➳Catching Fire (Book Review)➳

Since the movie adaptation of Catching Fire is going to release in a couple of days I decided to take this opportunity of reviewing this book before the movie comes out. As we know the two victors from the games come back and return home to District 12. The day that Katniss and Peeta are to start their victory tour is when Katniss receives a visit from President Snow. Which he explains why he is angry at her for breaking the rules at the end of the game, which allows both Katniss and Peeta to win. Snow also tells her about when she defied the capitol, she inspired a rebellion in the districts. The victory tour starts with District 11 and ends with the capitol. During an interview, Peeta proposes to Katniss publicly, which is a plan to settle the dispute between Katniss and President Snow and to calm the rebellions in the districts. Their attempts to calm the revolts in the districts fails. Shortly after returning to District 12, Katniss encounters two runaways from District 8. They explain their theory that District 13 has not been entirely wiped out and most of the residents live underground. Later it is announced that the 75th Hunger Games would have 24 victors from previous years must be forced to compete once again. This is the third Quarter Quell, an event that occurs every 25 years of the games and allows the capitol to introduce a twist. Katniss knows she and Peeta will be the two tributes and decides that Peeta should be the victor. Even though Peeta wants to protect her.

 

Characters:

 

Finnick Odair- He is the male tribute for District 4 and was known for winning the 65th Hunger Games at the age of 14. Finnick is 24 years old and is described as being very handsome, muscular, athletic and tall with tan skin, bronze hair, and stunning sea-green eyes. He is popular among the people of the capitol, and is known as a sex symbol for having many female lovers in the capitol, non of whom he stays with long.

Johanna Mason- She is the female tribute for District 7 and was known for winning the Original Hunger Games when she pretended to be a coward and weakling but towards the end of the games she reveals herself as a vicious killer. Johanna is described as being rebellious and sarcastic.

Enoboria- She is the female tribute for District 2 and was removed from the games by the capitol after Katniss caused an explosion in the arena.
Beetee- He is the male tribute for District 3 and was removed from the games by the rebels.
Wiress- She is the female tribute for District 3 and died after her throat was slit by another tribute named Gloss.

Overall Ranking:
This book receives 5 out 5 stars because of the major game change in the Hunger Games and the big plot twist towards the end of the book which revolved around the uprising and the idea of  District 13 remaining underground. After reading this book it kept me wanting to read the next book and have my questions answered such as what will happen to all the characters and is Katniss going to be reunited with Peeta? Personally, I think Katniss will be the one to lead this rebellion because she is called the Mockingjay and the next book is also titled the Mockingjay which might indicate what might happen with the rebellion. For those who are wanting to read on, I recommend that you should continue reading the 2nd book because it does continue after Kantiss and Peeta's life changing after they won  the games. I'm sorry for my absence I have been busy with school because of 2nd semester gets a little chaotic but now that I'm on break I will be doing more reviews. Don't forget to follow for more reviews! Also don't forget to check all the links bellow and comment what you thought about this book.

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➳The Hunger Games (Book Review)➳

Hey everyone here is another book review but this time I want to focus on a different series which is The Hunger Games books. This book is set in a nation known as Panem, established in North America after a big apocalyptic event. This nation has the wealthy Capitol and twelve surrounding, poorer districts united under the Capitol's control. District 12, is where the book begins, is located in the coal-rich region that was formerly known as Appalachia. As punishment for a past rebellion, the capitol holds an annual Hunger Games where one boy and girl, between the ages of 12-18, represent there district for the games. In the games they have to kill one another in order for one of them to become a victor. The book's perspective is from Katniss, a 16 year old girl, who takes her sister's place for the games in distract 12. As for the other tribute it is Peeta Mallark , who helped out Katniss and her family when they starved by sending bread for them.

Characters:

 

Katniss Everdeen- The book's perspective and is an independent, quiet, and fierce girl. Her looks are typical from where she lives which is long dark hair, olive skin, and grey eyes. She hunts illegally to help her mother and sister. She is skilled in archery and has a friend who hunts with her named Gale. Both their fathers have died in a mining incident that happened five years before and Katniss's mother fell into deep depression and she became less trustworthy of her. Katniss takes the place as a tribute in the hunger games for Prim.
Peeta Mallark- He is the male tribute for distract 12 and is a son of a baker. He is charismatic, which helps him in the games. He has confessed his love to Katniss in an interview and their relationship grows throughout the story.
Gale Hawthorne- He is an 18 year old and is best friends with Katniss and her hunting partner. They met when Katniss was trying to hunt for food for her family following both their father's deaths. He has three younger siblings and is skilled with snares and archery. His looks are typical for a person living in district 12 and is described by Katniss as bring any girls attention in district 12.
Haymitch Abernathy- He is middle aged and is an alcoholic. He won the second quarter quell, the 50th hunger games, which occurred 24 years before this book. He is a mentor to all the district 12 tributes and is consumed with guilt and forced to participate in the games which he hates. He is very sarcastic and pulls it together when Katniss confronts him, which makes them aiming toward winning and survival of the two tributes.
Primrose Everdeen- She is Katniss's younger sister and is 12 years old. She looks like her mother, blond hair and blue eyes. She is thoughtful and sweet. Her name is pulled as for the games but her sister takes her place. Before she leaves she asks if Katniss would win the games for her.

Overall Ranking:
This book is given as a 5 out of 5 stars because I thought the story line is perfect. Although I hate how Katniss took Peeta's love as a strategy in the games. I loved most of the emotional scenes set in this book during the games. Such as Rue's death and the survival of food and water in the games. The games made the capitol a piece of dirt and it hints that Katniss will rebel when she learns more secret and deals with her problems about the future. I highly recommend this book for anyone who is into dystopian novels and YA readers. I felt this book went fast and I enjoyed every second of this novel and it is an easy read. I will soon be reviewing the movie adaption of this book and do a book review on another series. I will be updating on this blog with some new things in the works which I hope to get started in please don't forget to follow for more books and movie reviews!

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