Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I don’t think it’s possible for me to say enough good things about this book. The Hunger Games was fantastic, and Catching Fire not only met its predecessor but surpassed it. Usually rare in sequels, but Collins is a genius! I just saw her interviewed where she says her idea for the trilogy came from channel surfing between reality TV and footage of Iraq. Catching Fire is exactly that.
I couldn’t put it down and stayed up until 3am last night finishing it up. It’s that entertaining/disturbing/beautiful/engrossing. My favorite thing about this book is that it’s scary without being unrealistic. Too many times authors have these fantastic “bad guys” that are super-bad but just too extreme to be truly taken seriously. Colllins’ Capitol is one of the few really terrifying things I’ve read… ever. And it’s not ridiculous, it’s horrifyingly relevant.
Like I said, I have no complaints about this book. At one point (wont give spoilers) I thought the author was going in a direction that would have been redundant, but NO! Seriously, this woman is a genius. Where does she come up with this stuff?
Now, I’m not entirely sure it’s YA material. Think Harry Potter – some dark stuff, but certain themes you only catch with age. Anyway, this book is the perfect balance of social commentary and romance and adventure. READ. IT.
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