#377
Title: Catching Fire: The Hunger Games #2
Author: Suzanne Collins
Year: 2009
Publisher: Scholastic
391 pages
As in the first installment, poor Katniss just wants to be left alone. Following her success in the Hunger Games, her relationships are strained and she is under scrutiny. Though she tries hard to be unobtrusive and to do as she's told for the sake of her family and community, she is caught up in the political whirlwind her victory unwittingly caused. Frightened and disgruntled, she must again compete for her life.
Some reviewers complain that this volume doesn't advance the romantic plot, but I believe it does, in that no matter what the protagonist does, it's a problem. That sense of helplessness and frustration is important to the overall plot as well as this sub-plot. Whether Collins can resolve this dilemma without resorting to too much convenient deus ex machina remains to be seen. The projected release date for volume 3 is August, 2010.
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