Download Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games).pdf Free

Download Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games) PDF Free

Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has won the annual Hunger Games with fellow district tribute Peeta Mellark. But it was a victory won by defiance of the Capitol and their harsh rules. Katniss and Peeta should be happy. After all, they have just won for themselves and their families a life of safety and plenty. But there are rumors of rebellion among the subjects, and Katniss and Peeta, to their horror, are the faces of that rebellion. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge.

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Season's Reading says:

June 8, 2010 at 2:26 pm

Review by Season’s Reading for Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)
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If you thought the Capitol couldn’t get any more twisted… you were wrong.

The highly-anticipated sequel to The Hunger Games is the kind of novel that has you pulling back to take a breath and go, “How did the author think of this?” (if you can stop turning the pages long enough to breathe)

Catching Fire picks up right where Hunger Games left off. Unrest in the Districts is growing at an alarming pace and Katniss unwittingly finds herself the figurehead for the movement against the Capitol. The characters you loved return for the sequel and the reader must endure each indignity the Capitol inflicts upon them. It is painful, tortuous, imaginative and motivating. It is everything The Hunger Games was and more. It both answers your lingering questions and creates so many new ones. It challenges you to think and creates such feelings of empathy for the characters that whenever I had to put the book down, I was genuinely worried for leaving the characters hanging and couldn’t wait to pick it back up just so they could continue fighting for their lives and freedoms.

Everything I loved about The Hunger Games is present in Catching Fire: the unique and engrossing storyline; characters so thoroughly and beautifully described they start to feel like friends; a fantastical setting that is both real and sad; and language that is easy to read and yet conveys such a profound meaning. It has action, romance, horror, hope, despair and, most of all, humanity. It has sci-fi and politics yet, unlike a lot of books on the market, they are not “in your face” and are completely approachable.

Due to elements of violence and some light romantic scenes, I would recommend it for 13+. That being said, I would recommend it for ANYONE 13+ of any reading taste or background: as a bookseller and a recent library school graduate, these are the books I find easiest to recommend to anyone I meet.

I am on the edge of my seat waiting for the third and final book to come out. After reading Catching Fire, I know you will be too.
kacunnin says:

June 8, 2010 at 2:46 pm

Review by kacunnin for Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)
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. . . is that darn book in the middle! You know how it goes – the first book is dynamite, because it’s all new and there’s so much to discover. The last book is explosive too, since we find out what happens “in the end.” But the book in the middle . . . well, it’s sort of like treading water. It’s a place holder, filler maybe, a way to stall the reader until the good stuff can start.

Hunger Games was exiting and compelling; we found out about Katniss’s world slowly, which drew us into it completely. My guess is, the final book will be equally engaging – after all, we’ll learn all about District 13, we’ll find out which of her two suitors Katniss will finally choose, and we’ll get a glimpse of what lies in store for the Capitol and its totalitarian government. But Catching Fire is a disappointment. Nothing much happens. The plot can be summed up very succinctly – unrest grows slowly in the aftermath of Katniss and Peeta’s Hunger Games victory. That’s it. Katniss can’t make her mind up about Peeta and Gale, she can’t make her mind up about whether or not to rebel, and she can’t make her mind up about who to really trust. In the end, not only is there no resolution, but little progress has been made toward one.

The biggest problem with Catching Fire is its pacing. The first third of the novel is really told in summary – Katniss explains what happened when she and Peeta came home, what happened on their tour of the Districts, what happened when she talked to Gale, etc. By telling it all in long paragraphs of summary, Collins removes the reader from the immediacy of the action – and it’s both disappointing and disengaging. I wanted to experience Katniss’s first meeting with Gale after she returned from the Games. I wanted be part of her trying to get her life together after her horrific experiences. But that’s not the way this story is told. Then, about midway through the novel, things start to feel very much like Hunger Games revisited. From the moment it’s announced that Katniss will be thrown back into the arena it all starts to feel very much like a re-run. What was exciting and new in the first book, is expected and redundant in the second book. It’s not that the final section isn’t exciting – it is. There’s plenty of action in the last chapters of the novel. But it just wasn’t as gripping. I found myself reading to get to the end, rather than to find out what was going to happen.

As with most “middle books,” Catching Fire was written to set up the final part of its trilogy. There will be a rebellion. And there will be a love triangle. The sparks of the rebellion are there, although the reader is kept away from the actual embers. Collins put more time into Katniss’s confusion over which boyfriend to pick – I found myself wishing for something, anything to happen to make that rather silly conflict moot. Katniss, as written by Collins, seems very, very young. It’s hard to imagine her actually “torn between two lovers.” Additionally, Gale plays such a peripheral role in this novel that it’s hard to really know him. Peeta is present in almost every chapter – the sweet, loving, doting boyfriend who will be eternally true to Katniss. Gale, however, appears in only a few brief scenes, and never says more than a few words. Book 3 may give us a better picture of what these two young men really meant to Katniss; Catching Fire does not.

