Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

11 reviews

blakelyschmidt's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

The hunger games are some of the best novels ever written in my opinion. They have such a thick, intricate plot that draws all people in, even non readers! Not to mention that they are beautifully written and every word has purpose! There are no empty sentences , everything here is just filled with meaning! They teach great life lessons and every book is incredible!!! 5 stars for Catching Fire!!!!!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Ok, so yes, it’s pretty graphic. The whole point of the games is that the government forces children to fight to the death, so I feel like that should be expected. If you are sensitive to very specific details of murder, injuries, and mental instability, I would stay away from this book.

boglord's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child death, Pedophilia, Torture, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

michi3st's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring tense medium-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Violence, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

sallytiffany's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad medium-paced

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

4.0

I really enjoyed this! It was a captivating sequel filled with unexpected twists. It was rather violent and I didn’t enjoy how slowly the first half of the book went but overall, I thought it was a good read! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, and Toxic friendship

mermaidsherbet's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Violence, Police brutality, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

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

paigeinabook's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

_ren's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, and War

Minor: Sexism

sorin_books27's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic friendship, and War

roadesntoades's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Trafficking, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, War, and Classism