This makes for a more interesting read, as the games were the weakest part of the The Hunger Games, and a more detailed exploration of the world of Panem is welcome. The games themselves are less prominent in Catching Fire, with the stirrings of a revolution and the totalitarian politics of the Capitol coming to the fore. With the Capitol employing increasingly draconian tactics in the districts, and Katniss still caught in a love triangle between Peeta and Gale, the prospect of re-entering the arena is a horrific one and, with President Snow keen on her demise, Katniss must use all her resourcefulness to stay alive. Ingeniously, to mark the 75th Hunger Games, it is announced that the contestants will this time be drawn from the pool of previous winners, meaning Katniss will have to re-enter the arena, and fight for her life for a second time. But, with uprisings springing up around the districts, the Capitol's leader, President Snow, is keen to quash the revolutionary spirit that is catching fire, and make an example of Katniss, it’s symbolic leader. Having escaped from the 74th games with both Peeta’s and her own life intact, Katniss Everdeen has relocated to the winners village in district 12, where she enjoys a standard of living beyond anything she has experienced before. Catching Fire (2009) is the second book in Suzanne Collins’s best-selling Hunger Games trilogy.
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