Catching Fire

I really enjoyed the book “Catching Fire”.  I chose to read this book because I really liked “The Hunger Games” too. The Author of the book was Suzanna Collins, I have never read any other books of hers be sides “Hunger Games” so I would not know how it compares to her other books.  I would assume that she likes to write books with kind of theme which is slightly sad but very overcoming in the end.  I liked this book a lot because of how I never know what will happen next, she is so creative that anything can appear or happen to the main character without any warning. The theme of this book in particular was about over you can prevail and overcome any obstacle that come in your path because that is what katniss does in her nearly impossible to escape life. In the story it is about Katniss the main character and Peeta who won the last hunger games and their efforts to be safe and not ever have to deal with the Capital again until the ruler of everything gets involved.  He isn’t happy with them for his own reasons and tries to get rid of them with a new hunger games.

What happened in the book “Catching Fire” all started when Katniss was visited by the ruler of the whole country, President Snow.  This happened right before her victory tour and he came to her to tell her that there was a problem.   All of the districts from one through 12 were rioting and starting to fight back because of Katnisses little berry incident with Peeta. Then once they started the victory tour Peeta popped the question and proposed to Katniss. Time went on and the tour ended then President Snow, as stubborn as he was, didn’t leave Katniss and Peeta  alone.   President Snow decided that the next hunger games will be a bit different.  President Snow did this by instead of electing new kids to compete he forced past victors to fight again in the 3rd Quarter Quell, which forced Peeta and Katniss to fight again.  Once Peeta and Katniss arrived back into the area they teamed up with two other contenders, Finnick and Mags. Later on out of nowhere, one of her fellow teammates, Peeta , came out  and cut her arm deeply then ran away. Then Katniss passed out from the injury on her arm.  Katniss wakes up and realizes she that a lot has happened.

I like this book for many different reasons, some that I have already said. This book  was very well written and is sort of relevant to me because I am also a teenager such as the main characters. I just don’t deal with anything like what they have to go through.  I would have to recommend this book to anyone who likes a little excitement in their reading especially because of all the fights and cliff hangers that make me just want to keep reading.  The plot of the book was also very spontaneous alone with a ending that you would never be able to guess. This sad book it truly overcoming in the end where everything is brightened up and the harsh tragic events begin to be replace with what every read would rather have (a happier ending). If you do decide you want to read this book I strongly recommend that you read the first book “Hunger games” first or else you probably won’t understand anything that happens or who is important and who’s not.  Just be careful though because since I started reading I couldn’t stop and now I can’t wait to read the next.

Book Review by Bennet H.