Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

292 reviews

bookiemonsta's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• 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

4.25

A great opening to an incredibly well thought out dystopian series. The plot and characters leave many questions unanswered but in a way that isn’t sloppy or lazy world building. A very well written universe for the demographic it was created for. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death, Gore, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Murder

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Animal death

erin_mh362's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

5.0

SO GOOD oh my god I haven’t read these books in so long; that last line hurts so bad :( 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Blood

rronnniii's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Violence, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Child abuse, Classism, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

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

lri_reads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Child abuse

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

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

sienna1508's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? It's complicated

5.0

The world building is really great and also the plot keeps you intrigued even when there’s less action. 
I liked Katniss as the main character. She’s brave and smart, just a natural leader that people can learn from. 
If you enjoyed watching the movie or just want to start a new series, I think The Hunger Games is great!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Vomit, Classism, Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Excrement, and Gore

Moderate: Eating disorder, Alcohol, and Suicide attempt