"I really liked The Hunger Games. But I love the new book, Catching Fire…Collins has done that rare thing. She has written a sequel that improves upon the first book…Katniss is more sophisticated in this book, and her observations are more acute. We see this when she notices how much more difficult it is to kill people once you know them, or when she observes the decadent (and for the reader perhaps uncomfortably familiar) citizens of the Capitol gorging and then taking pills to make themselves vomit, or with her gradual realization that she may just stand for something greater than herself. All this is accomplished with the light touch of a writer who truly understands writing for young people: the pacing is brisk and the message tucked below the surface." (from NYTimes review)*****Rate this 5/5. A wonderful sequel to the first in the series. I even will have to pay late fees to keep this book and finish it, something I never do. Katniss is again a survivor using her wits and her unbelievable strategy to survive to again get through the 'games'. Now I am looking forward to starting the third in the series, The Mockinjay.
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