Starred Review. Gr 7 Up--Every year in Panem, the dystopic nation that exists the place that the U.S. employed to be, the Capitol holds a televised tournament by which two teen "tributes" from each from the surrounding districts fight a gruesome battle to the death. Inside The Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark, the tributes from impoverished District Twelve, thwarted the Gamemakers, forcing these phones let both teens survive. In this rabidly anticipated sequel, Katniss, again the narrator, returns home to discover herself more the middle of attention than ever. The sinister President Snow surprises her which has a visit, and Katniss’s fear when Snow meets together with her alone is both palpable and justified. Catching Fire is split into three parts: Katniss and Peeta’s mandatory Victory Tour from the districts, preparations for that 75th Annual Hunger Games, plus a truncated version of the Games themselves. Slower paced than its predecessor, this sequel explores the world of Panem: its power structure, rumors of the secret district, along with a spreading rebellion, ignited by Katniss and Peeta’s subversive victory. Katniss also deepens like a character. Though initially bewildered with the interest to her, she comes almost to embrace her status as the rebels’ symbolic leader. Though more from the story occurs beyond your arena than within, this sequel has enough action to thrill Hunger Games fans and instead gives off enough questions tantalizingly unanswered for readers to get desperate to the next installment.
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Reviewers were very happy to report how the Hunger Games trilogy is alive and well, and all sorts of looked forward on the third book within the series after this one's stunning conclusion. But they disagreed over whether Catching Fire was as effective as the original book Hunger Games or ought to be viewed as somewhat of the "sophomore slump." Several critics who remained unconvinced by Katniss's romantic dilemma made unfavorable comparisons towards the human-vampire-werewolf love triangle in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series. But most reviewers felt that Catching Fire had been a thrill because Collins replicated her initial success at balancing action, violence, and heroism in a very method in which will enthrall young readers without giving them (too many) nightmares.
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