Hardcover, 391 pages

English language

Published Sept. 11, 2009 by Scholastic Press.

ISBN:
9780439023498
OCLC Number:
824628456

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4 stars (205 reviews)

Sparks are igniting. Flames are spreading. And the Capitol wants revenge.

Against all odds, Katniss has won the Hunger Games. She and fellow District 12 tribute Peeta Mellark are miraculously still alive. Katniss should be relieved, happy even. After all, she has returned to her family and her longtime friend, Gale. Yet nothing is the way Katniss wishes it to be. Gale holds her at an icy distance. Peeta has turned his back on her completely. And there are whispers of a rebellion against the Capitol - a rebellion that Katniss and Peeta may have helped create.

Much to her shock, Katniss has fueled an unrest she's afraid she cannot stop. And what scares her even more is that she's not entirely convinced she should try. As time draws near for Katniss and Peeta to visit the districts on the Capitol's cruel Victory Tour, the stakes are higher than ever. …

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Review of 'Catching Fire' on 'GoodReads'

3 stars

I appreciate that the book has some more fun SF world-building, but it suffers from a lot of repetitiveness. I guess it is necessary to set the stage for the final book in the trilogy, but too much time is spent re-hashing plot points from the first one. The romance is a bit frustrating, but that is excusable since this is a children's book.

Review of 'Catching Fire' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

First read in November 2011. 4 stars.

May 2014: 2nd reading, still 4 stars.
I have since seen the first two movies. I hadn't realized how much the second film omits until I reread it. At least 2/3 of the book takes place outside the arena (in District 12, in the other districts on the victory tour, in the capitol, in the training center), with only a short section of the book taking place in the arena. Which makes sense, given that the time spent in the arena is so brief; only a few days, versus a couple weeks in a typical year, according to the book.

Whereas a much bigger section of the second film takes place in the arena. Which also makes sense, given that they assembled a pretty amazing supporting cast who needed something to do to justify their presence. It made for a very watchable film …

Review of 'Catching Fire Movie-Tie-in-Edition [Paperback] [Nov 10, 2014] SUZANNE COLLINS' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

The second installment in the Hunger Games trilogy is exactly the same as the first. The style is as plodding and functional as the first novel and the narrative twists and turns as predictable. The concept is still interesting but the writing brings down a good idea.

Review of 'Catching Fire' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

I don't know if, after reading these books so long ago, I could write a review for each one...so I'm going to write and all-encompassing review of The Hunger Games Trilogy.

The Hunger Games (Book #1) - The best of the three.
Catching Fire (Book #2) - Gets better from about the half-way point on.
Mockingjay (Book #3) - Not that great. Probably the weakest of the three. Then the ending sucked HARD.

The Hunger Games is a story about North America after a horrific war has wiped out life and government as we know it. The survivors have banded together to form the Capitol City and various outer Districts, each with its own jobs/manufacturing tasks. The Capital City controlled everything to the point that the Districts rose up and revolted. And they were crushed. To remind the Districts that they must never revolt again, the Capital initiated The Hunger …

Review of 'Catching Fire Movie-Tie-in-Edition [Paperback] [Nov 10, 2014] SUZANNE COLLINS' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

This time I tried the audio version. The narrator isn't the most dramatic, but it is still an engaging read. That is despite the fact that Katniss Everdeen is supremely dense, and is wrong about everything. Maybe I am looking at this with too adult eyes. She is however loyal and honourable, almost to a fault, and that is what makes her endearing.

The only other criticism I have about this book is that Collins almost completely ignores the viewing audience during the Games. Last time the characters actions were driven by the audience. This time it seems like Collins remembered the audience 3/4 of the way through the Games.

Still going to get the 3rd one.

Review of 'Catching Fire' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Si le premier volume était prometteur, la suite dépasse mes espérances. Les personnages sont bien en place, leurs péripéties fascinent et hypnotisent, on a vraiment hâte de voir comment tout cela va évoluer (ou dégénérer). Le personnage de Katniss (entre autres) prend de l’épaisseur, de jeune fille assez dure habituée à dissimuler ses émotions, on la découvre défaillante avec une forte émotivité, qu’elle exprime de plus en plus. J’ai craint une répétition avec les Quarter Quell mais non, la chose est bien traitée et on avance dans l’histoire sans avoir l’impression de relire la même chose. Un final qui vaut son pesant de cacahouètes.

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