Reviews with content warning for Classism - Catching Fire

I never read the hunger games as a teen and in a way I'm glad because this my current age really allows me to appreciate the themes and just how heavy these topics are. These books, tho several years old ring true and is a prefect mirror to how our society.

Katniss is a wonderful lead, just a teen forced into a system designed to break her, trust into the role of rebellion image because she's herself. She's not a chosen one, there is no story from 500 years ago which foretells coming and her being the straw that breaks the Capitol's back, these things happens because of who Katniss is.

Catching fire really teaches us that you can't break a system from within

, even tho the victors join hands in unison and try to play on Capitol Citizen's emotions, it still turns into blood bath, even with the plan to get Katniss and Peeta(?) to 13.

The only way to damage a hostile and broken system is via violence and/or an external force

as seen with the rebels from 13

I can rant all day. All I have to say is no notes!

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leanna_moser's review against another edition

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dark tense slow-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

3.5

Re-read.

Most of this meeting should have been an email. Top-tier series, but by far my least favorite book. Good for the plot, slow to read.

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snowiceblackfruit77's review against another edition

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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? Yes

5.0

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astrangewind's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Catching Fire is the perfect follow-up to The Hunger Games. Although the book starts off slow, it's worth it by the end. Collins' makes a compelling case to ache for the characters, resist the Capitol, and to criticize the movement against them. This is not the first time I've read this book, and on reading it this time, I noticed another layer of depth that you don't get initially. I don't want to spoil anything, but the end is where the stakes become unavoidably clear.

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daisdu's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Reread. A great sequel that builds upon and in some cases improves what was established in the first. Introduces some really delightful characters among the victors and expands the world really well. Can definitely leave you feeling pretty rough, because there is not a lot of bright spots in the situation we're finding ourselves in here with Katniss. While The Hunger games is able to hold it's own as a standalone, Catching Fire is not. It's very much a middle book and I don't think I would have enjoyed this book nearly as much if I wasn't able to immediately pick up the next book as soon as this one ended.

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