Actually, I think the title accurately reflects what this novel is all about – things in Katniss’s world begin to catch fire. They don’t actually CATCH fire – it just begins; it’s “catching,” so to speak. The conflict was set up in Hunger Games. The actual conflagration will play out in the third and final installment. Here, in Catching Fire, we just see the striking of the match. It’s not a bad read, and fans of the first novel will enjoy this one. I just found myself wishing for more – more of an understanding of Katniss, Gale, and Peeta; more of an understanding of the totalitarian government they live under; and more of a connection to a story that won me over brilliantly in Hunger Games. This time, I felt a little lost.
Echo says:

June 8, 2010 at 2:59 pm

Review by Echo for Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)
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When I read the Hunger Games, I read it straight through the night, from 1AM til 5AM. Couldn’t stop reading even though I had to pee badly. After I finished it, I was dying for the sequel. DYING!!!! When I found out the ARC would be available in the spring, I bribed everyone I could think of to get me one. And yes, I got it. The day I got it, I couldn’t look at it until 1AM again. This time, I promised myself, I would only look at the first chapter and then put it down. Riiiiight. It was 4:30AM when I finished reading and immediately began plotting to find out when the next book ARC would be available.

I thought the first one was fantastic. In the back of my mind I felt that the sequel just couldn’t be as good. How could it? Boy was I wrong! It was even better! My heart was racing the whole time I was reading it and I simply couldn’t put it down. I believe Ms. Collins is the MASTER of the pageturner. Every chapter ends with almost a cliffhanger feeling. It compels you to keep reading. It physically traps you into the book so that you just can’t put it down. If you can’t read this book in one sitting, then I urge you not to even look at it until you can. Like the first one, you will not be able to put it down. The house could have been on fire and I doubt I would have noticed.

Since we got to know Peeta and Katniss so well from the first one, what the sequel does is invest us even more deeply into their emotional well being. I won’t give any other spoilers than what has already been said. So the book starts with Katniss as the face of the rebellion because of her act of defiance in the first book. As rebellion grows, the President sets up his revenge – and when I found out what it was, I literally sat up in bed and shouted “Oh NO! I can’t believe they are doing this to them!!!” Yes I was talking to my book. That’s how deeply this book sucks you into this amazing and disturbing dystopian world. It makes you want to grab up a weapon and join the rebellion.

One thing I have to say, I was deeply satisfied with the ending of this book. The first book ended in such a way that I was bothered by it and itchy for the next book. With the end of Catching Fire, I felt it was absolutely right and thrilled with the conclusion. But I’m still DYING for the third and final book of this amazing book series.
Jennifer says:

June 8, 2010 at 3:01 pm

Review by Jennifer for Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)
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I got a galley at the BEA Conference this year. Before I started to read, I was terrified that Suzanne Collins couldn’t possibly live up to my expectations after the extraordinary Hunger Games. I’m thrilled to say that she did not let me down. I don’t want to give anything away as it would only ruin the rollercoaster ride of a read, so suffice it to say that all of our favorite characters are back to join Katniss as the spark of revolution catches fire. Collins is masterful. The story is at once personal to Katniss, Peeta & Gale, but it also makes social statements that can apply to society at large. Characters show the best and the worst of humanity. And at several points, I found myself finishing a chapter, stunned at the turn of events. Collins kept me on the edge of my seat. I hope she’s writing quickly, because I can’t wait for the concluding volume of this amazing trilogy.
The Book Muncher says:

June 8, 2010 at 3:04 pm

Review by The Book Muncher for Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)
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Against staggering odds, Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark of District 12 have somehow won the annual Hunger Games. But the fruits of triumph are bittersweet. Success in the arena means a life without want in the Victor’s Village, but extravagant food and a nice place to sleep can only provide so much comfort when an increasing amount of one’s life must be faked for the protection of those one loves. That’s exactly Katniss’s predicament, because she when she held up the poisonous berries in the arena, it was interpreted as an act of defiance against the Capitol rather than Katniss’s strong will to life. And now the girl on fire has become the spark for rebellion–a rebellion the Capitol is determined to stamp out at any cost.

I must commend Collins for writing such a phenomenal sequel to The Hunger Games as Catching Fire is. It’s everything I hoped for and even more than I expected. Katniss’s legend lives on in this action packed, suspense filled drama in which one’s friends are nearly indistinguishable from one’s enemies and ambiguous meanings make life into one giant maze. Collins takes her portrayal of a dystopian future to the next level in this novel by highlighting the extent of the power the totalitarian Capitol wields and the beginnings of long suppressed dissent. Catching Fire is such an engrossing read, thanks to Collins’s well written and executed plot, vivid and realistic characters, and the resulting sense of revolutionary fear. It’s so easy to lose track of time while reading this novel, because the story just flows from the page so fluidly; I really enjoyed the many plot twists and the development of each character. The only times I had to pause while reading were due to the multitude of names and minor characters that are somewhat difficult to remember. But overall, Catching Fire is a story so overwhelmingly incredible, no reader will want to put it down.

Catching Fire and its prequel The Hunger Games are must reads for all readers not just because they are such interesting stories but because they show the nasty side of politics and culture not enough of us are aware of. This trilogy will be especially enjoyed by fans of the Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld, Cherry Heaven by L.J. Adlington, Shift by Charlotte Agell, Daylight Runner by Oisín McGann, and the Poison Study trilogy by Maria V. Snyder. I know that I, along with throngs of others, can’t wait for the conclusion to this trilogy.

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