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

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 where two teen "tributes" from each with the surrounding districts fight a gruesome battle to 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 locate herself more the center of attention than ever. The sinister President Snow surprises her which has a visit, and Katniss’s fear when Snow meets together with her alone is both palpable and justified. Catching Fire is split into three parts: Katniss and Peeta’s mandatory Victory Tour over the districts, preparations for the 75th Annual Hunger Games, and a truncated version in the Games themselves. Slower paced than its predecessor, this sequel explores the world of Panem: its power structure, rumors of the secret district, and a spreading rebellion, ignited by Katniss and Peeta’s subversive victory. Katniss also deepens being a character. Though initially bewildered with the interest to her, she comes almost to embrace her status since the rebels’ symbolic leader. Though more from the story occurs beyond your arena than within, this sequel has enough action to impress Hunger Games fans leaving enough questions tantalizingly unanswered for readers to become desperate to the next installment.
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Reviewers were happy to report that this Hunger Games trilogy is alive and well, and all sorts of looked forward to the third book inside the series after this one's stunning conclusion. But they disagreed over whether Catching Fire was as well as the first book Hunger Games or needs to be viewed as somewhat of a "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 providing them with (too many) nightmares.

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