Meh

Rating: 5/10 (25 May 2015)

I read the first couple pages of this book just to see where the author might go after the first story ended. I have never been hooked so quickly and so hard as I was by Catching Fire. It ended up being a page turner for me, and actually renewed my interest in reading. As a film, I thought this was a fairly bland translation. I didn't much like the casting or the look--the way it was filmed, the colors, the costumes, everything. It didn't need to be any better than it was to be successful because the book was so well written, but as a companion, I find the film to be extremely disposable. I watched it once just to see the story in live action, but I won't revisit it. On a side note, I almost never enjoy dystopian fiction--especially sci- fi--but like I said, this book drew me right in.