Catching Fire

Catching Fire Book Review

I had great expectations from this book as it is the second part of The Hunger Games. And to my hearts content it lived up to it.
While it is difficult to enjoy the first book fully due to the radical circumstances the book is based on. Once the reader gets accustomed to the plot its easier to enjoy the book, this in particular is the appeal of the second book.
The only downside of the book that I felt is that the character of Katniss seems to be loosing the strength it had in the first book. The last thing I would want is any portrayal of Katniss as weak.

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Eaters of the Dead

The story of an Arab courtier who visits the vikings, the language is unlike any other Michael Chrichton Novel , I had to refer a dictionary quite a number of times.

Most of the incidents are elaborately described and are sometimes hard to believe to be true, but then there seems to be good enough reason to believe that its a true story. In any case it is amusing to read and does give an insight into the lives of the arabs and the vikings.

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The Girl Who Played With Fire

Stieg Larsson continues to amaze with the second part of the Millenium Series. While The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo brought Mikael and Lisbeth together , now they face dangers and mysteries that are much bigger than what they had to endure last time. And it gets really personal this time. Lisbeth takes the center stage here and rightly so , after all she is the The Girl Who Played With Fire.

Stieg Larsson continues to keep the focus on violence against women and also gives new insight into the Sweden Security Agencies.

And once this book is read there is only one thing that is more satisfying , reading the next and final book - The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest


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The Diary of A Young Girl

This book is a must read for everyone. While we all have heard about the world war II, this book gives a totally new insight into another side of the war. The diary starts before the war begun, and ends abruply days before anne and the residents of the "secret annexe" were arrested. Unfortunately only her father survived but anne still lives in her books.

The diary has quite interesting accounts of the problems and difficulties they faced during the years of their hiding. It also provides a great understanding of what was going through the minds of a teenager. How she changed in the years and coped with the problems that most teenagers never even have to think about.

Anne wanted to be a journalist or famous writer, if only she knew how her wish has been fulfilled.

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The Lost World

The Lost World

This is a sequel to the book Jurassic Park. In spite of their best effort in trying to destroy all the dinosaurs from the Islands, Some Survive and thrive in a remote Island. And as always there is some rich crazy guy willing to take the risk.

Unlike the first book there is more of "running around" and "fighting dinos" and less of technical mumbo jumbo. That makes it a very interesting read. While it does have a lot similarities to the previous books in terms of the plot . But overall a great book.

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Jurassic park

Jurassic park by Michael Crichton

Most often movies that have been based on books, tend to be a watered down version and hardly seem to be of much interest. So while reading Jurassic park I was hoping to find something that would be better than the movie. 

However there was hardly any difference between the movie and the book. The book thus is as good as the movie. 

I wonder how much of difference it would make for those who read the book first. 

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Pirate Latitudes

Pirate Latitudes

Pirate Latitude is a book by Michael Crichton about a daring adventure in the high seas. The story get a bit dull in the middle but does reward with lots of twists and turn at the end.

However in comparison to other books of Michael Crichton , Pirate Latitude leaves the reader rather disappointed. The narration is rather bland and doesn't really spark much imagination. probably because of the rather extinct lifestyle and plot that it is based on.

The Ending also leaves the reader confused whether it is a good or a bad ending.

In short a good book but not the best works of Michael

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