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Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

91 reviews

lucy_readsbooks13's review against another edition

dark 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

I think I will forever be sorry I haven't read this masterpiece sooner.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, and Gore

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Police brutality, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse

smartie_5748's review against another edition

adventurous challenging sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Animal death, Violence, and Alcoholism

Minor: Drug abuse

lqne's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Confinement, Pregnancy, and Alcoholism

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, War, Violence, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, and Genocide

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

paloverdepages's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

5.0

I finished this book in a matter of hours. The first time I read it, I was much younger than Katniss. Now that I'm older, I can see how young and lifelike and nuanced she is. I don't know how Suzanne Collins does it, but it's so easy to see each character and fall in love with them immediately. Even the ones that we don't see for long, it's still meaningful when they're mentioned. I love the way she writes. 

I forgot

how little time we actually spend in the arena

. It's so jam-packed that I remembered it more than anything else. And Peeta! When he

mentioned the baby

, I could just barely see it coming in my memory and it still absolutely shook me! I love his dramatic ass TToTT

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Vomit, Drug abuse, and Mental illness

hjb_128's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced

• 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: Police brutality, Violence, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Moderate: Drug abuse, Addiction, and Alcoholism

Minor: Torture

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

astrangewind's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Violence, Death, Murder, and Gore

Moderate: War, Medical content, Alcoholism, Blood, and Animal death

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Torture, Pregnancy, Drug abuse, and Classism

falibat's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Drug abuse and Alcoholism

katri499's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Police brutality, Blood, Gore, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug abuse, War, Child death, Addiction, and Alcoholism