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Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

302 reviews

hrushton01's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

I’m obsessed and think I like it more than Hunger Games. I like how it focuses on life in the district(s) as well as time in the games.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Alcohol

Moderate: Alcoholism, Gun violence, War, and Classism

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Vomit

glownary's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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: Death, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Medical content, and Alcohol

Minor: Ableism, Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Vomit

amalas_bookstop's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring 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

OMG! This Game was brutal! I think I like Peeta more in this book, Katniss frustrated me a little. I am trying to give her a break though because of all she has been put through. I am still having a hard time connecting that this is young adult. The details that Suzanne writes about the poorer districts and their starvation to President Snow having blood in his breath. This is such a powerful book two! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Confinement, Vomit, and Police brutality

madlibs554's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Police brutality, and Alcohol

Minor: Death of parent

bakerloo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective 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

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Police brutality, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism and Blood

Minor: Pregnancy

bzliz's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-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

This series is the only one that I consistently come back to and this book is the perfect bridge between the first and third books. It has some similar framework from the first book while pushing against the boundaries readers are familiar with and laying the groundwork for the third. As the districts ramp up toward full scale rebellion, Katniss is just starting to dip her toes into caring about more than the relative safety of life in 12 for herself and her family. It’s a perfect trail of breadcrumbs to entice a 16 year old to carry the weight of the world on her shoulders. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug abuse, Mental illness, and Pregnancy

c95newman's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Violence

Moderate: Addiction

ghoulsrfools's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

indy_go_go22's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, and Alcohol

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

natashalg's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.0

Katniss somewhat annoyed me throughout the book, but I enjoyed the suspense and world building.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Police brutality, Murder, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Vomit and Pregnancy