Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

92 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

elisalasater's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Blood

Moderate: Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, War, and Gore

Minor: Alcoholism, Mental illness, and Pregnancy

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

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

pandemonicbaby's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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

Johanna and Finnick Oh The Things I Would Do For You.....

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Police brutality, Death, Grief, and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence, Gore, Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Animal death, Forced institutionalization, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Genocide, Body horror, Mental illness, and Alcoholism

Minor: Classism, Cursing, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Drug use, Vomit, and War

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

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

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

melist6's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gun violence, Death, Classism, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Pregnancy, Suicide, War, Medical content, and Mental illness