Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

38 reviews

spooderman's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense 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: Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, War, Trafficking, Torture, Alcohol, Classism, Police brutality, Self harm, Slavery, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Medical trauma, Medical content, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Gore, Murder, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Confinement, Death of parent, Death, Colonisation, and Mental illness

Moderate: Cannibalism, Suicide, Chronic illness, Xenophobia, Ableism, and Genocide

Minor: Pedophilia, Acephobia/Arophobia, Fatphobia, Excrement, Vomit, Cancer, and Eating disorder

weepingstones's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense 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: Alcohol, Blood, Classism, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Body horror, Child abuse, Police brutality, Slavery, Violence, Child death, Murder, Alcoholism, Body shaming, and Death

Moderate: Medical content, Animal death, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Cannibalism

yourbookishbff's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Alcohol, Death of parent, and Alcoholism

Minor: Torture, Slavery, Ableism, War, and Animal death

tabbed_reads2much's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Read this first at 11. I'm 24 now, and it's as good as I remember.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Grief, Antisemitism, Child abuse, and Blood

Moderate: Addiction, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Cultural appropriation, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Slavery, Animal death, Confinement, Hate crime, Alcoholism, Genocide, and Colonisation

Minor: Ableism, Cannibalism, Death, Racism, War, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Torture, Police brutality, and Suicidal thoughts

The sheer number of content warnings. Yikes

vendy_kha's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense 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? No

5.0

As about my third/fourth reread, this book never disappoints. Whoever saw just the movies doesn't know half the story... The way Katniss thinks and communicates with Haymitch, how the bonds get forged, what consequences come out of every sound of that canon and the aftermath of it all. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, War, Confinement, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Gore, Slavery, Torture, Murder, and Grief

Moderate: Addiction and Alcoholism

danimacuk's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Child death, Murder, Violence, and Classism

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Alcoholism

Minor: Kidnapping, Vomit, Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal death, Mental illness, Police brutality, War, Blood, Confinement, and Gun violence

creativeworld's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

I tend not to read overly popular books for fear it won't live up to my expectations but I am so glad I did. Listening to Tatiana Maslany really brought Katniss to life in a new way. It was well written and still exciting even after seeing the films many times. Highly recommend. I am definitely going to listen to the next few books in the series and may even re-read in the future (a rare occurrence for me) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Animal death, Blood, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Slavery, Alcoholism, Classism, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, and Vomit

_lunar__'s review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Alcohol, Animal death, Medical content, Child death, Murder, Grief, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, War, Body horror, Confinement, and Police brutality

Moderate: Torture, Xenophobia, Slavery, Drug use, and Pregnancy

reading_racoon69's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

So this book is REALLY GOOD LIKE WHAT. I never thought I’d read the hunger games, dystopia is not my favourite genre. But I did it and I don’t regret it.

The main character, katniss, is very annoying and cringy through almost all of Part 1. But after she goes into action mode and is really cool 

The writing is so good and it keeps you plastered to the pages like they have crack. 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼

Effie, dear Effie, can someone do a prequel for her? Does that exist? Is it a possibility? Im sorry but she’s so interesting!!!! I want to know more about her and weekly “fuck the capital” low key phrase 

!Attention! This book is very gory, which is cool- but could we step down on the pus ?!?!?)?! 

I know Peetas manipulation was necessary but- 😭😭😭 why do this to my baby !!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Slavery, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Animal death

sunnycollins_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-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

4.75

I read this book when I was in school and decided to come back to it when I was looking for a quick read. I really forgot how much I love this series.

1. I was SHOCKED to see that the writing in this book held up over the years. I recently read a couple of the Twilight books and, wow, I can't believe people ever compared the two in terms of writing. 

2. The characters are likably flawed. They all have their flaws and characteristics that are unlikable. I think this adds to the realism of the story.

3. An easy read for most. Another thing I love about this book (and the series as a whole) is how short the books are. The story is just long enough to get invested in the characters/plot without having to slog through paragraphs of non-consequential inner dialogue. 

Overall, if you're looking for a quick read - this is a great choice! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child death, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Vomit

Minor: Slavery, Animal death, Death of parent, and Medical content