Book 54/30.
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I first read The Hunger Games trilogy a decade ago and rated the books 4, 5 and 5 stars respectively. Enter the film adaptation The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes that made me hunger for the OG trilogy and decide it was time for a reread. I was excited to see if my ratings (and sentiments) would change now that I am a more seasoned reader, as Catching Fire is (was 🤷♀️) easily my favourite of the trio but Mockingjay was exceedingly unputdownable with the most exhilarating end to a most enthralling tale.
Catching Fire picks up right where The Hunger Games left off. Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has won the Hunger Games. She and fellow District 12 tribute Peeta Mellark are miraculously 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 fueled an unrest that 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.
Book two in the trilogy was just as page-turning, absorbing, fast-paced and adventurous the second time around. The Quarter Quell‼ The arena‼‼ Sooo good‼‼‼ 13/10 would recommend 💯
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** A guide to ratings **
1 star – did not like it
2 stars – it was okay
3 stars – liked it
4 stars – really liked it
5 stars – it was amazing
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