Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

27 reviews

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

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

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

katenovah's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, War, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Murder, Kidnapping, Death, Police brutality, Mental illness, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Confinement, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Genocide, Pregnancy, Medical content, Drug abuse, Torture, Violence, and Blood

tiana_king's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

The only painful thing about this book was how much Katnis can’t figure out her feelings. Otherwise this was a great follow up to book one and doesn’t suffer much from the “middle book syndrome” most 2nd books in a trilogy do. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Medical content, Police brutality, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Violence

Moderate: Mental illness, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, and Addiction

Minor: Pregnancy and Adult/minor relationship

emilywemily6's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

How is it possible that I enjoyed this book even more than the first one? Katniss’ world is in flux and it felt like there was a constant stream of twists and turns. This book definitely sets up the third book, but it didn’t feel like a middle book in a trilogy. It has much less fighting/hunger games than the first book but a lot of uncertainty and character development in the face of the Panem’s changes. My heart aches for Peeta…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Child death, Murder, Mental illness, Police brutality, Violence, Blood, Child abuse, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Kidnapping, Addiction, Death of parent, Alcohol, Drug abuse, and Medical content

Minor: Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Fire/Fire injury

victoriasutherland's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring 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 am so glad I reread this book. When I first read it, I was only 12, and I did not understand any of the political commentary.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Child death, Alcoholism, Murder, Vomit, Mental illness, Medical content, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, War, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Drug abuse, and Drug use

tayler_marie_brooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective 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

Absolute perfection!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, War, Fire/Fire injury, Alcoholism, Animal death, Kidnapping, Gore, Grief, Death, Blood, Child death, and Torture

toy_masterpiece's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

 ⭐🎧Audiobook Listener🎧⭐
 
What an interesting expansion of this world! It obviously wasn't as fast-paced as the first since we spend a lot of time on the press and media side of things

and giving background to the rebellion.

But at the end of the day, Katniss is such an interesting character to follow as she's not the calculating leader that wants to burn the system down but rather a circumstantial symbol that has inspired people. We get to watch her navigate this dichotomy since of course she has the fatal flaw that any good symbol shouldn't: she's human.

Now for the reading we're back with Carolyn McCormick who does an excellent job of reminding you that more often than not, these are children that this society is pitting against one another and forcing into to PDA. My favorite voices of hers in this book are of course Katniss and Haymich. The other guys' voices that are not all hoity toity from District 1 are a little hard to distinguish but over all, we got the emotion, we got the wit, it's all there. Excellent reading.

On to the next!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Violence

coolaboutit's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Mental illness, Pregnancy, Addiction, Alcohol, Police brutality, Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, and Blood

Moderate: Grief, Animal death, Death of parent, Classism, and Kidnapping