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The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

784 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

gethin_burke's review

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Child death

jamiecl's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Grief, War, Medical content, Slavery, and Genocide

Minor: Death of parent

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

maddielags's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Death

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

teri_b's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I have been aware of the Hunger Games for a long time, and finally, I got the audiobook from my local library. And wow, this series opener packs a punch. 
It paints a rather harrowing picture of the dystopian world we are introduced to that is different and yet so similar to what we currently live on our planet earth.

The choices and moral dilemmas that come out of it are at times gut wrenching and heart breaking.

I put this book immediately up to an all time favourite.

The rendition of the narration by Tatiana Maslany is faultless & has been very much enjoyed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

nneka23's review

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Violence