Review of Hunger Games: Catching Fire
What It's About
Catching Fire is the second book in the Hunger Games Trilogy*, and follows Katniss and Peeta as they fight for their lives yet again in another Hunger Games. It is a special year, the fifth Quarter Quell, which happens every 25 years. Every Quarter Quell, new rules and quirks are added to the Hunger Games; for Katniss and Peeta, the new rule is that only former parcticipants (or winners) can go to the arena. Katniss knows that as the only female contestant still alive from District Twelve, she, along with either Peeta or Haymitch, must venture back to the Capitol for another vicious Game against only the strongest and most capable people ever to play the Games.
*There are also two other books that are in the Hunger Games world, though not in this particular series: A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes and Sunrise on the Reaping.
What I Liked
I liked the new arena; after Seneca Crane, the former Gamemaker, was relieved of his position, a new man was appointed as head Gamemaker. This man's intentions are shrouded by mystery and intrigue, making Katniss unsure as to if he is an enemy, or one of their strongest allies.
I also loved the character Finnick O'dair. He is mentally unstable, though very kind.
What I Disliked
I don't have words to describe it, but the second and third Hunger Games books carry with them a sense of dread and melancholy that just make me feel crazy and antsy; mostly because the books are associated with darkness, sadness, and instability in general (not that this decreases the greatness of the series).
Coclusion
Catching Fire is a sad, yet somehow inspiring story of victory over darkness, showing us just how kind some people can be, and just how dark others can be.
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