Once again, Collins has written a book that I just could not put down! This book picks up where The Hunger Games left off: Katniss, Peeta and Haymitch have returned to district 12 from the games. Things are strained between Katniss and Gale, who has been sent to work in the coal mines. This year is the 75th anniversary of the Hunger Games, and so there is a Quarterly Quell, where the rules for the games can be changed. The Capitol announces that the tributes to the 75th games will be selected from the existing pool of previous victors. We know that means Katniss is going back to the arena with either Peeta or Haymitch. I don't want to spoil the book for those who have not read it. I'll say that Katniss vows to protect Peeta's life, no matter the cost. The tributes form a much different relationship that we saw previously.
In this book, some of the districts are bordering on revolt against the Capitol. The announcement of the Quell means that Katniss and Peeta's romance cannot pan out, which even the people at the Capitol disapprove of. During the course of this second book, Katniss has to propagate the romance with Peeta. President Snow even suggests that the Capitol throw the couple a wedding. Peeta develops as a lovable character that I would be happy to see Katniss marry, but then there is her relationship with Gale to consider....
The last chapter of Catching Fire is so surprising. Again, I'm trying to not give too much away, but we see history repeat itself in a very frightening way by the end of the book. I absolutely cannot wait until the final book, Mockingjay, comes out in August.
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http://www.suzannecollinsbooks.com/catching_fire_88086.htm
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This trilogy is really very excellent so far and I do hope you will read it!
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Sunday, February 28, 2010
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
This book is amazing. Once I started I could not stop until I finished it and now I need to get the second book in the series.
The Hunger Games takes place in North America in the future. There were 13 Districts, who held an uprising against the Capitol. The Capitol destroyed District 13 and as a reminder of the weakness in the remaining districts, they forced each of the other 12 Districts to send two tributes, one boy and one girl, to fight to the death in the Hunger Games. These 24 individuals are between ages of 12 and 18.
Katniss, the main character, lives in District 12, current Appalachia. District 12 is the coal mining area and Katniss and her family are pretty poor. When names are drawn for tributes to the Games, Katniss' little sister, Prim is called for the girls. Katniss volunteers to take her place. The male tribute is the son of a baker, Peeta. The two are sent to the Capitol to prepare for the Games. They meet their prep team and designers (who create the multiple costumes they need for interviews and such), as well as the fellow tributes.
In the second part, the Games begin. The 24 triutes are send to an area that seems like a forrest with a nearby lake. Alliances are formed and tributes are killed from the first minute. I don't want to give too much away, but there were numerous surprises in this text for me, up until the last page.
One of the biggest questions in The Hunger Games is that of government involvement. The Capitol rules over the Districts in a dictatorship-type manner. They even get involved in the Games when things may have become boring for the views (all the citizens throughout the 12 Districts). The tributes sometimes form their actions to manipulate the Capitol. I hope in future books of the series, Suzanne Collins lets the characters take down the Capitol.
Available in hard copy and digital edition from Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
The Hunger Games takes place in North America in the future. There were 13 Districts, who held an uprising against the Capitol. The Capitol destroyed District 13 and as a reminder of the weakness in the remaining districts, they forced each of the other 12 Districts to send two tributes, one boy and one girl, to fight to the death in the Hunger Games. These 24 individuals are between ages of 12 and 18.
Katniss, the main character, lives in District 12, current Appalachia. District 12 is the coal mining area and Katniss and her family are pretty poor. When names are drawn for tributes to the Games, Katniss' little sister, Prim is called for the girls. Katniss volunteers to take her place. The male tribute is the son of a baker, Peeta. The two are sent to the Capitol to prepare for the Games. They meet their prep team and designers (who create the multiple costumes they need for interviews and such), as well as the fellow tributes.
In the second part, the Games begin. The 24 triutes are send to an area that seems like a forrest with a nearby lake. Alliances are formed and tributes are killed from the first minute. I don't want to give too much away, but there were numerous surprises in this text for me, up until the last page.
One of the biggest questions in The Hunger Games is that of government involvement. The Capitol rules over the Districts in a dictatorship-type manner. They even get involved in the Games when things may have become boring for the views (all the citizens throughout the 12 Districts). The tributes sometimes form their actions to manipulate the Capitol. I hope in future books of the series, Suzanne Collins lets the characters take down the Capitol.
Available in hard copy and digital edition from Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
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