Author: Suzanne Collins
# of Pages: 391 (hardback)
Genre: YA, Science Fiction, Dystopia
Rating: ★★★★☆
Synopsis: Against all odds, Katniss has won the Hunger Games. She and fellow District 12 tribute Peeta Mellark are miraculously still alive. Katniss should be relieved, happy even. After all, she has returned to her family and her longtime friend, Gale. Yet nothing is the way Katniss wishes it to be. Gale holds her at an icy distance. Peeta has turned his back on her completely. And there are whispers of a rebellion against the Capitol - a rebellion that Katniss and Peeta may have helped create.
Much to her shock, Katniss has fueled an unrest she's afraid she cannot stop. And what scares her even more is that she's not entirely convinced she should try. As time draws near for Katniss and Peeta to visit the districts on the Capitol's cruel Victory Tour, the stakes are higher than ever. If they can't prove, without a shadow of a doubt, that they are lost in their love for each other, the consequences will be horrifying.
Review: Original Review: January 15, 2013, 5 stars
There's not much to say here. This book is fabulous. Read it, if you haven't. Read it again if you have.
Second Review: 4 stars
While I still enjoyed reading Catching Fire, I found that it dragged in the beginning. Half of the story isn't even related to the 75th Hunger Games (which is what I wanted to read about). And there was A LOT of characters thrown at you at once, to the point that if I didn't have the movie as my guide, I would have gotten them confused like I did the first time I read it.
Catching Fire seems to be more of a bridge to the last book...but I still recommend reading it.
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