50 in '13: #6
Apr. 12th, 2013 09:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sakon76Title: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Author: Suzanne Collins
Length: 472 pages
Yes, I read the second book in a day. In my defense, I had doctor's office wait time this morning, and a slow day at work.
Picking up a few months after the first book left off, this felt a natural continuation of the story. Though, like the first book, it suffered from a slow, grinding start, and my mild dislike of the protagonist. Or maybe it's something to do with first-person point of view? Because the only other series I've read with it, Seanan McGuire's Incryptid books, also has a main character I find difficult to like. In any case, Katniss is an unreliable narrator and too oblivious to what's going on outside her head for my comfort.
But the book picks up once the action starts, and Katniss stops meta'ing all over the page. She's in her element when doing something. And the action is clever, well-thought-out on the author's part, and a fast read. In fact, I enjoyed the read thoroughly until I hit the last few pages and, WHAM~!, sudden info-dump about everything that had been hinted at going on behind the scenes. Which was a graceless way to do it. Le sigh.
Only one more book to go, but since I'm going to the RenFaire tomorrow, I probably won't get to it until Sunday or later.
Verdict: Recommended.
Author: Suzanne Collins
Length: 472 pages
Yes, I read the second book in a day. In my defense, I had doctor's office wait time this morning, and a slow day at work.
Picking up a few months after the first book left off, this felt a natural continuation of the story. Though, like the first book, it suffered from a slow, grinding start, and my mild dislike of the protagonist. Or maybe it's something to do with first-person point of view? Because the only other series I've read with it, Seanan McGuire's Incryptid books, also has a main character I find difficult to like. In any case, Katniss is an unreliable narrator and too oblivious to what's going on outside her head for my comfort.
But the book picks up once the action starts, and Katniss stops meta'ing all over the page. She's in her element when doing something. And the action is clever, well-thought-out on the author's part, and a fast read. In fact, I enjoyed the read thoroughly until I hit the last few pages and, WHAM~!, sudden info-dump about everything that had been hinted at going on behind the scenes. Which was a graceless way to do it. Le sigh.
Only one more book to go, but since I'm going to the RenFaire tomorrow, I probably won't get to it until Sunday or later.
Verdict: Recommended.
