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

She has been hurt far worse than I had at the age of twelve

"I just can't wait for the whole thing to be over," I whisper.

"I know," says Greasy Sae. "But you've got to go through it to get to the end of it. Better not be late."

Izaac Richards

"Wait, let me get Johanna up," says Finnick. "She'll be rabid if she thinks she missed something this important." 

"Or not" I mutter since she's always pretty much rabid

We all nod in agreement, and that's when I notice it. The silence. Our canary has stopped singing.

But the only thing that distracts me from my current situation is fantasizing about killing President Snow. Not very pretty daydreams for a seventeen-year-old girl, I guess, but very satisfying.

"It's OK. It's just her hormones," says Finnick. "From the baby." 

Oh, right. I'm supposed to be pregnant, I think. While I'm trying to think what that means and how I should act - maybe throw up or something 

Because Cinna has turned me into a mockingjay.

Johanna Mason actually stops to straighten my pearl necklace. “Make him pay for it, OK?" she says.

I shrug. "But I don't want Brutus. I want Mags and District Three." 

"So at least half the victors have instructed their mentors to request you as an ally. I know it can't be your sunny personality."

Katniss, the girl on fire, has left behind her flickering flames and bejewelled gowns and soft candlelight frocks. She is as deadly as fire itself.

A mockingjay is a creature the Capitol never intended to exist. They hadn't counted on the highly controlled jabberjay having the brains to adapt to the wild, to pass on it's genetic code, to thrive in a new form. They hadn't anticipated it's will to live 

and that's where we have our first kiss in months. It's full of fur and snowflakes and lipstick, but underneath all that, I can feel the steadines that Peeta brings to everything. And I know I'm not alone. 

WHAT THE FAWK 😞😞😞😞😞😞😞😞😞😞😞😞😞😞😞😞😞😞😞😞😞😞😞😞😞😞💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔

lala

The others kept Peeta alive because if he died, we knew there’d be no keeping you in an alliance

☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️

I realize only one person will be damaged beyond repair if Peeta dies. Me.

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You could live a hundred lifetimes and not deserve him, you know.

PEETA YOU SELFLESS BTCH STAND THE FAWK UP 😭😭

I see the loaves of bread on the counter in the pale, snowy morning light.

This line resonated with me so much because I feel that in the recent years of my life, everything just fell into a whirlwind of unexpected highs and lows. 

… sometimes things happen to people and they’re not equipped to deal with them.

Hana 

Dropped firebombs." He hesitates. "Well, you know what happened to the Hob."

I do know. I saw it go up. That old warehouse embedded with coal dust. The whole district's covered with the stuff. A new kind of horror begins to rise up inside me as 1 imagine firebombs hitting the Seam.

"They're not in District Twelve?" I repeat.

As if saying it will somehow fend off the truth.

I recognize that voice. It's the same one he uses to approach wounded animals before he delivers a deathblow. I instinctively raise my hand to block his words but he catches it and holds on tightly.

But Gale is not one to keep secrets from me. "Katniss, there is no District Twelve."

A clock. I can almost see the hands ticking around the twelve-sectioned face of the arena.

Each hour begins a new horror, a new Gamemaker weapon, and ends the previous.

Lightning, blood rain, fog, monkeys - those are the first four hours on the clock. And at ten, the wave. I don't know what happens in the other seven, but I know Wiress is right.

What happens next is so fast, so senseless, I can't even move to stop it. Mags hauls herself up, plants a kiss on Finnick's lips, and then hobbles straight into the fog. Immediate-ly, her body is seized by wild contortions and she falls to the ground in a horrible dance.

Sickened and terrified, I feel the plate begin to rise. I'm still leaning against the glass when the breeze catches my hair and I force myself to straighten up. Just in time, too, because the glass is retreating and I'm standing free in the arena. Something seems to be wrong with my vision. The ground is too bright and shiny and keeps undulating. I squint down at my feet and see that my metal plate is surrounded by blue waves that lap up over my boots. Slowly I raise my eyes and take in the water spreading out in every direction.

Suddenly the door behind him bursts open and three Peacekeepers spring into the room.

