Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

82 reviews

lucyford's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

4.0

I read this after having seen the movies, and it’s like a whole different story. The plot is so well written and the characters are all so complex. While the level of reading is a bit low for my taste, I still thoroughly enjoyed reading this book and can’t wait to start the next one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Death, Child death, Gore, Violence, Murder, Genocide, Grief, and Body horror

Moderate: Police brutality, Addiction, Confinement, Vomit, Alcohol, Physical abuse, and Suicide

eveningreverie's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I feel completely comfortable calling The Hunger Games, and its accompanying sequels, modern classics. The ease with which Suzanne Collins is able to directly comment on consistent, overarching themes while simultaneously weaving an immensely thrilling story is captivating. Each decision heightens the tension without a moment to breathe until the end of the final book. It's beautiful. It's horrifying. It's a hyperbolic expression of capitalist subjugation and the necessary ways moral panic can be coopted to change ingrained power systems. It even has fairly successful film translations—something few and far between. It's The Hunger Games, and for all its references, it is now a permanent part of American literary canon. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, and Child death

johndavis345's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

The hunger games is a futuristic adventure book where North America is completely corrupt and 12 districts live in poverty while one capital  lives in comfort. Every year, the capital takes one boy and girl from each district to fight to the death in an arena. This year a 16 year old girl named Katniss Everdeen gets drafted to the hunger games and finds herself in a life or death situation, will she survive? One thing I liked about this book is that the plot is super creative and Suzanne Collins (author) perfectly balances strong emotions with  intense action scenes that had me flipping pages at a constant rate. One thing I disliked about the book is  the way the capital treats some districts better than others which is kind of unrealistic. But that is just a minor infraction in my book. This is one of the best books I have read in a while. I honestly had a hard time  thinking of a mistake about the book. Easy 5/5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Gore, Murder, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, and Violence

itsme_kayy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Medical content, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body horror, Grief, Alcohol, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Abandonment, Vomit, Child abuse, and Cannibalism

biab00's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Blood, Gore, Alcoholism, Violence, Death, Murder, and Child death

samugranjo's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

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 out

Spoiler

that althought it isn't completely explicit the representation of the agriculture district seemed like a very explicit portrayal of racism and slavery

dystopianaddict's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

adventurous dark hopeful 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Classism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Body horror, Death of parent, Grief, and Mental illness

alec_may's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

paigeinabook's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Violence, Confinement, Cannibalism, Murder, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Physical abuse, Vomit, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Torture, Dysphoria, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic relationship