Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2) in Building a SciFi/Fantasy Library

Dec 13, 2010 Daniel rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult, scifi-fantasy

In my review of Book One (for which I've taken many pot shots from readers who feel my opinions are wrong) I said that I wouldn't be reading Book Two because I don't like being played for a sucker, and the cliffhanger ending played me big time.

Well, I'm eating those words. I just read Book Two, and of course this time I went in knowing that it was part of a series and OF COURSE it would end in a cliff-hanger moment, so I wasn't disappointed when I read it.

Why did I read it? Because my daughter r ...more

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Mar 27, 2012 Mark rated it liked it

Shelves: fiction, science-fiction, young-adult, read-2012

I read The Hunger Games at the behest of my first daughter, the first person in our family to read Suzanne Collins' trilogy and fall in love with it. So I read it. And I liked it. I didn't fall in love with it, however, largely because YA is not, generally speaking, my cup of tea. And, to my daughter's horror and amazement, I didn't continue onward with the series.

Enter Daughter #2. She's a voracious reader, Rowan. Has read the Harry Potter series and all of Rick Riordan's books umpteen times ov ...more

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Aug 05, 2013 Amy rated it really liked it

Shelves: lit-sciencefiction, ya, 2014

The stakes are only heightened in this book, compared to Hunger Games, and that's a good thing. The other victors from past years having to participate in the Quarter Quell adds to the pathos of the Games, and the relationships between those victors is the best part of this book. I liked that aspect much more than Katniss' vacillating between Gale and Peeta - although I really think Collins demonstrates who Katniss will eventually pick here. After all, Katniss is uncomfortable showing affection ...more

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Nov 25, 2011 Marva rated it liked it

Not as gory as Hunger Games, but far too many girly outfits described. Fashion doesn't bore Katniss as much as she claims. Also, I'm not fond of the cliffhanger ending.

I got this book on a borrow in my free trial of Amazon Prime. Otherwise, I wouldn't have read it.
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Dec 29, 2010 Rachel rated it really liked it

Shelves: youngadult, sci-fi

A good follow-up to Hunger Games. These are quick reads, but still thought-provoking. The subject matter is pretty intense, especially for YA fiction.

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