Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

179 reviews

bibiabs__'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

---

Content Warnings

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

Minor: Pregnancy

orlando_in_love's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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

5.0

Absolutely beautiful. Suzanne Collins is a literary genius, and The Hunger Games should be considered modern classics.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Vomit, War, and Injury/Injury detail

mollz1998's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and War

amarika's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Violence, Murder, and Classism

musicalizzy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Suicide

ravenauthor1013's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious 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

3.75

Great plot and suspense. Some plot points seem too convenient, but it doesn’t take away from the story too much

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gore, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy

imaginaryisobel's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

neomellow's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective 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

this one is by far the best in the trilogy. excels at everything, from storytelling to katniss’ growth and acceptance of her being a symbol to the revolution. it also captures how a society can be manipulated and subdued with different tactics and tortures. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Deadnaming, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Dementia, Trafficking, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

lexgrace's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

4.5

This book was definitely better than the movie - providing more detail and background about the characters and plot. The storyline remains riveting without, leaving you wanting to know what happens next. Learning more about Haymitch and gathering new history/context about Panem is a nice addition. 

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

whataqt's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

In my trek to reread all these books before the new one comes out, I have to admit, I had fond memories of catching fire. It was, in fact, my favorite movie of the adaptations, and on a reread, it still hits just as good. In many ways, it’s better than the first novel, but I think the timelessness of the first book beats this one out for me. Still, there is very little wrong with this book, with my only issue being the pacing in certain chapters. Even then, Collins’ sharp writing style and great characters make up for it. The love triangle is unironically interesting in this book, which I never thought I would say. Overall, great follow up.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, and Classism