Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2) in The Alternative Worlds

Dec 05, 2011 mark monday rated it really liked it

Shelves: teenworld, rain-man-reviews, after-the-fall

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ADVANCED HUNGER & GAMES 2.0: CATCHING FIRE EDITION

Our Players

Katniss

HIT POINTS: 25
ALIGNMENT: Chaotic Good
SYMBOL: Middle Finger
STRENGTH: 15
INTELLIGENCE: 10
WISDOM: 5
DEXTERITY: 20
CONSTITUTION: 15
CHARISMA: 25
FIGHTER: 10th Level Archer
ASSASSIN: 9th Level Assassin
SPECIAL ATTACKS: Resentful Attitude
SPECIAL DEFENSES: Defensive Attitude

SUMMARY OF PLAYER SKILLS:

despite the inherent restrictions of living in a YA novel, Katniss is a remarkably well-develop ...more

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Jul 09, 2012 Kevin Xu rated it liked it · review of another edition

The Hunger Games would been a lot better if it was a standalong novel like it was originally until the money rolled in. I say that because I enjoyed the first half of the book, even though I though all the districts could have been talked about in detail, even though it was not needed. Then the second half was basically a reuse of the second half of the first book as it seemed Collins was quickly writing the book, and running out of ideas that made the Hunger Games more unique. Then the did the ...more

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Dec 03, 2009 Wealhtheow rated it really liked it

Shelves: sci-fi, ya, post-apocalyptic

Following Katniss's final act of defiance in The Hunger Games, the oppressed people of the Districts have begun a revolt. The Capital decides that the best way to solve this is to send Katniss into the 75th annual Hunger Game, as a special "treat" to the viewers.

Another fantastic, gripping adventure story. The revolts themselves feel much more natural and realistic than the majority I've read--Collins does an excellent job and conveying the hunger and cold and hopelessness that drive both apath ...more

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Apr 06, 2010 Kara Babcock rated it liked it

Shelves: utopia-dystopia, science-fiction, borrowed, 2012-read, young-adult

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Two years, almost to the day, have elapsed since I read the first book in this series. Since then it has gone from trendy young adult sensation to international book series phenomenon. My second student-teaching practicum is in a Grade 7/8 environment, where it seems like every student is reading one of these three books. I even got to accompany my Grade 7 and 8 classes to watch the movie when it came out in theatres. (The movie is nowhere near as good as the book, in my opinion. It has a certai ...more

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Jul 23, 2009 Sarah rated it it was amazing

Shelves: sf, young-adult

Hooray! Patience paid off. The library copy of Catching Fire that I had been waiting for since September (having joined the list in July) finally arrived, just in time for me to take it with me on vacation. It was a perfect reward for a solid month of writing.
In any case, it was worth the wait. It's as good if not better than the first book. My only complaint about Hunger Games was the wait-for-the-sequel ending, especially since I couldn't figure out where a sequel would go. Many series are jus ...more

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Oct 16, 2009 Jackie "the Librarian" rated it it was amazing

Shelves: youngadult, sciencefiction, teen-books-adults-can-enjoy, thriller, dystopian

In this excellent continuation of The Hunger Games, Katniss must deal with the aftermath of her defiance of the rules that got not just her, but her partner Peeta out of the arena alive against all odds. She thought once she was out of the capital and back home, it would be over, but really, it was just the beginning.
Katniss herself must decide just what her motives really were when she risked everything to save Peeta. Was it an act of selfishness, of defiance, or was it more - was it a rebellio ...more

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Oct 01, 2010 The Crimson Fucker rated it really liked it

