Name: Catching Fire
Rating: 4.296727924697445 (4462 reviews)
ISBN: 9780439023498

Suzanne Collins

By winning the annual Hunger Games, District 12 tributes Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark have secured a life of safety and plenty for themselves and their families, but because they won by defying the rules, they unwittingly become the faces of an impending rebellion.

The Second Book of the Hunger Games

Catching Fire

Sparks are igniting.
Flames are spreading.
And the Capitol wants revenge.

Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has won the Hunger Games. She and fellow District 12 tribute Peeta Mellark are miraculously still alive. Katniss should be relieved, happy even. After all, she has returned to her family and her longtime friend, Gale. Yet nothing is the way Katniss wishes it to be. Gale holds her at an icy distance. Peeta has turned his back on her completely. And there are whispers of a rebellion against the Capitol—a rebellion that Katniss and Peeta may have helped create.

Much to her shock, Katniss has fueled an unrest that she's afraid she cannot stop. And what scares her even more is that she's not entirely convinced she should try. As time draws near for Katniss and Peeta to visit the districts on the Capitol's cruel Victory Tour, the stakes are higher than ever. If they can't prove, without a shadow of a doubt, that they are lost in their love for each other, the consequences will be horrifying.

In Catching Fire, the second novel of the Hunger Games trilogy, Suzanne Collins continues the story of Katniss Everdeen, testing her more than ever before . . . and surprising readers at every turn.

The Hunger Games #2

Marija

I must say that I have become very attached to the characters in this book. It's easy to become and that's why this book is good. 

Book 2 (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire)

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

im crying bruh snow u evil fucking bitch that’s why everybody’s leaving ur ass

Atharv Gupta

im really confused with what just happened...

The second book in the ground-breaking HUNGER GAMES trilogy. After winning the brutal Hunger Games, Katniss and Peeta return to their district, hoping for a peaceful future. But their victory has caused rebellion to break out ... and the Capitol has decided that someone must pay. As Katniss and Peeta are forced to visit the districts on the Capitol's Victory Tour, the stakes are higher than ever. Unless they can convince the world that they are still lost in their love for each other, the consequences will be horrifying. Then comes the cruellest twist: the contestants for the next Hunger Games are announced, and Katniss and Peeta are forced into the arena once more.

"But mockingjays were never a weapon," said Madge. "They’re just songbirds. Right?"

sabiduría 

Marco yauri 

Finally I have finished with this one. It has been a long journey but it was a really good and satisfying journey as well!
This was my first dystopian book in English and it was not bad, instead it was a great experience reading it! 
5 out a 5 stars because it was simply awesome! It was catching and I just loved it.
looking forward to get and read the final one!!! 
I leave you this phrase, " Maybe I am already going crazy and no one has the heart to tell me. I feel crazy enough. "

So nostalgic and probably my favorite of the trilogy

Julia Rivera

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Nicole Grace

Book 2 of the Hunger Games Completed and what a Wild ride this one was one as I loved that I was able to put down book 2 and then get instantly on with the story and pick up where things were left off with that Cliffhanger! This one has even more twists and turns and the start of something that I know is going to culminate in the 3rd and final book

After barely surviving the deadly Hunger games, days in District 12 turn simple and peaceful; the life of a victor carries tranquillity, fame and well-being. Yet new difficulties don’t take long to appear; being the new celebrity of Panem brings a lot of attention, and of the most dangerous kind. The challenge in the previous tournament does not go unnoticed, and the beginnings of a rebellion start to arise. Under the ever-vigilant eye of the Capitol, not even the victors, the strongest among the strong, can escape its power. Katniss and Peeta will have to try to appease the social unrest and prove their loyalty to the government; or else their loved ones, their district, and even all Panem may burn for it.

In this book, we really start to see Katniss's PTSD from being in the games. One of the things this series does well is depict how complex people are, including in their handling of trauma. This becomes and even bigger example of that complexity when we meet the other victors. The brilliant, awful thing about the Games is how they are constructed to victimize the participants repeatedly. From selection to actively participating in your pre-slaughter with training and interviews and makeup and parades, to the actual murdering and dying. And if you are lucky/unlucky enough to survive, a victory tour to face down the families of all the people you killed.

