Its one of the best books I've read in a very long time. Its honestly impossible to put down. Katniss is an amazing teen heroine and her story is amazing. This book had me laughing, crying, gasping... everything I need! It was actually quite educational! If I ever get stranded in a rainforest, I'll know exactly what to do :P The only thing that annoyed me was the ending. It left too much of a cliffhanger for my taste, although I will be at the bookstore the day it opens to by Mockingjay, the sequel and last part of the trilogy.

I read both the hunger cames and catching fire within two days; i couldnt set the book down i swear i cant wait till the third arives august 28,2010 and a movie triology is in action with the hunger games coming out in 2011.

after i finished this book just as i was going to bed and when i closed the book just sat and stared at the ceiling till 5:45 in the morning!! this is a wonderful and powerful book and i would recommend it to any one of my colleges the violence (like in the last one) was brutal but quite necessary for the plot to continue unbroken, A "smashing good read"

Only on the fourth chapter and I'm already mad about this book. The author of this book is a sheer genius. Katniss Everdeen displays a way of getting through teen issues and the ups and downs of being a winner of the Hunger games. She makes mistakes, but she makes those mistakes for the good of her family, friends, and the rest of her country. Though the whole book has one theme that keeps coming up. This theme is that the government can not and should to be trusted. In the beginning of the book the president is described as smelling strongly of roses and blood. It may scare some kids and the books draw you into the next book. The last one, I am told, is violent, bloody, and depressing. My friend said it was like watching a train-wreak, you don't want to watch, but you just have to. She said it was good though...

My daughter really enjoyed the 2nd book in this series. She is almost done with the 3rd and wishes there was a 4th book!

Less violence than THG but still some, some kissing between Katniss and Peeta, Katniss and Gale, but could get a little slow.

This book has many strong female role models, genderbends character stereotypes in a way that allows the girl to be the typical reluctant hero, while the two male parts of the love triangle are respectively the boy next door and the wild boy. (aka the equivalent of the sweet girl and the action girl, only male) Female characters actually talk to one another about subjects other than men, clothing or hair. And much of the emotional impact comes from dealing with oppression, and how wealth and starvation are used as weapons of oppression.

this is a very good sequel.in one part katniss is teased for being 'pure' but they dont say anything past that or explain what that means. if you let your kid read the first then this is perfectly fine as for violence the only thing they describe in detail is one characters back after he gets whipped but even that is not great detail.this is as good as the first and i strongly recommend it. a lot of people have been talking about how this is not appropriate reading material for teens but you know your kids if they are mature and you think they can handle then go ahead and let them read it.

My only concern about the sex was that there was a female character that was repeatedly found naked. This didn't seem to bother anyone including the character. There were descriptions of lights bouncing of her naked body (breasts in particular) - and I don't really know why it was necessary to include. Other than that it is a fabulous book.