How is it call when in a crappy book or a crappy movie an item is show and you know for a fact that it is significant to the plot? This burning questions have been with me ever since I can remember! When watching cartoons as a kid I remember how at the beginning of the show something will catch the attention of one of the main characters, then somebody proceeds to explain the science behind it… and right there! Right there you know that’s how the day issue will be resolve… the most clear example How is it call when in a crappy book or a crappy movie an item is show and you know for a fact that it is significant to the plot? This burning questions have been with me ever since I can remember! When watching cartoons as a kid I remember how at the beginning of the show something will catch the attention of one of the main characters, then somebody proceeds to explain the science behind it… and right there! Right there you know that’s how the day issue will be resolve… the most clear example of this retarded device I can think of is from a crappy movie (I don’t remember the name) where some serial killer gets digitalized and start killing people from the cyber world… at the beginning of the movie the mother of the main character attaches a bunch of computer disc to the fridge by using magnets, the main character explains to her that you are not supposed to do that with computer stuff cuz the magnets destroy the information… right there you know that’s how they kill the cyber killer! And big surprise at the end they drive him to an industrial magnet and kill him… and I start banging my head against the wall! But Alfonso, what the fuck that has to do with this book I’m about to tell you right now… so don’t worry! But first let me name the technique! Since nobody has been able to tell me how it is (and I asked Mr. Greg, Seth and Karen and several teachers in high school, college, I asked the hobo that used to sit around my bus stop and nobody knows!!!) so I Alfonso Gutierrez! Name this technique The Poopie Kakie!! Now let’s answer your question!

What the Poopie Kakie has to do with this book??? Easy! The chick who wrote this book uses The Poopie Kakie so much in this book that I OMFG! I NEED TO STOP RIGHT HERE! MY LITTLE SISTER KNEW THE POOPIE KAKIE REAL NAME!!!!! THIS IS SAD….

Ok! It is not called Poopie Kakie! It is called aFraming Device damn! I thought I could name it =( anyway! Back to the subject!

This book contents indiscriminate use of Framing Devices! So many of them that my head hurt! It makes this piece of shit so annoyingly predictable!!!! It was horrible! It all started nice and pretty with the electrified fence… and it got to the point of ridiculous with the clock arena and sector 13, the coil wire thingy, the flaw in the “invisible” shields! Dear jesus christ! I think Suzanne Collins has Framing Device tourettes !!! There is no other explanation!

There I said it! This book is crappy! But not crappy enough to make me stop reading =( so I guess that I’m sentenced to another session of Framing Device torture in the next installment of the series =( my life is so sad!!!!!!!
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Oct 29, 2010 Sandi rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobooks, 2010, sci-fi, young-adult, post-apocalyptic-dystopian

If at all possible, Catching Fire (Hunger Games, #2) is even more brutal than The Hunger Games (Hunger Games, #1). Poor Katniss had no idea what she started when she took a desperate measure to save herself and her friend Peeta in the Hunger Games. President Snow shows up at her house to threaten her and the Capitol's revenge starts in earnest. You can't ever let yourself get too attached to characters because they just might end up dead. Be warned that this ends in such a cliffhanger that it's ...more

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Aug 26, 2011 Nicky rated it liked it

Shelves: speculative-fiction, children-s-and-ya, dystopia, post-apocalyptic

I expected to feel a lot less... ambivalent about this, from what people have said. There've been those who think it isn't as good as the first book, and those who thought it was an improvement, but I'm just kind of left helplessly shrugging and saying, well, it was fun to read, and there were a few awesome moments and a few kick-in-the-teeth moments ((view spoiler)), but I wasn't really engaged by the Peeta-or-Gale argument (which to me is a) obvious and b) already decided ...more

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Oct 10, 2009 Taueret rated it liked it

Shelves: have, speculative-fiction, dystopia

I liked this better than the first book, I liked the mystery of the games and the surprise at the end. The heroine was getting right up my nose by then so thank goodness I had something else to think about ;-). I'd use these books as an adjunct if I was teaching about Imperial Rome to middle school students, it's best feature is getting the reader to put herself in the shoes of a member of a conquered people. Students may be surprised to learn that this dystopic future is pretty much a direct de ...more

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Nov 21, 2009 Hirondelle (not getting notifications) rated it liked it

Shelves: young-adult-and-middle-grade, sf

I am ill and not nearly coherent enough to try to review this. This gets points as a good read for a cozy invalid day, but drat it if I think about it too much a lot of things came out very contrived. First book was better, this catches perfectly ( too perfectly on the second half) the spirit of the first but seems forced somehow.

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