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Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

84 reviews

emzilia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Getting through my first reread of the series since I read them years ago. So much I had forgotten, and just like the first novel, so so so easy to read, the pages turned themselves. 

Suzanne Collins is a master with her words, and I pray to the gods I don’t believe in that she releases a new work separate from this world of Panem. Not that I am sick of the Hunger Games, but just to be able to read more of her writing. 

One aspect that did grate on me a little was the way Katniss’ obliviousness and staunchness was conveyed. Not that these are bad flaws to give a protagonist, but that I wish it was written out more as an unreliable narration and not dramatic irony. In my opinion the reader could too easily see through Katniss’ flawed assessment of many moments. It was done SO WELL when the wire snapped and Katniss was genuinely confused about Joanna and the situation at large.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Death, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Drug abuse, Eating disorder, and Slavery

bidoofenergy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring tense fast-paced

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

for diversity: Katniss (and multiple other characters) is Indigenous/Native American, but it is not explicitly stated. There are a few secondary characters that are black. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Police brutality, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, and Panic attacks/disorders

valereads's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This is definitely the weakest book in the trilogy. I did not finish this book the first time I attempted to read the series and I had many of the same problems on this read through.

I'll begin with the positives; I appreciate the way Collins discusses how the trauma from the events of the first book has affected the protagonists and the accurate and thoughtful way it is portrayed (with a couple of exceptions). In addition the feeling of hopelessness Collins creates in the reader even when you know where the series is going, felt real and all-consuming in parts of the first half.

The pacing of this book was off. The first half was boring and tedious, enough that I gave up 1/3 of the way in on my first read through. The second half is much more fast paced but forgettable and never seems to be going anywhere until the end and the ending was weak.

Continuing from the first book, the romantic relationships were once again one of the weakest aspects of this novel. The only reason I do not consider them the weakest part overall is because the rest of this book was lacking.

Honestly, I can't say I recommend this book unless you really want to read on to Mockingjay.

Content warnings: animal death, death, gore, violence, medical content, police brutality, violence, addiction, alcoholism, animal cruelty, child death, ableism, drug abuse, drug use, slavery, suicidal thoughts, torture

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death, Gun violence, Medical content, Police brutality, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Ableism, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture

eleanorryd's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

The first book is still my favourite but this is still really great

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Addiction, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Suicidal thoughts, and War