and makes it so much more horrifying than in the movies where there’s an adult playing her (no offense to the movie lovers). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Body horror

sunkissed_aidie's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I feel like if I had gone into this book completely blind I would've enjoyed it far more but at this point it is practically impossible to avoid anything to do with the Hunger Games series. I did genuinely enjoy it, it surprised me in a lot of parts and in the end it made me want to continue reading the series and to get to watch the movies at some point.

I started reading these books mostly to get to Ballad because I am really interested in that story, but at the same time, I have enjoyed starting this journey and can't wait to continue to see Katniss and Peeta's story unfold.
Recently some YA books/characters have felt annoying to me, like badly written teenagers, but here Collins perfectly captures the experience  that Katniss is going through. Her life, her biases and how she has to change both within the games and after them, without her ever realizing how much work all of this would entail, and at times, how much is truly happening to her.

Katniss thought that surviving in the games would be the hardest part, but in the end you learn alongside her that the hardest part will actually be *living after* them. And in the end, I feel like I never once forgot that she was a kid who had terrible things happen to her because her government chose to make an example of their people. Katniss is a kid who was forced to grow up too fast and Collins captures that in an incredible way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Vomit

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, and Death of parent

Minor: Confinement, Torture, Cannibalism, and Classism

mysamcatfan's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? Yes

5.0

Perdóname, Suzanne Collins por juzgar tu libro de manera estúpida cuando se volvió popular entre el 2013 y 2014. I wasn't familiar with your game

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and War

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism

jadziaaudrey's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

downsophialane'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

5.0

There is a reason The Hunger Games launched a thousand YA dystopian knock offs. This novel doesn't just hold up, it is outstanding. Suzanne Collins' control of limited first person and indirect characterisation is outstanding. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and War

Minor: Vomit and Cannibalism

norah_robert13's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

lazza's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

wellwrittenautisticrep's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective 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? Yes

4.5

Reading this book as an adult and understanding why Suzanne Collins wrote it and bringing that into my reading and analysis has made this book even more significant for me. It’s a really fantastic story and it’s an important read, especially for the age it’s written for, to understand political control and subjugation. All I want is the liberation of Panem and for Katniss to get to be free and free to explore her own needs and feelings. Thank god for the next two books. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Death of parent and War

nomili's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism