Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games) (edição: 2009)

Just enough sexual innuendo to make it inappropriate f kids—at least f now. ( )

I picked up the prequal in my local little free library, so thought I should reread the trilogy beforehand. Just as good as the first, though more heartbreaking. ( )

I am a fan of this series, not just a book for teens. Interesting story and concept. On to the last book and things are getting more interesting by the page. ( )

The writing style was just as distracting and unappealing as it was in the first book, [b:The Hunger Games|2767052|The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)|Suzanne Collins|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1326003698s/2767052.jpg|2792775], though by this time I was able to mostly ignore it. The story was gripping, and the plot was mostly enjoyable.

I still admired Katniss Everdeen's desire to take care of those around her, and I appreciated her willingness to sacrifice herself for Peeta. Soon, however, my positive opinion of her was eclipsed by her lack of empathy and her abrasive personality. She had also seemed, up to this point, to be remarkably slow-witted when it comes to issues related to the revolts and to her (terribly overdone) love triangle. This is one of the dangers of a first person narrative; since the reader and the narrator have the same information, the reader can never come to a conclusion too far ahead of the narrator without risking making the narrator seem unintelligent or blinded.

By the end of this book, I was ready for the series to be over, and for Katniss to die. ( )

"En cynisk teve-värld där deltagarna tävlar med livet som insats. Detta kan vara verklighetens underhållning i framtiden...

Katniss trodde att en vinst i Hungerspelen var lika med framgång, lycka och berömmelse, men istället skulle det bara leda till fruktan och att hon blev ökänd. Huvudstaden är inte nöjd med henne. Hennes prestationer på arenan har gjutit mod i rebellstyrkorna - och i takt med att upproret växer sig starkare, ökar också riskerna för Katniss och de hon älskar - inklusive de två killar som slåss om hennes gunst. Varje val hon gör får ödesdigra konsekvenser. Och det är då huvudstaden blottar sin slutgiltiga fälla...

"Fatta eld" är den andra delen i den gastkaramande trilogin om "Hungerpelen"."