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

Jun 23, 2013 Liz rated it liked it

Shelves: 21st-century, science-fiction, ya, dystopia

As I mentioned regarding the Hunger Games, I tend to judge books I know to be successful more harshly. It's a fault.
Anyway, Catching Fire took a bit of time to get into and Katniss, well, she's still a bit slow (which is okay, because half the time she's just a vehicle for readerly experience).
The parts of the story I find most compelling remain the games themselves and the moment of interaction between human being and technologized nature they represent. That's where Collins is at her best, tha ...more

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Jul 17, 2012 Jenn Andrew rated it really liked it

What can I say but if you read the first book, you had to be drawn to the second.

I was freaking out when I found that all the victors had to go back into the arena to fight again. What a rip off to have spent your life thinking you were safe and then you get pulled into the mess all over again. I felt so sorry for the older victors who had to play in the games.

Katniss was beside herself when she realized that it was probably her fault that got everyone back into the games. I am so glad that she ...more

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May 14, 2012 Alice Lee rated it liked it

Shelves: science-fiction

This is really more like a 2.5 than a 3. I was eager to immediately jump into this sequel after reading the Hunger Games, but this one was definitely a disappointment. I was hoping to learn more about this dystopian world's history and politics - how it actually functions. Instead, what I got was more paper-thin background that was supposed to suffice in fueling the primary conflict of this series - specifically the uprisings. Okay, I get it - oppression and violence are bad. That's not enough t ...more

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