Review of 'Catching Fire Movie-Tie-in-Edition [Paperback] [Nov 10, 2014] SUZANNE COLLINS' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
This was a close call between a 3, 3.5 & a 4. Mixed feelings. XD
Fair warning: Major cliffhanger ending. If you can't handle that, don't purchase unless you have this and the next book waiting for you. Otherwise, carry on!
It's the life of a Victor for Peeta, Katniss and District 12. The first half of the book focuses on adjusting to life back home with a new head Peacekeeper, Gale and Peeta competing for Katniss in their own passive aggressive ways, A Victory tour of all Districts, Wedding plans, and of course: President Snow. The second half takes us back into the games the series is known for & more light on the rebellion.
Just going to get this out of the way: Didn't like this one as much as the first. If we're being honest? I was almost a little bored up until we got to the …
This was a close call between a 3, 3.5 & a 4. Mixed feelings. XD
Fair warning: Major cliffhanger ending. If you can't handle that, don't purchase unless you have this and the next book waiting for you. Otherwise, carry on!
It's the life of a Victor for Peeta, Katniss and District 12. The first half of the book focuses on adjusting to life back home with a new head Peacekeeper, Gale and Peeta competing for Katniss in their own passive aggressive ways, A Victory tour of all Districts, Wedding plans, and of course: President Snow. The second half takes us back into the games the series is known for & more light on the rebellion.
Just going to get this out of the way: Didn't like this one as much as the first. If we're being honest? I was almost a little bored up until we got to the games portion of the book after the 60% marker.
I know it served the purpose of set up--giving us hints at more going on with the rebellion, the Mockingjay set ups, the conspiracies, Katniss' feelings for Gale and Peeta, etc.--for the final book, but it was still a bit flat. I can't put my finger on 'why' either, other than while it was well written, and interesting to a degree, it didn't capture my attention as much as preparing for the games did in the first novel.
Once they got to the games though, and introduced all the new folks--it picked right back up into the good stuff & I breezed through it. It was almost better than the first novel in that we got to see Katniss and Peeta interact with a larger group of people, in and out of the stadium. Finnick & Beejee in particular were fun and stood out the most to me.
I also enjoyed where the Peeta & Katniss romance went, and how it developed. Between the wedding, both of them trying to be selfless, and just the natural attraction and potential between them--not to mention determination to keep the other alive during the game--was probably the most interesting part of the book. Again--I'm fairly certain The Hunter Games series is a romance (possibly a tragedy depending on the ending) with a little dystopia on the side to distract you. :P
And then of course we end on our cliffhanger--and a confirmation of what I figured out, but it was about time for them to tell the main character, too. One word: Communication. It's a good thing. Spoiler:Not telling Katniss & Peeta about the escape plan was well, kinda jerkish on everyone's front. Especially when characters like Johanna lead me to believe they thought Katniss was in on it--when she had no clue what was going on. What if she had just decided to kill everyone? Then what? I can kinda see their reasoning (Haymitch: "This is why no one lets you make the plans."), but it soured my opinion on a few of our major players.
Either way, on board for [b:Mockingjay|7260188|Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)|Suzanne Collins|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1294615552s/7260188.jpg|8812783] and seeing how that's going to turn out.
