Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

105 reviews

bella_01's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

This was a re-read for me. The book was absolutely devastating. I forgot how heartbreaking the story is, particularly the first half of the book . It's a crazy experience to feel such sympathy for fictional characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Mental illness, Blood, and Police brutality

Minor: Miscarriage, Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse

elizherlihy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Violence, War, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Drug abuse, Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, Addiction, Murder, and Classism

Minor: Vomit

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

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.

eyescanbecruel'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
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism, War, Vomit, Addiction, Gun violence, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pregnancy

Minor: Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Grief

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

alexasolis98's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective 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

Rereading this. It's so good but it still hurts so bad. The introduction of new characters was great and several you start to love with the brief time you have them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Murder, Alcohol, Torture, Violence, Animal death, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Chronic illness, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, and War

hollokim'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: Suicidal thoughts and Death

eveningreverie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

 I feel completely comfortable calling The Hunger Games, and its accompanying sequels, modern classics. The ease with which Suzanne Collins is able to directly comment on consistent, overarching themes while simultaneously weaving an immensely thrilling story is captivating. Each decision heightens the tension without a moment to breathe until the end of the final book. It's beautiful. It's horrifying. It's a hyperbolic expression of capitalist subjugation and the necessary ways moral panic can be coopted to change ingrained power systems. It even has fairly successful film translations—something few and far between. It's The Hunger Games, and for all its references, it is now a permanent part of American literary canon. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Body horror, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Slavery

good_names_dont_exist's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Death, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Police brutality and Alcoholism

Minor: Pregnancy and Rape