Catching Fire is the second book in The Hunger Game series. It is a book that most everyone has either read or watched the movie adaptation of. 

It is a great book. It maybe falls just shy as of the brilliance of the first book, but not by much. Katness is such an interesting narrator. The way she sees the world is so concrete, even though she wouldn’t probably describe it that way. She is so hard on herself, even while she is self sacrificing at every turn.

The plot was interesting. There was a lot more fit into the pages then in the first book. Since the world itself opened up in this book there was a lot more world building in the first part of the book. Most of it was presented as info dumping. However, it was usually short blocks when needed. Occasionally, it was longer. Even then it worked. 

Since the book is in first person it impacted the narration style. For example, there were a lot of sentences that started with “and” or “but.” I am talking a lot - but people speak/think that way so it made the narration for natural. 

I really liked how Collins is able to create such visible characters and scenes. It is no wonder why it adapted so well and authentically to movies.

Seriously, if you haven’t read this series then I strongly suggest you do.