Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

137 reviews

skyeshark1's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Genocide, Murder, Alcohol, Child death, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Police brutality, Bullying, Gore, Sexism, Violence, War, Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, Torture, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Drug use, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Panic attacks/disorders

moonsongsiren's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense

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

5.0

Truly one of the best books i’ve ever read, and an even better sequel. I’m writing this through tears. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gaslighting, Death, War, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Suicide attempt, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Pregnancy, and Violence

Minor: Sexual harassment

colorful_lulu's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Pregnancy and Death of parent

dramagirl2003's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

because I've seen the film I had a pretty good mental picture of what i was reading. great book, loved the extra details that are missing in the film. especially the brief run-through of haymitch's games, and extra characters we don't get to see on screen

thoughts while reading
p227: suzanne collins needs to write about haymitch's games! it's probably the only way we'll ever get a film of it as well, so she must! and while she's at it, how about one for finnick too? 
p228: so much for not telling haymitch
p245: not darius! no!

"Careful," he says weakly. "There's a forcefield up ahead." 

yeah bro, we got that!

p319: it's great deal easier to catch the foreshadowing of how the games end in this book than it is in the film
p330: aww, katniss is a lot more trusting of finnick than she is in the film and I'm here for it
p364: good job girlie, it is a

clock

. props to wiress for figuring it out ages ago. what happened to her that traumatised her so badly?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death

Moderate: Slavery, Addiction, Blood, Child death, Violence, and Alcoholism

Minor: Pregnancy and Death of parent

thewinterizzy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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

5.0

Enjoyed this one more than book 1. Kept the fast pace and ramped up the stakes. A solid middle story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Animal death, and War

a_wandering_thinker's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Death of parent, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Alcoholism, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Pregnancy, Torture, Child death, Police brutality, Alcohol, Blood, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Death

loveisabird's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring 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? Yes

4.75

my god this book is a banger. was suzanne collins sent the story in a vision from god because i would believe that

she still very evidently has her limitations as a writer of prose and i still so desperately wish i could hand off the hunger games to any number of writers and say “write the exact same story but write it better.” but i can’t deny ms. collins was working on another level storywise with this one. worldbuilding is still strong, and the character work too. 

can’t wait to get to mockingjay, which i recall being received as a letdown of a finale when it was released in my circle (of 14 year olds). i have a sneaking suspicion that mockingjay should have been two books (meaning in a roundabout way that two movies was actually correct…) but we’ll see!

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Addiction, Police brutality, and Mental illness

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Dementia, Eating disorder, Pregnancy, Death of parent, and Vomit

catsbreadbikes's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

Another reread, definitely glad to be revisiting these books

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Blood, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Child death and Pregnancy

samanthaeumir's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Animal death, Grief, Alcoholism, Blood, Child death, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Pregnancy, Slavery, Torture, and War

cecinamo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious 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

4.75

Wow!!! Amazing book! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Sexism, Alcohol, Child death, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Alcoholism, Death, Grief, Cursing, Animal death, Classism, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Mental illness, and Violence

Minor: Sexual assault and Pedophilia