Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

6 reviews

tabbed_reads2much's review

challenging dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Abandonment, Blood, Classism, Grief, Police brutality, and Death

Moderate: Ableism, Death of parent, Body horror, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Drug use, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Racism, Violence, Addiction, and Alcohol

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Xenophobia, Physical abuse, Colonisation, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Trafficking, and War

Maybe don't read this if you're actively coping with ptsd

bi_n_large's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Moderate: Torture, Alcoholism, Death, and Suicide

Minor: Pregnancy, Mental illness, and Ableism

orchidlilly's review

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

dqhvr's review

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Police brutality, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Grief, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Mental illness, Slavery, Torture, Vomit, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, War, Alcoholism, Confinement, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Death of parent, Gun violence, Slavery, Kidnapping, Medical content, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Ableism, Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Fire/Fire injury

zombiezami's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Ableism, Animal death, Murder, Violence, Vomit, Blood, Gore, Police brutality, Gun violence, Suicide, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Torture, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Classism, Child death, Confinement, Dementia, and Mental illness

Minor: Sexual harassment and Pregnancy

Saneism

valereads's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This is definitely the weakest book in the trilogy. I did not finish this book the first time I attempted to read the series and I had many of the same problems on this read through.

I'll begin with the positives; I appreciate the way Collins discusses how the trauma from the events of the first book has affected the protagonists and the accurate and thoughtful way it is portrayed (with a couple of exceptions). In addition the feeling of hopelessness Collins creates in the reader even when you know where the series is going, felt real and all-consuming in parts of the first half.

The pacing of this book was off. The first half was boring and tedious, enough that I gave up 1/3 of the way in on my first read through. The second half is much more fast paced but forgettable and never seems to be going anywhere until the end and the ending was weak.

Continuing from the first book, the romantic relationships were once again one of the weakest aspects of this novel. The only reason I do not consider them the weakest part overall is because the rest of this book was lacking.

Honestly, I can't say I recommend this book unless you really want to read on to Mockingjay.

Content warnings: animal death, death, gore, violence, medical content, police brutality, violence, addiction, alcoholism, animal cruelty, child death, ableism, drug abuse, drug use, slavery, suicidal thoughts, torture

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death, Gun violence, Medical content, Police brutality, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Ableism, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture