Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Catching Fire: Illustrated Edition by Suzanne Collins, Nico Delort

91 reviews

himpersonal's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Getting more complicated, which means more fatiguing. But it also means it’s all coming to a head now. Looking forward to finishing the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Drug use, Gore, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, War

reemoony's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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suzanne eats everytime idk what else to say

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

kendra_taylors_version's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Pregnancy

lucyford's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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

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

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

s_aisha's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

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Perfection. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood

Moderate: Body horror, Murder

michaelholdenismyhusbandtyvm's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug abuse, Suicide, Torture, Sexual harassment

Minor: Pedophilia, Slavery, Vomit, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, War

eveningreverie's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional 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

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 I feel completely comfortable calling The Hunger Games, and its accompanying sequels, modern classics. The ease with which Suzanne Collins is able to directly comment on consistent, overarching themes while simultaneously weaving an immensely thrilling story is captivating. Each decision heightens the tension without a moment to breathe until the end of the final book. It's beautiful. It's horrifying. It's a hyperbolic expression of capitalist subjugation and the necessary ways moral panic can be coopted to change ingrained power systems. It even has fairly successful film translations—something few and far between. It's The Hunger Games, and for all its references, it is now a permanent part of American literary canon. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Slavery

paigeinabook's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

goldenlake's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Confinement, Genocide, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Alcohol, War

Minor: Body horror, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Classism

thumbeleia's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism