Catching Fire
Catching Fire
The Hunger Games #2
by Suzanne Collins
391 Pages
Young Adult
Science Fiction
Scholastic Press
September 2009
DG Score: 75/100
If you haven't read The Hunger Games, and you read this review stuff will be spoiled for you.
However by reading this review nothing in Catching Fire should be spoiled for you.
Catching Fire continues the story of The Hunger Game's heroine Katniss along with her feuding romantic interests Gale and Peeta. The reader is taken on a journey that has the intensity of one of the most thrilling of roller coasters. Katniss is aware that when she challenged the Capitol during The Hunger Games she was taking her life into her hands, but she had no idea of the vastness of the reach of devastation that could be caused by her choices. She didn't think about who it could hurt, and much less that it would cause a stir in the people. Big changes are coming there is no question!
I loved the first book in this series, but this second one was an obvious middle book in a trilogy for me. It was still good but I was disappointed by it in two ways: Catching Fire seemed to repeat so much information that I was already clear on from my reading of The Hunger Games causing me to want to skim pages-which never crossed my mind in book one. Second, the love triangle gets old, and to me at least annoying.
With all that negativity out of the way, it is still a great read! Catching Fire is entertaining, enjoyable and thrilling. I had a great time getting to know the peeps a little better. There is much more character development and relationship building time in this one, as the story seems to progress at a slower pace. The writing was good, the story was interesting and the plot was as intense as ever. I will read (and buy) book three no question, but I just wished this one were better than it was.
What did you think of Catching Fire? Have you read it or are you planning on it? Does anyone know what book three will be called?
Interested in the first book of this series, The Hunger Games? Read my review.
After reading a Review Copy that the lovely Trish at Hey Lady let me borrow, I purchased this book at Powell's Books, and you can too!
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October 26th, 2009 - 22:50
Great review and summary of the story. I really liked this book too but am sooo disappointed that we have to wait so long for the third installment. I had an ARC too and read it a ways back (i’ll post a review eventually) and I am still thinking about when I can get my hands on the next one.
October 27th, 2009 - 07:08
I’m two disks away from the end of Catching Fire :P And I’m starting to like it again, so that’s good. But, as you say, the triangle got SO annoying. I found myself disliking the three of them at some point, which I didn’t thought it was even possible while reading The Hunger Games!
Hopefully book three will be less soap opera-esque?
October 28th, 2009 - 18:53
i really enjoyed these two books but think that collins is going to kill off peta in book 3 so that katniss can have her ‘happily every after’ with gale without guilt. what do you think?!?!
October 28th, 2009 - 20:03
I am only partway through Catching Fire — and the fact that I could put it down, is a reflection on how it didn’t grab me the way Hunger Games did.
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November 4th, 2009 - 14:54
I’m glad you loved it! I can’t wait for the third book!