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Fatta Eld

Suzanne Collins

4.32 AVERAGE

adventurous inspiring fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Easily a set up book to transition into the 3rd book.
But it was enjoyable 
adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Very good. At first I thought it was unoriginal but the
Spoilerclock idea for the arena
was very creative. I loved the cliffhanger.
adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous dark tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
fast-paced
adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This reread is really cementing how iconic these books are. We see Katniss and Peeta simultaneously juggling their trauma from the Games with the very public, very orchestrated lives they’re expected to live for the Capitol; we’re introduced to fantastic new characters; Snow’s cruelty continues to horrify; and the propaganda campaign really takes off (although again, Katniss is about five kilometres behind everyone else as it does). 

I’ve only docked it half a star because the pacing was somewhat choppy. The first half is fairly slow, followed by non-stop action once they’re in the Games that kept my heart rate at a nice and unhealthy high.

Collins really knows how to write a cliffhanger, which makes me very thankful I can dive straight in to Mockingjay and avoid a torturous wait.

4.75