If you are a die hard fan of the Hunger Games series like me and enjoy reading any extra knowledge on the characters just to feel more connected to the story then you will enjoy this book. Katniss the Cattail goes into depth explaining the history and meaning behind each character from all three of the books within the series. It also mentions why some of the symbols used within the series hold such meaning and importance to the characters.

Focusing on the three main characters, or ‘The Big Three’, this story goes in depth to find the real meanings behind the names and personalities for each Katniss, Peeta, and Gale. The author really did her homework on researching the histories behind the names that Suzanne Collins made come to life. We get to see that Katniss’ name does not only represent a root, Peeta is not just a bread, and Gale is not just a powerful force of nature. The other names are defined in less detail but lets face it, they aren’t the main characters. They all have that are either defined in history, by nature, in representation of their district, or even influenced by other literary characters. No matter where they came from they all hold an important meaning in the Hunger Games.

This author defiantly spent her time researching all the possible meanings behind these names and symbols. It is clearly shown within the long in depth descriptions of the main characters names. This book might of been a little slow at times if you aren’t a real lover of the Hunger Games and just want to know as much about these books and their characters as possible; but nevertheless it was a very interesting and enlightening read.