Hardcover, 391 pages
English language
Published Feb. 27, 2009 by Scholastic Press.
Sparks are igniting. Flames are spreading. And the Capitol wants revenge.
Against all odds, Katniss 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 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. …
Sparks are igniting. Flames are spreading. And the Capitol wants revenge.
Against all odds, Katniss 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 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 in the Hunger Games trilogy, Suzanne Collins continues the story of Katniss Everdeen, testing her more than ever before...and surprising readers at every turn. (front flap)
I enjoyed this almost as much as the first book. My main complaint was that the games themselves felt a bit contrived. Characters in the games were also a bit thinner and less well developed. Still worth reading.
This book definitely sets up the final book in the Trilogy. There seemed to be a couple of plot holes nothing that I can put my finger on. The one perplexing thing is the character of President Snow. And was he voted in or just a fascist. He rules like a fascist but I wish there some explanation of the government system. I know Katniss would not necessarily know the government structure but I'm surprised that is hasn't somehow been discussed. Well, I'll wait to read the final book in the trilogy before judgement. But it was a good read and a good book. Can't wait to see how the movie is going to be now.
This book was so much more emotional for me this time around. I think because I had time, since my last read of it, to really think about what the book was saying. Having read all three, knowing the outcome, it gave me such a clear picture about what was going on. Every moment was more meaningful.
An impressive follow up to the first book continues the excellent plotting and feels better than The Hunger Games, mainly because it builds on and plays with what has gone before. Katniss continues to be an engaging character and the romance triangle is mostly believably sustained. More and more it throws the woeful Twilight Saga into sharp contrast.
I can't wait to read the next one!
Loved it!
