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Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins

45 reviews

chronicacademia's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I think Catching Fire is easily the best book in the trilogy. Not only is the character development top tier, but it also had me in tears multiple times. I know that after that ending, I am in for a world of pain when I reach my reread of Mockingjay. But do I care? No. I will love every heart-wrenching second of it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Eating disorder, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/injury detail, Murder, Death, Violence, Alcohol, and Drug use

thatbookbitch's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Grief, Torture, Blood, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Injury/injury detail, Animal death, and Mental illness

Minor: Pregnancy, Vomit, Alcoholism, Mass/school shootings, Alcohol, and Addiction

areadingstan's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Alcoholism, Death, and Violence

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.

carlacea's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Alcoholism, Classism, Child abuse, Blood, Confinement, Grief, Injury/injury detail, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Vomit, and Murder

Moderate: Torture, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Animal death, Medical content, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, and Police brutality

alices13thdiary's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Police brutality, Mental illness, Blood, Injury/injury detail, Alcohol, Gun violence, Violence, Death, Genocide, Grief, and Murder

kyarabereading's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad 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

4.75

That New York Times Book Review that said "Collins has done that rare thing. She has written a sequel that improves upon the first book" was so right. I think Catching Fire truly built on the strengths of the last book, and you can see how Collins improved on the weaknesses in the first Hunger Games book. It’s a book I simply couldn’t put down, reading page after page, excited to see what would happen next (even though I already knew - for the most part - because of the movies lol).

If there is one thing I had a slight issue with, it's that this book had some slight pacing issues. The book is divided into three parts, and the first two parts are pretty slow-moving, then all the action and craziness happens in the third part. It makes the first two parts feel very slow and the last part feel rushed in comparison.  Despite that, I still enjoyed the slow pace of the first two parts. It helps us learn a little bit more about Panem as a whole, and the different districts it contains. It helps us see the slow progression of the rebellion against the Capitol and all the moving parts that lead to that rebellion. It helps us see the relationship Katniss built with everyone around her - from Peeta to her family to her Capitol prep team.

Outside of pacing, I thought this book still had some really strong writing. The characters are all interesting, each with their own personality and mannerisms. I love seeing the way the characters interact with each other, seeing those little moments where their personality, sense of humor, and love for one another really comes through. I especially loved the new additions to the character list in this book, and I'm very excited to see what we learn about them in the next book. I also think that Katniss was a much better narrator in this book. It's cool getting that look inside her mind and seeing how she interacts with the world around her. Katniss's narration is aided by Collins's ability to write about things as simple as food and clothes and wounds and animals and whatever it may be in a way that brings you into the story fully, entirely, completely. Her imagery and world-building are truly so fascinating to see, and they work hand-in-hand to help the reader understand the country that is Panem and its people.

I'm really hyping this book up, and I'm going to end this review with an overly confident statement: I truly think The Hunger Games is one of the best YA dystopian book series of this time, if not THEE best. The other books are truly not doing it like this one. Sorry, but it had to be said!! 😌 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/injury detail, Blood, Grief, Murder, Death, Violence, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

Moderate: Animal death and Drug use

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

ellascoven's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Injury/injury detail, and Violence