Sunday, April 8, 2012

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Catching fire [Book]Suzanne Collin's second book to her Hunger Games trilogy is Catching Fire. After the the first book, there were some problems that had to be addressed in the second book. Katniss and Peeta have been pronounced victors in their Games, and it's their times to tour all the districts of Panem. After some rumors of uprising in the districts,  the Capitol is taking extra measures to keep the continent in a civil state.
     I believe that most people can agree that Collin's Hunger Games trilogy is written in a way where almost everybody is able to understand the context of the books. She doesn't use complex diction and is straightforward with her explanations, which makes her trilogy enjoyable to read and easy to understand. One of the reasons why I really enjoy reading her trilogy is because of her unique imagination. I know that there was a book released about a decade ago that had the same idea of a group of kids having to fight to their death (the book is called Battle Royale), and some critics have a problem with the similarity of the books. However,  there are hundreds of similar ideas taken from books, movies, music, etc., so the similarity of Battle Royale to The Hunger Games isn't a big problem to me. I highly recommend the series to anyone who hasn't read The Hunger Game.

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