Catching Fire (The Second Book in the Hunger Games) [Kindle Edition]


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Starred Review. Gr 7 Up--Every year in Panem, the dystopic nation that exists the location where the U.S. used to be, the Capitol holds a televised tournament through which two teen "tributes" from each in the surrounding districts fight a gruesome battle towards the death. Inside Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark, the tributes from impoverished District Twelve, thwarted the Gamemakers, forcing them to let both teens survive. In this rabidly anticipated sequel, Katniss, again the narrator, returns home to find herself more the center of attention than ever. The sinister President Snow surprises her with a visit, and Katniss’s fear when Snow meets with her alone is both palpable and justified. Catching Fire is divided into three parts: Katniss and Peeta’s mandatory Victory Tour through the districts, preparations to the 75th Annual Hunger Games, as well as a truncated version with the Games themselves. Slower paced than its predecessor, this sequel explores the nation of Panem: its power structure, rumors of a secret district, plus a spreading rebellion, ignited by Katniss and Peeta’s subversive victory. Katniss also deepens like a character. Though initially bewildered from the attention paid to her, she comes almost to embrace her status since the rebels’ symbolic leader. Though more from the story takes place outside of the arena than within, this sequel has enough action to please Hunger Games fans leaving enough questions tantalizingly unanswered for readers being desperate for that next installment.
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Reviewers were happy to report how the Hunger Games trilogy is alive and well, and all sorts of looked forward for the third book inside series after this one's stunning conclusion. But they disagreed over whether Catching Fire was as well as the initial book Hunger Games or needs to be viewed as somewhat of the "sophomore slump." Several critics who remained unconvinced by Katniss's romantic dilemma made unfavorable comparisons on the human-vampire-werewolf love triangle in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series. But most reviewers felt that Catching Fire was still a thrill because Collins replicated her initial success at balancing action, violence, and heroism in a very way that will enthrall young readers without going for (too many) nightmares.