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Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)

Suzanne Collins

Start date: February 27, 2015

Finish date: April 1, 2015

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Jan 11, 2012 Jeff Scott rated it it was amazing

Shelves: audiobooks, fiction, science-fiction, bleak, post-apocalpytic, young-adult

This second volume in The Hunger Games Trilogy has everything that I thought was missing from the first book. It is the perfect blend of the post-apocalyptic environment, further explanation of Capital and the Districts, more of the history, and just enough of the games to make it exciting. I liked how they treated the games more here and I felt it was a far richer experience overall.

I liked that Katniss developed more as a character. The Hunger Games was more of an adventure book. You are no s ...more

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Jun 11, 2012 Melissa Wiebe rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, young-adult, dystopia, 2012, ebook

Originally reviewed at Jayne's Books.

I didn't enjoy this one as much as I did the first book, but then again, I didn't really now what to expect out of the first book, except that it was good and had a pretty decent story and was really addictive. But this one I sort had an idea of what the story would be like and felt that played with my head more than the first book. It was also the first e-book purchase from Kobo that I read (I don't get why it still shows as a free preview on my devices (I h ...more

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May 21, 2012 Miquela rated it really liked it

I hate to get all Mom on this book but damn it is violent! I can't imagine my sweet kid reading about all the death and sufferning until junior high but I hear there are kids in 4th and 5th grade reading the series. Everyone knows junior high is the right time to learn about death and suffering! ;) ...more

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