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Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

94 reviews

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

daisdu's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Classism, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Drug abuse

dreamdust1600's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative reflective sad tense 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Police brutality, Blood, Child death, Gore, Grief, Death, Gaslighting, Vomit, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Classism, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Violence, Child abuse, Medical content, and Murder

Moderate: Slavery, Addiction, Cursing, Incest, and Pregnancy

Minor: Bullying, Drug use, Death of parent, and Drug abuse

sandrinepicotte's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Body horror, and Murder

Minor: Drug abuse and Drug use

plutttonium's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Police brutality, Body horror, Death, Kidnapping, Blood, Child death, Colonisation, and Murder

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse

halaagmod's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

2.75

The movie was better, I'll say it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Police brutality, Grief, and Animal death

Minor: Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Drug abuse

oystersauce's review against another edition

dark reflective 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Addiction and Alcoholism

Minor: Drug abuse and Pregnancy

leeyongjin's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Death, Medical content, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Torture, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Gore, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Murder, Violence, Mental illness, Colonisation, Confinement, Genocide, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, and Medical trauma

Minor: Death of parent, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Death