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This is the second book of the trilogy. For the first book’s review, click here.
Summary:
Katniss and Peeta return to District 12, but they’re not exactly the happy couple the Capitol expects them to be. Peeta keeps his distance, and so does Gale. The Hunger Games have changed everyone’s relationships with Katniss, but at least her family has food. The Victory Tour is rapidly approaching and Katniss dreads it even before she receives an unexpected, foreboding visit. Soon, she finds herself in a very similar yet different situation. For Katniss, the trials are far from over.
Comments:
It’s basically impossible to summarize this book without spoiling it; every page brings suspense and surprise. I was so addicted to it that I read it while I was cooking. Not once, but twice I managed to burn food because I got too caught up in it.
Catching Fire surpasses The Hunger Games. There is still darkness, but there is hope and a new kind of bravery, unity, and loyalty. The theme is still survival, but this time it’s the survival of a nation, not an individual.
The Point:
Friends don’t let friends cook and read.
UPDATE: Check out my review on the next book, Mockingjay, here.
And oh yeah, read Kerri’s review here. She is, after all, the soul who got me into this madness.
Related articles (beware there will probably be spoilers)
- Catching Fire: A Book Review (fromatowntoadown.wordpress.com)
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- Book Reviews: Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (othemts.wordpress.com)
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Definitely thought that the second book was better than the first, almost as if THIS was the story she wanted to tell but she needed to get the first book out of the way before she could do so. I thought it’d been over-edited, though – I wanted MORE!
I agree. The first book absolutely needed this book to follow it. I didn’t get the impression it was over-edited, but both books so far are very concisely written, so I’m sure there was an intense edit/revision process. Do you think there were some necessary things cut from it?
I’d probably be one of those friends that would let you cook and read… because I’d be doing the same thing right beside you! I’m so happy to see that you adored this book too! I never quite considered how the theme of survival changed with this book. I like your point about how it is survival of the nation now and not just the individual. It’s a very keen way to put it. (:
Between the two of us, we’d burn down the kitchen.
LOVED everything about this series (once I finally caved and read it, I put it off for so long because it sounded weird). Cooking and reading is a do, just set timers!
I don’t know… I think there were a few times I might have ignored the timers, too.