Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

28 reviews

marslotus'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? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

There's not much to say but that I really REALLY enjoyed this book. One unique thing I found is that most of this story is Katniss dealing with this newfound paranoia she's gained as a result of her trauma from the last book (as well as

Snow's first visit in the second chapter

) and I think most stories, especially when it's a woman dealing with this, the character suffering from paranoia would spend their time learning why it's wrong and to open themself up to good opportunities. Which is why I really love how validated the narrative portrays Katniss, she has every right to be paranoid because most of the things she imagines happening to her are carried out by Snow in some of the worst (best narratively) ways possible. She's never punished longterm for her thinking because it's not a flaw, it's necessary for her situation.
And I appreciate Peeta, he's not a perfect guy he ignored Katniss as much as she ignored him but I think he understands better than Gale how bad her trauma is (since he shares a lot of it) and how he's fully aware she has no intent to lead him on, it's just a horrible situation. they're both in that doesn't leave much room for romance. They're both still teenagers and I get so heartbroken how hard Katniss has been pushed by the end of the book where she doesn't think twice about

murdering Peeta, Beetee, and herself just to be spared of a torture she has, BY THE WAY, never seen and only imagined.

Literally the only complaint I have is like, one sentence in chapter 2 that I feel like could be worded better. Everything else is so great. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Kidnapping

griminycricket's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

plutttonium's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Death, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Murder, and Colonisation

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

leeyongjin's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Death of parent

katenovah's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Genocide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy

tiana_king's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

The only painful thing about this book was how much Katnis can’t figure out her feelings. Otherwise this was a great follow up to book one and doesn’t suffer much from the “middle book syndrome” most 2nd books in a trilogy do. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Mental illness, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Pregnancy

emilywemily6's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

How is it possible that I enjoyed this book even more than the first one? Katniss’ world is in flux and it felt like there was a constant stream of twists and turns. This book definitely sets up the third book, but it didn’t feel like a middle book in a trilogy. It has much less fighting/hunger games than the first book but a lot of uncertainty and character development in the face of the Panem’s changes. My heart aches for Peeta…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Drug abuse, Medical content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

victoriasutherland's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring 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 am so glad I reread this book. When I first read it, I was only 12, and I did not understand any of the political commentary.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, War, and Injury/Injury detail

tayler_marie_brooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective 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

Absolute perfection!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War

toy_masterpiece's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

 ⭐🎧Audiobook Listener🎧⭐
 
What an interesting expansion of this world! It obviously wasn't as fast-paced as the first since we spend a lot of time on the press and media side of things

and giving background to the rebellion.

But at the end of the day, Katniss is such an interesting character to follow as she's not the calculating leader that wants to burn the system down but rather a circumstantial symbol that has inspired people. We get to watch her navigate this dichotomy since of course she has the fatal flaw that any good symbol shouldn't: she's human.

Now for the reading we're back with Carolyn McCormick who does an excellent job of reminding you that more often than not, these are children that this society is pitting against one another and forcing into to PDA. My favorite voices of hers in this book are of course Katniss and Haymich. The other guys' voices that are not all hoity toity from District 1 are a little hard to distinguish but over all, we got the emotion, we got the wit, it's all there. Excellent reading.

On to the next!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Kidnapping