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downsophialane's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Child death, Blood, War, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Death, and Child abuse
Moderate: Animal death, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Body horror, Alcohol, and Addiction
Minor: Police brutality, Cannibalism, and Suicide attempt
bookcats's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death and Violence
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail
dreamdust1600's review against another edition
- 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? No
5.0
Graphic: Violence, Torture, Child abuse, Body horror, Child death, Stalking, Gore, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Death, and Classism
Moderate: Animal death, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Alcohol
Minor: Death of parent, Vomit, and War
ag_berry's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Graphic: Murder, Confinement, Animal death, Eating disorder, Child death, Body horror, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Physical abuse, Grief, Classism, and Blood
Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Gore, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Medical content, and War
renyreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Death, Child death, Colonisation, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Violence, Murder, Grief, Child abuse, and Blood
Moderate: Addiction
dgutx's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Murder, Violence, and Child abuse
sandrinepicotte's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Violence
astrangewind's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
4.75
The Hunger Games is utterly un-put-down-able. I already know the story and how it ends, but even so, I cried at the same parts I always have. The depth of the characters and world and story, how cleanly it foreshadows the following books, the realistic depiction of PTSD.... it's all brilliant.
The only reason this book gets less than 5 stars is that the writing is just the slightest bit stunted, and I found parts of the book rather dull, particularly before the Games proper. (Although I found that Ballad didn't have this problem, but it could be the first-person vs. third-person perspective. So I definitely don't blame Collins for that.)
This book is truly a must-read for everyone.
Graphic: Murder, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Child death, Death, and Violence
Moderate: Grief, Gore, and Medical content
Minor: War, Suicide, Cannibalism, Vomit, Death of parent, and Classism
katie222rogers's review against another edition
- 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
3.5
Graphic: Violence, Murder, Child death, Death, Blood, and Child abuse
bbymac's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Child death
Moderate: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Death, Animal death, and Classism
Minor: Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Gore, and Body horror
So this is a young adult book. All of these warnings are things that feature in the book, but it’s not terribly graphic. There are parts that can be upsetting to readers, but nothing that a twelve or eleven year old couldn’t handle.