Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

64 reviews

izzysizemore's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Classism, Police brutality, Alcohol, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Medical content, Death of parent, Gun violence, Pregnancy, and War

sofigremlin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, War, Gun violence, Death, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Mental illness, and Injury/Injury detail

marthadude's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.5

On a reread I was really noticing how incredible the pacing is. I knew there were plot beats that had to be hit and I was impressed by how economical and seem less it felt. I will say part of the ending has always felt a bit hard to follow but maybe I wasn’t paying enough attention on my commute. Once again, this book holds up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Alcoholism, Violence, Vomit, Child death, Gore, Animal death, Classism, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Medical trauma, Medical content, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Murder

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

moonytoast's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

4.5

emotionally devastating…. 11/10

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Addiction, Alcohol, Drug abuse, and Gun violence

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

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

Minor: Sexism

tabbed_reads2much's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Abandonment, Blood, Classism, Grief, Police brutality, and Death

Moderate: Ableism, Death of parent, Body horror, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Drug use, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Racism, Violence, Addiction, and Alcohol

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Xenophobia, Physical abuse, Colonisation, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Trafficking, and War

Maybe don't read this if you're actively coping with ptsd

theirgracegrace's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

This second instalment of the Hunger Games trilogy continues the series explosive and visceral storytelling with a new harrowing chapter. Katniss and Peeta have survived the horrors of the Hunger Games, but now they have unwittingly ignited the spark of revolution. This volume continues the series' commentary on the decadent Capital and its excesses, in contrast to the desperation and unrest of the Districts. Similarly, the depth of critique of state surveillance is great, surprising readers in 2009 but less novel to contemporary readers, revealing much about our current society. The twists and turns of this book build toward its terrifying conclusion and a new paradigm that might change the course of a nation. Amazing book that I could not put down!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Dementia, Gore, Animal cruelty, Blood, Child death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Medical content, Physical abuse, War, Drug abuse, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, Vomit, Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Police brutality, and Violence

bookishchef's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.75

Did I love the Haymitch/Gale infodump in the last chapter? No. 
No, I didn't. 

Did I like the District 11 dude kissing Katniss on the mouth and basically assaulting her? 
No. I didn't like that either. 

Truly loved the rest of the book though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Child death

Moderate: Murder and Pregnancy

Minor: Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Gun violence, Vomit, and Alcoholism

withlivjones's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.25

A great book that does exactly what a sequel should do: build on the themes introduced in the first book and raise the stakes. Although I was expecting the games themselves to again be the largest part of the book (and for that reason I felt that sometimes things went a little too quickly), the time spent outside the games allows Collins to expand the intricate worldbuilding and use the politics of Panem to add so much more tension to the plot. I enjoyed how Katniss’ and Peeta’s trauma from the previous book is explored in this section, as well as the victors teaming up during the games to give a different experience to the first book where Katniss is largely by herself. 

I did feel, however, that there is too much time spent in Katniss’ head throughout the book. Even when there is some action, the flow of this action can be broken by Katniss recalling a memory or thinking about Peeta or her family. This would be fine in moderation, but there are only so many times Katniss can think about sacrificing herself for Peeta before her monologues start getting a little repetitive. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Addiction, and Gun violence