Two pin Cinna's arms behind him and cuff him while the third hits him in the temple with such force he's knocked to his knees. But they keep hitting him with metal-studded gloves, opening gashes on his face and body.

Syasya Diyana 

Very interesting sequel, it ended on a big suspense and leaves you eager to continue reading to find out more.

Yega

W pierścieniu ognia

natalka

Miru

book two wont fail to diminish 
your excitement as it did to you on 
Hunger Games!

keeps me wanting mooore. 
am ready to watch it on the big screen!

Book 2 (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire)

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

This book started a bit slow but once you get to part two things get really interesting. My favorite thing about Collins books is her characters development. She is a master at creating perplex characters!

Camron Swartzendruber

Even though this doesn't quite reach the level of the first one, it's still a pretty great book. The characters are drawn to perfection and I feel as though I am left with so much to think about and so many different layers that I hadn't really captured on my first read. The audiobook narrated by Tatiana Maslany is incredibly immersive and she does a fantastic job capturing exactly what I think Katniss sounds like. Can't wait to dive into the next book now (especially after that ending!), as I remember so very little about it.

Beatrice

Re-read in 2024 (first read in 2015)

Even though this doesn't quite reach the level of the first one, it's still a pretty great book. The characters are drawn to perfection and I feel as though I am left with so much to think about and so many different layers that I hadn't really captured on my first read. The audiobook narrated by Tatiana Maslany is incredibly immersive and she does a fantastic job capturing exactly what I think Katniss sounds like. Can't wait to dive into the next book now (especially after that ending!), as I remember so very little about it.

She does it again. Love the characters and their relationships. Also Collins does a great job at writing Katniss’ internal thought. 10/10. 🏹🌊

Sadie Hoffman

tori 👻

God, years later and this cliffhanger still gives me chills.
Also, years later and still ridiculously attached to Peeta.

I feel like my rating comes from something other than the writing itself. I remembered well enough how fast paced this trilogy is (which I don't mind if you give me a few more pages).
Catching Fire is a good follow up to a great book and I love all 3 acts within this book individually and for different reasons. Funny how I rated it higher now that I'm older, it's just that I know the impact this series had on me after reading it as a teen.
I love the reminder of how similar Katniss and Haymitch are.
Always a great read.

kelsey

amazing from start to finish and with its fast pacing makes it quickly digestible

Daphne Li-Chen

The concept of the book is timeless. The perfect build-up from the first to the last book with its own theme. 

I think it's how Katniss witnessed it, but the movie gets some of the emotions of the other tributes/characters better.

Shout out to my local library for selling the exclusive movie version of the book.

Nina May

The concept of the book is timeless. The perfect build-up from the first to the last book with its own theme. 

I think it's how Katniss witnessed it, but the movie gets some of the emotions of the other tributes/characters better.

Shout out to my local library for selling the exclusive movie version of the book.

Ashley shackelford

I really loved Catching Fire, it is personally my favorite. It is a prefect balance of mind games with action.

Rebeca Keren Nuñez

En "Catching Fire", Suzanne Collins amplía y enriquece el mundo distópico que creó en "The Hunger Games". La historia se centra en las consecuencias del acto de rebelión de Katniss y Peeta durante los Juegos del Hambre anteriores. A medida que los personajes principales enfrentan nuevas amenazas, la autora explora las tensiones políticas entre los distritos y la opresión del Capitolio.

Collins expande hábilmente la mitología de Panem, presentando los 75º Juegos del Hambre, conocidos como los "Juegos del Vasallaje", que añaden un nivel adicional de brutalidad y desesperación. La narrativa también revela más sobre los personajes secundarios, desarrollando sus motivaciones y desafíos personales.

La autora aborda cuestiones más profundas, como la naturaleza del poder, la propaganda y la resistencia, haciendo que los lectores reflexionen sobre las consecuencias de las decisiones políticas y la lucha por la libertad. "Catching Fire" es una secuela cautivadora que construye sobre los cimientos del primer libro, preparando el terreno para el emocionante desenlace de la trilogía.

Sarah Sammis

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.

aleksandra

3.5/5

I was going to take a day or two off from this series, but after that ending? There's no way that's going to happen.

