Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

24 reviews

michaelholdenismyhusbandtyvm's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Alcohol, Gore, Genocide, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Murder, Alcoholism, Body horror, Mental illness, Police brutality, Violence, Addiction, and Child death

Moderate: Torture, Sexual harassment, Drug abuse, and Suicide

Minor: Vomit, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Trafficking, Slavery, War, and Pedophilia

eveningreverie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

 I feel completely comfortable calling The Hunger Games, and its accompanying sequels, modern classics. The ease with which Suzanne Collins is able to directly comment on consistent, overarching themes while simultaneously weaving an immensely thrilling story is captivating. Each decision heightens the tension without a moment to breathe until the end of the final book. It's beautiful. It's horrifying. It's a hyperbolic expression of capitalist subjugation and the necessary ways moral panic can be coopted to change ingrained power systems. It even has fairly successful film translations—something few and far between. It's The Hunger Games, and for all its references, it is now a permanent part of American literary canon. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Body horror, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Slavery

geneav21's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: War, Violence, Torture, Slavery, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, and Mental illness

aiiime's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Animal cruelty, Gaslighting, Slavery, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Grief, Medical content, Murder, Violence, Police brutality, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Gore, Drug use, Torture, Child abuse, and Pedophilia

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Addiction

elysianbud's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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 penultimate word in YA dystopia. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Addiction, Body horror, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Classism, Slavery, Alcoholism, Animal death, Police brutality, Suicide, Vomit, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, Drug abuse, Torture, and Violence

vendy_kha's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring sad 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? No

5.0

You've probably seen the movie but if you haven't read the book, you know nothing... The plot thickens, the bonds tie further, the situation escalates. I've read this one multiple times and it never bores me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Confinement, Addiction, Violence, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

tabbed_reads2much's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Abandonment, Blood, Classism, Grief, Police brutality, and Death

Moderate: Ableism, Death of parent, Body horror, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Drug use, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Racism, Violence, Addiction, and Alcohol

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Xenophobia, Physical abuse, Colonisation, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Trafficking, and War

Maybe don't read this if you're actively coping with ptsd

melina_30's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Blood, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Torture, Panic attacks/disorders, and Animal death

Minor: Slavery, Sexual harassment, and Vomit

ellaticonstellation's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

Spoiler

This book was awesome! Compelling and fast-paced. Damn, I felt a mixture of emotions while reading. Katniss was badass as usual. Peeta and his love for her, damn. Every victor was interesting in their ways. The tragedy, revolution, and love did it for me. I kind of regret not reading this series earlier, but I thought, I read it at the perfect time, in my early 30s. I appreciate this series a lot. I rarely read super serious books, but this one will be a reread material. Oh btw, there were a lot of horror and problematic themes also, like slavery, assault, murder, etc.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Death, War, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Violence, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Gaslighting, Hate crime, and Physical abuse

sunnycollins_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-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

4.25

This is a great addition to the Hunger Games trilogy.

1. Post-victory life. It was really interesting to see what life is like for victors. If this whole book was about Katniss and Peta becoming mentors I think I would have enjoyed it just as much.

2. Dynamic world building. The way Collins describes the new arena is so compelling. The reader gets to solve the puzzle along with the characters; it is extremely rewarding (especially towards the end).

There were some negatives points in this book, most glaring being the fake pregnancy. I suppose it makes sense for the characters, it's just not something I enjoyed. 

Overall, another great book! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Physical abuse, Blood, Grief, Police brutality, and Vomit

Minor: Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Self harm