Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

94 reviews

good_names_dont_exist's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Death, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Police brutality and Alcoholism

Minor: Pregnancy and Rape

paigeinabook's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Death, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Murder, Sexual content, Confinement, Classism, Hate crime, Medical content, and Toxic friendship

sadiaa's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, Medical content, Drug use, Violence, Blood, Eating disorder, War, Alcohol, Child death, and Injury/Injury detail

thogek's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Violence, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Alcohol, and Death

Minor: Pregnancy, Medical content, Gun violence, and Drug use

aesthetic_bookreader's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Blood

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

Minor: Alcohol, Gun violence, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Cannibalism, Vomit, Grief, Mental illness, Addiction, Police brutality, War, and Violence

izzysizemore'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? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Classism, Police brutality, Alcohol, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Medical content, Death of parent, Gun violence, Pregnancy, and War

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.0

This is one of those books where I wonder about the characters afterwards because I keep thinking about them. Because both this book and the last feature the main characters in the Hunger Games, the layout is kind of similar. I also noticed more in this book that Katniss plays right into the "not like other girls" trope, which is disappointing. I also felt like narrator choice for this book wasn't quite right. Katniss is a hunting, rough, scrappy character, and the narrator had an extremely proper style of speaking.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Body shaming, Murder, and Alcoholism

Minor: Abandonment, Drug use, Grief, and Pregnancy

coolaboutit's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Pregnancy, Addiction, Alcohol, Police brutality, Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, and Blood

Moderate: Grief, Animal death, Death of parent, Classism, and Kidnapping

emisbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Violence, and Blood

marthadude's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.5

On a reread I was really noticing how incredible the pacing is. I knew there were plot beats that had to be hit and I was impressed by how economical and seem less it felt. I will say part of the ending has always felt a bit hard to follow but maybe I wasn’t paying enough attention on my commute. Once again, this book holds up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Alcoholism, Violence, Vomit, Child death, Gore, Animal death, Classism, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Medical trauma, Medical content, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Murder