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The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

511 reviews

drarryshipper28's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

botanicalbookshelves's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Body horror

sunkissed_aidie's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Vomit

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, and Death of parent

Minor: Confinement, Torture, Cannibalism, and Classism

kbeucler's review against another edition

5.0

Just like the first time I read this book, I did it basically in one sitting. So happy when a book I loved when I was young still holds up as an adult. In a dystopian future America, the authoritarian Capitol chooses two children from each of 12 districts to fight to death in an arena as retribution for a failed revolution 74 years ago. When her younger sister is chosen, Katniss Everdeen volunteers to take her place, sparking a revolution that will shake the Capitol. I do think I definitely got more out of this book as an adult. Collins has written such a good critique of authoritarianism, class politics, and the media.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Gore, and Death of parent

siglerbooknook's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

4.75

This book was every bit as good as I remember it being when I was a teenager, and possibly even more challenging. The premise is so dark and sad, but the characters so loveable it's hard not to enjoy the story.

I love watching the character growth in Peeta and Katniss. I will always cry at that one death. Haymitch is probably my favorite character. 

The underlying warnings about a people divided are hard to ignore.

My only real complaint with the book is how stiff Katniss is throughout, even when she knows what's on the line. Maybe it's just because I don't relate to her personality but I found myself rolling my eyes at how obtuse she is at times. However, this definitely doesn't ruin the story for me at all.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Classism

mysamcatfan's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

Perdóname, Suzanne Collins por juzgar tu libro de manera estúpida cuando se volvió popular entre el 2013 y 2014. I wasn't familiar with your game

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and War

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism

jadziaaudrey's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

hanloc's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, and Death of parent

celestriakle's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Violence, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore, Grief, and Death of parent

rory0726's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Torture, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Death of parent