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Catching Fire

      

 Catching Fire

       
            I picked this book mainly on the fact that I loved the first book in the trilogy, The Hunger Games. I loved that book because there was action and always something around the corner. There were multiple twists in the plot that I liked. Because of all this, I decided to read on in the series. When I first picked up this book, I thought the mockingjay was going to be a big part of the story due to the fact that it was on the cover of both books. I couldn't of been more right. Another thing that caught my attention is the fact that a bunch of authors have read and commented on this book. All of their reviews were really positive and gave me more reason to read this book. So I did.
              It started slower than the first book in which it re-introduced all the characters and some new ones but also answered some questions that the first book left open. One question was how is the capital going to react to them "going against the capital" by almost eating the berries and killing both of them. The book starts out with them, Katniss and Peeta, at their victory village homes. Katniss is dreading the point where all the reporters come to see her before she goes off on the victory tour. After about 200 pages it starts to get interesting. i am not saying that the first 200 pages were not, they are just not as fast paced as the first book. The pages answer alot of open ended questions and tell more about how the characters are feeling. In my opinion i think the author did an amazing job with this but might have used too much detail/wording to write about the setting and how the characters are where they are. I mean really if you read the first book, which you basically have to do in order to understand certain parts of this book. There is alot of twists in the plot of this story like (spoiler) how the head peacekeeper is removed and a stricter one is put in as well as the electric fence around the district is turned on most of the time now. With all this going on, Katniss, feels like she is being targeted specifically by the capital for her actions(read the first book if you haven't already).
         Throughout this whole book I kept seeing how much detail the author put into her words. It amazed me how much there was. I thought to myself "wow, the author put alot of work into this book".
          Overall I think this book is good so far but is a little slow at first. But when I think how hard it would be to top The Hunger Games it really is pretty good. If you have read the first book i highly recommend this book.
          If you have read this book then i recommend going onto the third book in the series, Mockingjay. When i finish Catching Fire I will go on to read the third book. I really hope that it is as good as the first two books. Even if it is only half as good it will still be a good read.

The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games

          I picked The Hunger Games because the first book i chose was a slow read at first so i decided to abandon it and move to this book. I went to this book because it was on the list of suggested books we got from Ms. Basko. When i started this book it was a little slow because the setting was in their town of district 12. It was telling about how the districts came to be and how history has affected them. The main characters are also described in the first few chapters. After reading the first few chapters it was clear that the author was targeting teens and young adults with this book. 

          The cover also brought me to this book. At first i thought it was just a pin of a bird and didn't really mean anything. But my guess was way off. The pin becomes a symbol for (spoiler) an uprising that is going on in the district. The main character is a teenage girl living in a time where practically everything is controlled by the government. Everyday she goes against the capital by doing things as little as hunting to provide food for her family. She wears this pin because it was given to her by somebody from her district. After her acts in the games the pin becomes the symbol of the "rebels". The "bad guy" realizes what her actions have done and ends up getting her into trouble later in the trilogy.

            Throughout the book the author was very detailed about what she was saying. When the main characters went into the games, she used so much detail that i could practically see the place in my head. I felt like i was the one in the arena. The detail described every thing that could possibly come to mind about what was in the arena. The author truely made it feel as though you were in the arena with the main characters. It felt as though i had a "movie" playing in my head.

           I personally don't like to read but this book was one of the few exceptions. I finished it in a week and that was with schoolwork and everything. The thing I like most about this book is that it is suspensful all the way through. It makes the reader not want to put this book down. Event after event was a thriller, foreshadowing is a huge tool in this book because of all the stuff that goes on. After reading this book I went on to read Catching Fire which is the second book. I am still reading the second book and so far it is just as good. When I finish this book i hope to go on to read the third book in the trilogy.

          I would highly recommend this book to a friend unless they don't like action/sci-fi based books. After reading this book I am going to read the next two books in the series. I have already started Catching Fire and after that I am going to read Mockingjay. I hope that both books are jut as good as this book was. If you are into action/survival/sci-fi books, I recommend you take a look at this book.