Reviews tagging 'War'

Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins

28 reviews

leweylibrarian's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Once again, this series holds up so dang well 10+ years after first reading it 🙌 I had forgotten how much of the book is before and leading up to the Quarter Quell and just how fast the Quarter Quell is over like dang. I feel like you really start to see Katniss' relationship with Peeta evolve, even though there's still a lot of reasons she can't really process those kinds of emotions right then. I love Finnick so much. Oh, and I love seeing the sparks of the revolution really starting to fan and grow. This is definitely no longer focused on one girl's shitty situation, it's a whole ass movement. It's also really interesting seeing just how and how much the Games have affected the Victors, especially Katniss and Peeta.

Quotes:

• A mockingjay is a creature the Capitol never intended to exist. They hadn't counted on the highly controlled jabberjay having the brains to adapt to the wild, to pass on its genetic code, to thrive in a new form. They hadn't anticipated its will to live. (92)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Child death, and Violence

ohlookitsleaf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and War

Moderate: Torture, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, and Pregnancy

lizacorn's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/injury detail, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Gun violence, Grief, Blood, Death, and Animal death

Moderate: War

Minor: Pregnancy, Death of parent, and Vomit

goldenslug's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, War, and Death

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.

viacrow's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

katniss is actually so funny bc one minute she’s convincing herself she doesn’t love peeta and the next she’s talking about how much she loves his eyelashes like GIRL???? how repressed are you 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, War, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual violence, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Murder, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, and Classism

carrotsxcks's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, and War

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

gracewiley's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Alcohol, Injury/injury detail, Police brutality, and Torture

Moderate: Addiction, Murder, Slavery, Medical content, Blood, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Animal death, Child death, Death, and War

Minor: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Classism, Grief, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Drug use, and Vomit

dqhvr's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Police brutality, Violence, Injury/injury detail, Classism, Grief, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Mental illness, Slavery, Torture, Vomit, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, War, Alcoholism, Confinement, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Death of parent, Gun violence, Slavery, Kidnapping, Medical content, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Ableism, Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Fire/Fire injury