Title: Catching Fire
Author: Suzanne Collins
Genre: YA dystopian fiction
Rating: 5 out of 5
FTC Disclaimer: I borrowed this audio book from my school's library
Summary (from the inside flap): Against all odds, Katniss has won teh Hunger Games. She and fellow District 12 tribute Peeta Mallark are miraculousely still alive. Katniss should be relieved, happy even. After all, she has returned to her family and her 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 feuled 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.
Much to her shock, Katniss has feuled 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.
Review: What can I say? I loved this second book of hte Hunger Games series and can't wait for the third istallmanet, Mockingjay, which comes out August 24, 2010. I got right into they rhythm of the characters and the setting and was swept up in the excitement and tension that existed in the first book. The description on the inside flap of the book is so good at not giving away any of the plot and I want to make sure I do the same.
The Capitol is just so cruel in its devious plans and its controlling ways; I can see why the Districts want to rebel. But at what danger to everybody involved and even those who weren't invovled. It made me think about what risks I would be willing to take. If you have family, do you still risk everything?
And the cliff hanger at the end! So well done, yet so cruel of Collins to leave us hanging!
Would you (or do you) rise up against injustice when you see it? What are you willing to do or say when you see wrong doings?
The Capitol is just so cruel in its devious plans and its controlling ways; I can see why the Districts want to rebel. But at what danger to everybody involved and even those who weren't invovled. It made me think about what risks I would be willing to take. If you have family, do you still risk everything?
And the cliff hanger at the end! So well done, yet so cruel of Collins to leave us hanging!
Would you (or do you) rise up against injustice when you see it? What are you willing to do or say when you see wrong doings?
