Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

20 reviews

ellaticonstellation's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing 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? It's complicated

5.0

This book was awesome! Compelling and fast-paced. Damn, I felt a mixture of emotions while reading. Katniss was badass as usual. Peeta and his love for her, damn. Every victor was interesting in their ways. The tragedy, revolution, and love did it for me. I kind of regret not reading this series earlier, but I thought, I read it at the perfect time, in my early 30s. I appreciate this series a lot. I rarely read super serious books, but this one will be a reread material. Oh btw, there were a lot of horror and problematic themes also, like slavery, assault, murder, etc.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Death, War, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Violence, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Gaslighting, Hate crime, and Physical abuse

luminifera's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

4.5

A solid sequel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Addiction, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Death, Drug use, Gaslighting, Gore, Medical trauma, Alcoholism, Medical content, Police brutality, Classism, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Body horror, Confinement, Murder, Alcohol, Blood, Grief, and War

Moderate: Torture, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Chronic illness, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Gun violence, Child death, Pregnancy, Sexism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Child abuse

You see a clear deterioration of Katniss' mental health in this book. There are also more details about how horrible their society is.

orchidlilly'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Medical content, Body horror, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Alcoholism, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Kidnapping, Violence, Vomit, War, Murder, Blood, Death, Gore, Confinement, and Mental illness

Moderate: Misogyny, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Body shaming, Dementia, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Drug use, Drug abuse, Chronic illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Gun violence, Sexism, Animal death, Classism, and Xenophobia

Minor: Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Ableism, Cursing, Sexual assault, and Animal cruelty

memoirsofabooklover's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book is even better than the great first one. This series touches on so many important societal topics but in a really intriguing world and with a gripping, heart-wrenching concept. The way the second games were written kept it fresh - it didn’t feel like the first one rehashed, it was a different story, with somehow even higher stakes.  This book is even better than the great first one. This series touches on so many important societal topics but in a really intriguing world and with a gripping, heart-wrenching concept. The way the second games were written kept it fresh - it didn’t feel like the first one rehashed, it was a different story, with somehow even higher stakes. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Gore, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Gun violence, War, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Mass/school shootings, Pregnancy, and Medical content

planetshelf's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

The Hunger Games’s sequels capture attention and contribute to the story just as well as the first book. Catching Fire is a great remarkable book, and my favorite of the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Death, Gore, Blood, Classism, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Child death, Confinement, Genocide, Torture, Addiction, Alcoholism, Vomit, Animal death, Police brutality, Medical content, and Self harm

Minor: Death of parent, War, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

the_pysselfia's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Classism, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Genocide, Gun violence, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and War

goldsbuc's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Gun violence, Grief, Gaslighting, Xenophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child death, Classism, Confinement, Addiction, War, Violence, Torture, Slavery, Self harm, Physical abuse, Murder, Mental illness, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Emotional abuse

martereadsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, Slavery, Police brutality, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Grief, Gore, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, and Blood

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Drug abuse, and Drug use

danileah07's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Suicide, Vomit, and War

brookey8888's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Everything about this book is perfection. The political aspect, the slow uprising, the alliances. I just really love the characters and I forgot how funny Finnick and Joanna are. I love the slow realization that katniss comes to about the President and the capital as well as the uprising. Also how sweet Peeta is during all the moments of stress and violence. I also love how their relationship forms. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Blood, Classism, Addiction, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Death, Murder, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, and Violence