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Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

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partlyclaudia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

held off on this series for so long and i don’t even know why. the first one was so fucking good even tho i knew that rue died like it still ate down even tho i lowk predicted the whole plot 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️. was so much better and more well-written AND so fucking topical …. too topical … suzanne girl … the dystopia is looking like . the present day .

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olivian11's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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

4.75

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botanicalbookshelves's review against another edition

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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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sunkissed_aidie's review against another edition

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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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jadziaaudrey's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

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celestriakle's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I was a little hipster back in the day: when I was in middle school, I thought Hunger Games was a lame rip-off of Battle Royale. Oh, how wrong I was. The two properties have the vague structure of their game in common, and that's really about it.

Turns out, the hype was real. Hunger Games IS really, really good. It's a fast read with interesting world-building and a tense story. It's everything people used to say about it. Even though I knew

Rue dies

, I was impressed by how hard that scene hit.

Her time in the story is so short, but she still makes such

a big impact, even knowing the twist. I'm really excited to read the next ones.

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rory0726's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

5.0

I can see this book going on to be a classic. it's very reflective of todays political world, has a captivating plot, and well written complex characters.

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