Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

101 reviews

beebrainn's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I remember reading this series as the movies were coming out and i absolutely loved it. coming back to it now as a fan of the dark and gritty dystopian novels, i’ve fallen in love with it once again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Violence, Medical content, and Gore

Moderate: Grief, Confinement, Animal death, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Abandonment, Mental illness, Slavery, Genocide, Emotional abuse, Classism, Addiction, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, and Gore

Minor: Suicide attempt, Suicide, Cannibalism, Death of parent, War, and Suicidal thoughts

alyssapusateri's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Addiction, Suicide, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Medical content, Animal cruelty, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Confinement

Minor: Torture, Cannibalism, Grief, and Kidnapping

hellokatya's review

adventurous challenging dark hopeful sad tense fast-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

4.5

i’m a bit late to the party, i never read this one as a child, but i’m really glad i picked it up.
very addictive story. reeled me in and kept me there from the second i started reading. highly recommend. 

i can’t help but wonder what the series would’ve been like if it had purely been about katniss and not had the romance / love triangle aspect in it. granted, every dystopian series on the market then had the token triangle, but it would’ve been nice to see that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Child death, Death, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, Animal death, Violence, Blood, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Cannibalism and Vomit

boglord's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Murder, Alcoholism, Classism, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Grief, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Addiction, Alcohol, Violence, Child abuse, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Body horror, Slavery, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal cruelty, Confinement, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Ableism, Police brutality, Cannibalism, and Pregnancy

sariereads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark fast-paced

• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Medical trauma, Child death, Medical content, Alcoholism, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Blood, Murder, Confinement, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, Death, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Classism, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Cannibalism

mzulli's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Bullying, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Gore, Death, Confinement, and Animal death

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

ludon5681's review

adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.0

I'm glad I finally got around to reading the Hunger Games, though I suspect I got less out of it now than I would have when I was younger - it seems like the kind of book which would have absolutely consumed my life at 13 years old. That being said, it was a great book; I appreciated it for being a quick read, with enough depth to keep me interested but not so much complexity as to get in the way of the entertainment and escapism that I was there for. Katniss is an excellent protagonist, with enough character flaws to make her interesting, and she's an easy character to root for throughout. The side characters are also notable for all having fairly well-defined personalities which contribute to the strength of the story. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Confinement and Grief

Minor: Alcoholism

decie's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Confinement, Classism, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism and Animal death

Minor: Vomit and Death of parent

bethaniesherwood's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Classism, Child death, Child abuse, Cannibalism, Alcohol, Violence, Death, Confinement, Bullying, and Blood

ziracrow's review

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, and Gore