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

Dec 05, 2011 mark monday rated it really liked it

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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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May 09, 2012 Chueca rated it it was amazing

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Wow. This continued story stole my Thursday. I woke up with a mission-- to finish this book. It is off the hook suspension, no joke. At this stage Katniss becomes woven into a mess of power/ego struggles between political figures and ignorant minds in the capital and a growing unrest in the surrounding districts. I can't wait to see where the next book will go. Is Collins paralleling some actual event? All I could think about during the second book were different historical coup's that have happ ...more

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