A review by belladonnashrike
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
5.0
the hunger games truly is the best YA dystopian fiction out there. especially during the YA dystopian boom of the early 2010s - nothing has been able to top it from what I've read. I wonder if this is considered speculative fiction on top of being dystopian/political.
I read this when it came out, I think I was eleven, and a lot of it went over my head because I was so young. I didn't catch the allegory really, nor did I fully understand the power of dystopian (or utopian, for that matter) fiction at that age. but with my knowledge and life experience now, I can say this is really phenomenal. I usually don't like reading, or listening, in the first person but third person would not have suited this book at all: we need to be inside katniss' head. it's just wonderfully written.
tatiana maslany was amazing! she's one of my favorite actors so I loved listening to this a little bit more
I read this when it came out, I think I was eleven, and a lot of it went over my head because I was so young. I didn't catch the allegory really, nor did I fully understand the power of dystopian (or utopian, for that matter) fiction at that age. but with my knowledge and life experience now, I can say this is really phenomenal. I usually don't like reading, or listening, in the first person but third person would not have suited this book at all: we need to be inside katniss' head. it's just wonderfully written.
tatiana maslany was amazing! she's one of my favorite actors so I loved listening to this a little bit more
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Suicide attempt, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death, Vomit, Grief, Alcohol, Death of parent, and Classism
Minor: Cannibalism