The Hunger Games: Illustrated Edition

Loved it, very illustrated

This is so beautiful!! The illustrations are so pretty and is perfect for displaying! Definitely recommend to any Hunger Games fan!!

This edition of The Hunger Games has vastly improved over the original copy due to the addition of illustrations. The depictions of rule and thrash are impressive, given the fact that the author has finally led to the idea of them being of African descent. It's also worth mentioning that Katniss Everdeen also appears not white as described in books. The best part about this edition is the large font used and the spacing between each sentence, which makes it much easier and more accessible to those who have problems with reading, such as dyslexia or some kinds of Visual impairments that make reading tiny font difficult. Overall, if this is your first time buying a Hunger Games book, I would highly recommend this book over any other edition.

PERFECT gift for an avid Hunger Games fan of both the movies & books! Gift recipient speaks highly of this gift. Highly recommend. I would recommend ordering alone, as it was shipped with another item in which it tore/bent up the dust jacket, with being shipped in the same box.

Granddaughter loved otdaughter

Was put in a box with two other items, corners all around were slightly damaged. Illustrations are amazing, love this book.

Beautiful big illustrated edition. Loved the detailed art, it really brought the story to life and gave us even better visuals than the movie did. Looking forward to adding the others, I hope they do all five. I know HP has had problems with this so fingers crossed.

Well, if you couldn’t tell it’s a book. And what else do you expect it to do other than tell you the story? And for that, it does quite well except you have to read it, as it doesn’t talk.

I disegni molto carini, uno per ogni capitolo (20) unica "pecca" le pagine bianche, sarebbe stato molto più bello su pagine di libro normali, giallognole e ruvide... ,🤷

The original Hunger Games trilogy (starting with The Hunger Games itself) is not really young adult fiction, even though it’s marketed that way. The books - quite different from the films - are dark, angry, violent, and tackle themes such as war, torture, abuse, brainwashing, injury, and the long shadows they cast. [SPOILER ALERT] The two main protagonists end up severely traumatised and never fully recover. One major character starts as - and essentially remains - an alcoholic. Several key characters die, and not in pleasant ways. [END SPOILER] The trilogy is spectacularly written, and given that it is speculative/science fiction, I remain surprised it has never been nominated for, let alone won, any major science fiction awards. A bit of a lapse in judgement on the part of the publisher - Scholastic. What Scholastic may have missed in the original marketing, it has more than made up for with this spectacular new illustrated hardcover edition, which rivals the quality of the Folio Society. The book is large, with thick, pleasant-to-touch paper, large readable font, woodblock-style black‑and‑white illustrations by Nico Delort, and actual sewn binding that allows it to lie fully open. All this for a fraction of what a Folio Society book would cost, with the only potential downside (for some, though not for me) being that the book is printed in China. If publisher awards exist, Scholastic deserves one for boldly bringing high‑quality bookmaking back into the mainstream. Pictures attached show how the the illustrated edition compares to the standard hardcover. Should you buy this illustrated edition? If you’re a fan of the series, absolutely - even if you already a copy of a standard edition. Scholastic has already released the second book in the series, Catching Fire, in the same format and with the same illustrator in October 2025, and has committed to publishing Mockingjay in October 2026. What should you do with the edition you already own, if you have one? My personal solution was a charity donation (to Royal Trinity Hospice in London, UK). That way - unlike in the series - everyone wins.

If I could give zero stars I would. The book is barely illustrated, and is a waste of time if you have the original book. The few illustrations that the book does have aren’t even nice. It’s incredibly overpriced too. Started the return process on the 7th Jan and still waiting for refund from Amazon 3 weeks later. Contacted customer services who said it would be paid but still nothing received. Save yourself the issue and just don’t buy it to begin with.

An all-time favourite

Beautiful Illustrations. One of my favourite books