Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

36 reviews

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

marslotus's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? No

5.0

There's not much to say but that I really REALLY enjoyed this book. One unique thing I found is that most of this story is Katniss dealing with this newfound paranoia she's gained as a result of her trauma from the last book (as well as

Snow's first visit in the second chapter

) and I think most stories, especially when it's a woman dealing with this, the character suffering from paranoia would spend their time learning why it's wrong and to open themself up to good opportunities. Which is why I really love how validated the narrative portrays Katniss, she has every right to be paranoid because most of the things she imagines happening to her are carried out by Snow in some of the worst (best narratively) ways possible. She's never punished longterm for her thinking because it's not a flaw, it's necessary for her situation.
And I appreciate Peeta, he's not a perfect guy he ignored Katniss as much as she ignored him but I think he understands better than Gale how bad her trauma is (since he shares a lot of it) and how he's fully aware she has no intent to lead him on, it's just a horrible situation. they're both in that doesn't leave much room for romance. They're both still teenagers and I get so heartbroken how hard Katniss has been pushed by the end of the book where she doesn't think twice about

murdering Peeta, Beetee, and herself just to be spared of a torture she has, BY THE WAY, never seen and only imagined.

Literally the only complaint I have is like, one sentence in chapter 2 that I feel like could be worded better. Everything else is so great. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Blood, and Animal death

lady_maya8111's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Torture, Death, Drug use, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Blood, Medical content, Emotional abuse, and Violence

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

saliwali's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Classism, War, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Murder, Torture, Violence, and Bullying

hbmelum's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Violence, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Body horror, Vomit, Colonisation, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Murder, Child death, Genocide, Gore, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

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

rronnniii's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Death, Murder, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Blood, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, and War

Minor: Animal death

mermaidsherbet's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Police brutality, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Violence

Minor: Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Trafficking, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Classism, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Sexual assault, Torture, Blood, Child abuse, Slavery, Stalking, Xenophobia, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, War, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Murder, and Vomit

lucyford's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Really good book, as was the first one. The plot in this book was especially well devised, and the creativity and connectedness of the story definitely surpasses the first novel. This book was a fun read (if incredibly emotional and traumatic) and met my expectations! However, the writing style is a bit ”young”, which can make it a bit boring/unenjoyable at times (not significantly).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Gaslighting, Death, Violence, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Murder, Genocide, Body horror, and Confinement

Moderate: War, Child death, Death of parent, Drug use, Deportation, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

Overall very gory and deals with death on basically every other page.

greenlivingaudioworm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Alcoholism, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Child death, Violence, Vomit, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pregnancy