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Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)

Suzanne Collins

Start date: June 18, 2011

Finish date: June 19, 2011

Discussion: Fiction

Why we're reading this: The Hunger Games has got to be one of the best books that I have ever read, and this is an amazing sequel…more
[close] The Hunger Games has got to be one of the best books that I have ever read, and this is an amazing sequel. Typically sequels aren't as good as the original, but Catching Fire is just as good as Hunger Games. In addition, the characters are unforgettable; and there is an interesting twist at the end of each chapter that forces you to continue reading.

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Apr 09, 2012 Devon rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2022, books-in-my-possession, audio-books, 2014, 2012, books-i-ve-read-multiple-times, 2013, adapted-into-movie-or-show, 2019, 2021

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. The first time I read this book I gave it four stars. I am writing this after the fact, during read number 3 almost a year later, so I am not quite sure what I thought then.

Right now, I think I like it more than the first book. That could be because I am extremely excited for the movie of this book in the series to come out the end of November, or it could be because I have read the first book so many times (just finished my 7th reading in the last year and a half or so, not to even mention how The first time I read this book I gave it four stars. I am writing this after the fact, during read number 3 almost a year later, so I am not quite sure what I thought then.

Right now, I think I like it more than the first book. That could be because I am extremely excited for the movie of this book in the series to come out the end of November, or it could be because I have read the first book so many times (just finished my 7th reading in the last year and a half or so, not to even mention how many times I have watched and rewatched the first movie) that I am starting to get tired of it.

But anyways... I love Finnick. and I love how Katniss really starts to grow attached to Peeta.

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March 2014- They could have done better on the movie...
Watching the movie again in September- I think the reason I don't like this movie as much is because Jennifer Lawrence is less Katniss and more herself. The acting is not perfect. Especially when she has her freak out PTSD moment when she shoots that goose. I really didn't like how she did that.

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June 2022:
This update has absolutely nothing to do with a reread of the book or anything like that… but I just saw something online and I was incredibly impressed by the observation and wanted to write it down here so I will remember it since it relates to this book. Wade vs Roe was overturned by the supreme court this past week and people have been losing their minds over the insanity of it. How this could have happened when so many people (myself included) are appalled by the decision is beyond me. Someone posted the following observation on Instagram Reels…

“When Peeta played the Capitol by telling them Katniss was pregnant because he knew they cared more about the unborn child than the teenagers being sent to the Hunger Games”

And someone responded in the comments with this… “Dystopians are never written about the future. They are caricatures of the present”.

Both of those things really hit me. ...more

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Aug 22, 2012 Theresa rated it liked it · review of another edition

Didn't like this one as much as The Hunger Games, especially the way it ended. It was a frenzy of activity all at once and then it ended, and left me scratching my head. I hope the third and final in the series, Mockingjay will tie it all up because I really liked the first one and don't want to be let down. ...more

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