Catching Fire (Hunger Games Book 2)

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins was a real page turner that grabbed hold of me and never let go. With the book's story of action, love, betrayel, and rebellion putting Catching Fire down was nearly impossible.

Catching Fire appears to have no main theme. The book is mainly a story of the adventures of Katniss Everdeen. However, there are several minor themes, such as, all actions have a consequence.

Suzanne Collins has a great style when writing novels. Catching Fire is very well written. All the characters and places are descriped thouroughly and very well. Suzanne Collins does not a very unique style as the book is very similarly written to other books written for young adults. However, her style is done much better than most of the authors with a style similar to Collins.

After reading Catching Fire, I really believe that Katniss, Peeta, Haymitch, and all the other characters are real. All the characters have real problems that some people face today. There is nothing really super natural about the characters, making them very possible. The characters add to the excellence to the book as they add a lot to Catching Fire.

The world of Catching Fire is very different from the world we live in today. The United States is divided into to districts and the democracy has been replaced by a dictatorship. Many people are starving and each district must give up two children to fight to death every year. Suzanne Collins does an excellent job of describing the settings of Catching Fire. The entire United States is described but with little detail. I can close my eyes and really see the places that Katniss and Peeta live in.

Katniss Everdeen has just won the Hunger Games, an annual event where two teens from each district must fight to the death. Most people would be overjoyed, but Katniss and her fellow tribute, Peeta Mellark, defied the Capital and both won the Hunger Games. This causes unease throughout the districts. Katniss is about to leave on her victory tour when the President arrives at her house. He meets with her privately and reveals the true state of the Capital and threatens to kill her family if she does not comply. This event throws Katniss into a whirlwind that tosses her world upside down...again!

Catching Fire's plot is like no other book I have read. Collins does a great job of making the plot extremely unique. The style is similar to most authors that write young-adult novels but her unique plot makes up for this.

I would recommend Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins to any young-adult or adult reader.



This book contains 391 pages.