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Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

51 reviews

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

_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

bajourden619's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Death, Physical abuse, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism

melina_30's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Blood, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Torture, Panic attacks/disorders, and Animal death

Minor: Slavery, Sexual harassment, and Vomit

raeb's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Violence, War, Alcoholism, Classism, Gun violence, Murder, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Pregnancy, and Torture

ellaticonstellation's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing 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? It's complicated

5.0

This book was awesome! Compelling and fast-paced. Damn, I felt a mixture of emotions while reading. Katniss was badass as usual. Peeta and his love for her, damn. Every victor was interesting in their ways. The tragedy, revolution, and love did it for me. I kind of regret not reading this series earlier, but I thought, I read it at the perfect time, in my early 30s. I appreciate this series a lot. I rarely read super serious books, but this one will be a reread material. Oh btw, there were a lot of horror and problematic themes also, like slavery, assault, murder, etc.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Death, War, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Violence, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Gaslighting, Hate crime, and Physical abuse

sunnycollins_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.25

This is a great addition to the Hunger Games trilogy.

1. Post-victory life. It was really interesting to see what life is like for victors. If this whole book was about Katniss and Peta becoming mentors I think I would have enjoyed it just as much.

2. Dynamic world building. The way Collins describes the new arena is so compelling. The reader gets to solve the puzzle along with the characters; it is extremely rewarding (especially towards the end).

There were some negatives points in this book, most glaring being the fake pregnancy. I suppose it makes sense for the characters, it's just not something I enjoyed. 

Overall, another great book! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Physical abuse, Blood, Grief, Police brutality, and Vomit

Minor: Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Self harm