Marie

The second part of the trilogy shows us how Katniss was affected - and traumatized - by her experience in the Hunger Games. About 2/3 of the book deal with topics related to this, plus the growing unrest in the districts. She has a lot to process, becoming increasingly angry at the capitol for the incredibly unfair world that she lives in.

The last third of the book is set in the 75th Hunger Games, which no doubt the Capitol devised to quiet the sparks of rebellion, but achieved the exact opposite. It's so well written with such great characters. It's an emotional roller-coaster for sure, especially Mags.

Speaking of emotion, Katniss is also dealing with her feelings for not one, but two men in this book. It's been 12 years since I read this the first time, and reading it from my present point of view, it's just so obvious to me that Katniss is polyamorous. Why decide for one man, if she needs both, as each of them fulfills a different need for her? But alas, this book is set in a black and white world where I doubt polyamory is a thing. But honestly, it makes this love triangle kinda unnecessary for me.

At the same time she also seems to be somewhat asexual and/or aromantic. She clearly has feelings for both Gale and Peeta, but her feelings don't seem particularly sexual to me. I think she struggles a lot with romance and commitment in general, and sometimes I can recognize myself in her. I think losing her father early, and the losing the affection of her mother to depression, can partially explain this, as not having emotional needs met by your parents can scar you for life. It's so refreshing to have a protagonist like this, because most protagonists that I've encountered are not this emotionally complex. 

A great sequel that sets the scene for the finale perfectly, which I enjoyed reading a lot more the second time I read it.

Rodrigo Figueiredo Severino

** spoiler alert **
           The story was cool and all I just wish the book was longer honestly. With the concept being an all winners Hunger Games I wish we’d gotten to know a little more of a lot of them. Like people like Cecelia, Gloss, Woof, Cashmere, Brutus we’re honestly basically just aluded to and even important characters like Johanna and Enobaria for example got very little and could have used a lot more depth to them so we would actually care for their arc coming the third book, which makes them both a lot more important. It was still a lot of fun, just wish we could have gotten some more development for most side characters not named Finnick

‘Catching Fire’ is probably one of the best sequels I have ever read. Every chapter was filled with tension that keeps you wanting and knowing more. You’ll realise and appreciate Suzanne’s attention to detail once you have pieced them all together when you get to 

‘Catching Fire’ is probably one of the best sequels I have ever read. Every chapter was filled with tension that keeps you wanting and knowing more. You’ll realise and appreciate Suzanne’s attention to detail once you have pieced them all together when you get to that part. 

I am absolutely loving re-reading this series. Love getting to relive the story from Katniss's point of view. I really enjoyed seeing all the little moments that maybe you wouldn't notice your first time reading it. Absolutely love her writing style, its so easy to read "just one more chapter". Can't wait to read the last one!

Maggie Hotmer

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

i need to go to the suzanne collins school of writing 

kari <33

they put crack in these books bc i swear i cannot put them down, best dystopian to ever

Athiril Ard

Di buku ini, aku lebih banyak ga ngertinya.

Tapi, pasti Mockingjay bakal seru banget.

chloe rae

This book is simply SPECTACULAR.
I remember this being my favorite book and it definitely didn't disappoint. It's so good! It has you gripped from the very moment it begins! It's so full of action and suspense, of political intrigue and despair. I forgot how much happens in this book! The quarter quell games didn't even start until over half way! The entire first chunk of the book is the victor tour and build-up; I feel like I flew through this and when it ended, was immediately ready for more.
I'd forgotten literally everything that didn't happen in the movie. The adaptation for this book did a wonderful job, honestly. So many direct lines were placed in that script, and all the key moments were there. But there were these moments with characters that don't even exist in the movies and other bits that I found fascinating because they only live in this form of the story. Even knowing everything that was about to happen, I couldn't put this book down. Soooo good.
And PEETA. I can't express how much I love Peeta. He's honestly the best character in this series. I LOVE HIM.
I will say, I am a bit nervous to jump into Mockingjay. I liked it the least, and I only remember the bad parts that happened. But, nonetheless, I'm excited to see what happens, and I know the movies told the story slightly differently. Can't wait!

Catching Fire The Second Book of the Hunger Games

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