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 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.In Catching Fire, the second novel of the Hunger Games trilogy, Suzanne Collins continues the story of Katniss Everdeen, testing her more than ever before...and surprising readers at every turn.
Katniss Everdeen, girl on fire, has survived, even though her home has been destroyed. Gale has escaped. Katniss's family is safe. Peeta has been captured by the Capitol. District 13 really does exist. There are rebels. There are new leaders. A revolution is unfolding.It is by design that Katniss was rescued from the arena in the cruel and haunting Quarter Quell, and it is by design that she has long been part of the revolution without knowing it. District 13 has come out of the shadows and is plotting to overthrow the Capitol. Everyone, it seems, has had a hand in the carefully laid plains--except Katniss.The success of the rebellion hinges on Katniss's willingness to be a pawn, to accept responsibility for countless lives, and to change the course of the future of Panem. To do this, she must put aside her feelings of anger and distrust. She must become the rebels' Mockingjay--no matter what the personal cost.
I'm going to write these to reviews together, seeing as I finished both, one straight after the other, in 2 days.
I had only watched the movie for the first book, so was a bit worried that there might be too many differences or things I have missed when I started the books. Not the case. As soon as I started I was right back in District 12 where I finished, and it went on seamlessly.
These books were so addictive that once I started I often had to remind myself to stop and cook dinner because I just wanted to keep going and ignore the hunger. The writing is so engaging and vivid that it is impossible not to get caught up in it.
The second book had me change to 'Team Peeta", although I think this kind of fizzled a little bit during the last book a little bit, although not enough to make me want to go on the "Team Gale" side.
I am usually a firm believer that books are much better than their movie counterparts, but in this series case, I think the movies might bring just as much as a lot of the detail needs to be seen to be believed. Especially so in the last art of the final book, Mockingjay. I think when Katniss returns to District 12 along you need to see her struggle and loneliness to truly believe it.
All in all I loved it and I really wish there were more installs to keep me going!
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