“Every person in the crowd presses the three middle fingers of their left hand against their lips and extends them to me. It’s our sign from District 12, the last good-bye I gave Rue in the arena.”

Catching Fire, the sequel in The Hunger Games Trilogy. After Katniss and Peeta survived the arena, the Capitol fears an uprising. To prevent this president Snow threatens Katniss’ family. She has to convince whole of Panem that her action in the arena wasn’t meant as an rebellious act, but only to save the love of her life.

When I read the first book in this trilogy I completely fell in love and loved it even more than the movies. It was such a good dystopian book about oppression and even feminism in young adult form. And this second book in the trilogy didn’t disappoint either. Even despite it being more character driven. Because it had a even bigger cast of characters then next time. It had (almost) all of my favorite characters and it introduced all new ones too.
Next to the characters, it kindled the fire for the rebellion and dived deeper into the aspects of revolution. It showed about the fear for the oppressor, desperation of oppressors to loose grip on the population and the hunger for resistance despite being afraid. And this all with a young adult sauce. I loved every bit of it, but because the balance felt a little off, starting the arena bit only in the last third of the book it resulted in four stars instead of five. But even with this minor disappointment it was a marvelous read.