Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

The Hunger Games: Os Jogos da Fome, by Suzanne Collins

20 reviews

gabbygarcia's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Animal death, Abandonment, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Medical content, and Grief

Minor: Domestic abuse, Addiction, Alcoholism, Cannibalism, and Vomit

pearlelizabeth's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Classism, Injury/injury detail, Blood, Death, Confinement, and Violence

Moderate: Murder, Alcohol, Death of parent, and Gore

Minor: Abandonment and Cannibalism

annafig's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/injury detail, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Abandonment and Suicide attempt

luminifera's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

Great book, been re-reading it almost every year for the past 10 years. Recommend it for older teens (14+) and young adults.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Abandonment, Ableism, Classism, Excrement, Addiction, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Slavery, Alcohol, Death of parent, Medical content, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Confinement, and Mental illness

Minor: Animal death, Xenophobia, Suicide, Police brutality, Misogyny, War, Gun violence, Drug use, and Pregnancy

filipa_maia's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

This is the third time that I read this book. The first two times were when it was released and now, ten(-ish) years later. I felt exactly the same and that was my favorite part about rereading this story.

Katniss is an amazing main character: a very strong female role model, selfless, sensitive... even her naiveness is very relatable. She was forced to grow fast and had a very hard life - losing her father and with a mother destroyed by grief she was the only one who could provide for her sister and from that point on Prim is the only reason why she wants to live.

I love this book because shows that love can be the force that changes lives, even in the most complete chaos and brutality the ones we love can make a difference between giving up and fight a little longer.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Murder, Blood, Gun violence, Violence, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Body horror, Gaslighting, Injury/injury detail, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Police brutality, Death, Confinement, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal death, Alcoholism, Classism, Death of parent, and Animal cruelty

raeerdna's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

this book keeps you hooked from start to finish. 
can't help to compare it a little bit with the world we live in today, where the discrepancy between poor and rich is so ruthlessly real and then compare the different districts with various countries or even continents altogether... 
I love that it makes you think and compare with our day to day life even tho it happens in a postapocalyptic world.
also has the perfect amount of everything: love, drama, suspense and so on. 
it's a shame I didn't read it sooner becaus it was also quite easily to identify with the main characters as well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Forced institutionalization, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, Abandonment, Injury/injury detail, Violence, Addiction, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Minor: Death of parent, Eating disorder, Cannibalism, Child death, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

dqhvr'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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Classism, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Injury/injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Police brutality, Death of parent, Drug use, Confinement, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Alcoholism, Cannibalism, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Toxic relationship

genny'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? Yes

5.0

I had never read or watched The Hunger Games before. For some reason, I did watch Catching Fire (though I can't remember anything about it anymore) and over the years I got the gist of what happened in the first book/movie. So I went into this without the nostalgia, already aware of the plot twists...and I loved it! I couldn't put it down! I listened to the special edition audio narrated by Tatiana Maslany, and my goodness, she nailed it. I watched the movie right after finishing the book and the transition felt seamless because the voices nearly matched. I just found it so fun to listen to despite the dark content. 💀

Katniss is a refreshing protagonist in that she had no grand ambitions, only survival and keeping those closest to her safe. She was very clearly still a kid thrust into adult responsibilities, someone with a lot of heart who's been forced to build a wall around herself. Even with her skills, she was always believable as a teenager bumbling her way through a dystopian world. I really appreciated that. Did I cry when

Spoiler

Rue died and Katniss sang to her

, even though I knew it was coming? Of course I did. 

Also, I'm 14 years late, but I am Katniss/Peeta trash now.  Their banter was so sweet! Ultimate "grumpy girl x sunshine boy" pairing right there. Nobody touch me. I kept making notes in my reading journal that were just variations of "Who cares about Gale? Katniss, stop thinking about Gale!" 🤣 Seriously though, it's great that Katniss struggles with her romantic feelings and acknowledges that she needs to sort them out, without any of it sounding shallow. I've already gotten started on the second book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/injury detail, Murder, Torture, Blood, Classism, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Violence, Child death, and Gore

Moderate: Alcoholism, Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal death, and Medical content

Minor: Cannibalism, Death of parent, and War

maeveh's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

Brilliant novel, great way to start a trilogy, Katniss is a brilliant protagonist and altogether an amazing book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Child death, Death, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Grief, Abandonment, Death of parent, Racism, and Alcoholism

Minor: Gore, Animal death, and War

c_dmckinney's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Classism, Death, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/injury detail, Blood, Child death, Gaslighting, and Grief

Moderate: Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug use, War, and Xenophobia