We really start to see Katniss's character progress here as well. She's such a survivor, our girl, but she also cares deeply for people. As her world opens up, as she moves out of District 12 and onto bigger stages, and meets more people, the more you see both those sides of her also develop and shine: the ultimate survivor who would also protect everyone if she could.

Nail biting and gripping, Catching Fire is just as good, if not better, than the original book. Suzanne Collins is brilliant in the setting – the arena can be almost anything. The reader doesn’t know what to expect.

Ian Brakspear

Book 2 of the Hunger Games Completed and what a Wild ride this one was one as I loved that I was able to put down book 2 and then get instantly on with the story and pick up where things were left off with that Cliffhanger! This one has even more twists and turns and the start of something that I know is going to culminate in the 3rd and final book

 

After barely surviving the deadly Hunger games, days in District 12 turn simple and peaceful; the life of a victor carries tranquillity, fame and well-being. Yet new difficulties don’t take long to appear; being the new celebrity of Panem brings a lot of attention, and of the most dangerous kind. The challenge in the previous tournament does not go unnoticed, and the beginnings of a rebellion start to arise. Under the ever-vigilant eye of the Capitol, not even the victors, the strongest among the strong, can escape its power. Katniss and Peeta will have to try to appease the social unrest and prove their loyalty to the government; or else their loved ones, their district, and even all Panem may burn for it.

 

In this book, we really start to see Katniss's PTSD from being in the games. One of the things this series does well is depict how complex people are, including in their handling of trauma. This becomes and even bigger example of that complexity when we meet the other victors. The brilliant, awful thing about the Games is how they are constructed to victimize the participants repeatedly. From selection to actively participating in your pre-slaughter with training and interviews and makeup and parades, to the actual murdering and dying. And if you are lucky/unlucky enough to survive, a victory tour to face down the families of all the people you killed.

 

We really start to see Katniss's character progress here as well. She's such a survivor, our girl, but she also cares deeply for people. As her world opens up, as she moves out of District 12 and onto bigger stages, and meets more people, the more you see both those sides of her also develop and shine: the ultimate survivor who would also protect everyone if she could.

 

Nail biting and gripping, Catching Fire is just as good, if not better, than the original book. Suzanne Collins is brilliant in the setting – the arena can be almost anything. The reader doesn’t know what to expect.

It's that everything was happening to Finnick katniss and peeta so much you forget they're so young and then when they had a chance to be kids and scare peeta with their scabby faces they did and that was all so refreshing. Yes Finnick is an adult but his childhood was stolen from him I feel as though being around Katniss and Peeta something in him was healed.

Nala

Never realized how much I forgot about this book until I started rereading the series again. Love that even if I read this in high school, it still hold up to its standard 

lily

Mia McCoy

Really good sequel. Bit slow at first but it picked up once we got in the arena again and I was on the edge of my seat to the end.

Bethany

I’ve seen all the movies but still screamed when Gale said “there is no district 12.” 

But is still don’t understand why everyone hates Gale. Yes, sometimes at least thus far he is misguided but he is also an 18 year old kid. These are kids literally trying to save the world. 

But overall great book, nothing like the first book. Although I would have like to have been informed or left breadcrumbs of the plan. I don’t like the whole in the dark until others deem it necessary to know. Additionally, she could have added hits like at the beginning with the watch. But there were no hits.

Bushra Yenice

I’ve seen all the movies but still screamed when Gale said “there is no district 12.” 

But is still don’t understand why everyone hates Gale. Yes, sometimes at least thus far he is misguided but he is also an 18 year old kid. These are kids literally trying to save the world. 

But overall great book, nothing like the first book. Although I would have like to have been informed or left breadcrumbs of the plan. I don’t like the whole in the dark until others deem it necessary to know. Additionally, she could have added hits like at the beginning with the watch. But there were no hits.

Hence 4/5 stars.

Brittany Peterson

My favorite movie and my favorite book. I forgot about so much that happened but it’s SO GOOD. I love Finnick Odair and next book is going to break my heart certainly :)

Sílvia

Rereading the series before sunrise on the reaping, absolutely one of my favourite series in the world! Great book! 

Catching Fire The Second Book of the Hunger Games

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