Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

53 reviews

bootsmom3's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Addiction, Child death, Confinement, Grief, Animal cruelty, Medical trauma, Murder, Classism, Alcohol, Animal death, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Blood, Colonisation, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Vomit

lucyford's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.0

Really good book, as was the first one. The plot in this book was especially well devised, and the creativity and connectedness of the story definitely surpasses the first novel. This book was a fun read (if incredibly emotional and traumatic) and met my expectations! However, the writing style is a bit ”young”, which can make it a bit boring/unenjoyable at times (not significantly).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Gaslighting, Death, Violence, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Murder, Genocide, Body horror, and Confinement

Moderate: War, Child death, Death of parent, Drug use, Deportation, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

Overall very gory and deals with death on basically every other page.

raisinreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

May all oppressed people everywhere revolt against their governments & be free

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Classism, Addiction, Animal death, Blood, Violence, Medical content, Confinement, Alcoholism, Murder, Mental illness, Grief, Death, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, and Drug abuse

codifyy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I enjoyed the book but the original will always be my favourite. I wish the actual games were longer as the beginning seemed too long and stretched out for me. I liked how each chapter held a wedge of the arena though as it made the pace quicker and flow nicely. There was a lot more foreshadowing in this book than there was the original I feel and I enjoyed reading that and comparing it future events in the third. It’s slightly annoying how oblivious Katniss can be to the wider perception of the rebellion and how focused she is on Peeta but I think her selfishness is an essential part of her character and it makes her stand out from other protagonists. I prefer the books to the movies including the portrayal of the characters but especially Finnick’s and his and Katniss’ relationship - he and their friendship has many more layers and much more depth than is shown in the film. I wish they hadn’t missed the intricacy of each ally having their own given knowledge from the rebel group and the explanation of the plan and it’s origins. Also, Haymitch as always is my favourite although he was a little irritating at the end when he seemed annoyed with Katniss before she even spoke to them. Although this could just be Katniss’ perspective and his annoyance had nothing to do with her. I dislike the ending with Gale and how Katniss seemingly returns to her relationship with Gale simply because he is hurt again. From previous re-reads, I think I will enjoy the third book the least but I’m excited to re-read that too. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Drug abuse, Violence, Blood, Alcoholism, Addiction, and Murder

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Confinement, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, and Sexual content

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

goldenlake's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Forced institutionalization, Addiction, War, Grief, Gore, Genocide, Confinement, and Animal death

Minor: Torture, Body horror, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Child death, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Drug abuse, Drug use, and Classism

hollowhallow13's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Blood, Violence, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Animal death, Police brutality, Death, Medical content, Physical abuse, Torture, and War

Moderate: Physical abuse, Confinement, Child death, Drug abuse, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Abandonment, Death of parent, and Sexual assault

thumbeleia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Gore, Murder, Alcoholism, Animal death, Classism, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Vomit, War, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Grief, Medical content, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Child abuse, Alcohol, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Genocide, and Injury/Injury detail

eleanora's review against another edition

adventurous tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Police brutality, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Animal death, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug abuse, Confinement, Drug use, War, Torture, Sexual assault, and Pregnancy

elysianbud's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny sad 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? It's complicated

4.75

The penultimate word in YA dystopia. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Addiction, Body horror, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Classism, Slavery, Alcoholism, Animal death, Police brutality, Suicide, Vomit, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, Drug abuse, Torture, and Violence