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Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

14 reviews

thumbeleia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Gore, Murder, Alcoholism, Animal death, Classism, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Vomit, War, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Grief, Medical content, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Child abuse, Alcohol, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Genocide, and Injury/Injury detail

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

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

theirgracegrace's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

This second instalment of the Hunger Games trilogy continues the series explosive and visceral storytelling with a new harrowing chapter. Katniss and Peeta have survived the horrors of the Hunger Games, but now they have unwittingly ignited the spark of revolution. This volume continues the series' commentary on the decadent Capital and its excesses, in contrast to the desperation and unrest of the Districts. Similarly, the depth of critique of state surveillance is great, surprising readers in 2009 but less novel to contemporary readers, revealing much about our current society. The twists and turns of this book build toward its terrifying conclusion and a new paradigm that might change the course of a nation. Amazing book that I could not put down!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Dementia, Gore, Animal cruelty, Blood, Child death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Medical content, Physical abuse, War, Drug abuse, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, Vomit, Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Police brutality, and Violence

roadesntoades's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Blood, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Violence, Medical content, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Alcohol, Death of parent, Pregnancy, War, Trafficking, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, and Sexual content

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

luminifera's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

4.5

A solid sequel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Addiction, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Death, Drug use, Gaslighting, Gore, Medical trauma, Alcoholism, Medical content, Police brutality, Classism, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Body horror, Confinement, Murder, Alcohol, Blood, Grief, and War

Moderate: Torture, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Chronic illness, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Gun violence, Child death, Pregnancy, Sexism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Child abuse

You see a clear deterioration of Katniss' mental health in this book. There are also more details about how horrible their society is.

orchidlilly's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Medical content, Body horror, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Alcoholism, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Kidnapping, Violence, Vomit, War, Murder, Blood, Death, Gore, Confinement, and Mental illness

Moderate: Misogyny, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Body shaming, Dementia, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Drug use, Drug abuse, Chronic illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Gun violence, Sexism, Animal death, Classism, and Xenophobia

Minor: Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Ableism, Cursing, Sexual assault, and Animal cruelty

planetshelf's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective 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

The Hunger Games’s sequels capture attention and contribute to the story just as well as the first book. Catching Fire is a great remarkable book, and my favorite of the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Death, Gore, Blood, Classism, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Child death, Confinement, Genocide, Torture, Addiction, Alcoholism, Vomit, Animal death, Police brutality, Medical content, and Self harm

Minor: Death of parent, War, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

pysselfia's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Classism, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Genocide, Gun violence, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and War