Book Review(s) - Hunger Games

The weather has been complete shit for the last two weeks. There was one sunny day followed by three days of downpour. As I am still lacking proper footwear this has kept me indoors a lot.

Not my umbrella, but some sad sack who bought a shit umbrella.

My Kindle has been my saviour. If I had been at home (or empolyed) this weather would not be an issue, alas I am neither, so I am left to my own devices. I went on an ebook shopping spree. Whoops. Well, not really a whoops cause I bought 14 books for under $20 (thanks to this message board).

I bought the first book in The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. I am a sucker for a series, so I ended up reading all three books in 2 days. I/she should have stopped at one.

This may be an unwelcome review. So if you read and loved these, you should avert your eyes now. The first book was great. It was something I had not read before (well, it had a similar premiss to The Lottery) and it was full of suspense and kept you guessing etc.. The characters had backgrounds and real life problems: intimacy issues, starvation, death of a parent(s) and depression which made them relatable. There was enough tension that you were invested in the characters decisions, and enough light that you felt for them when those hard decisions had to be made. Overall it was a quality read.

And then she should have stopped. The next two books were not up to par. In fact, I felt like she was trying so hard to keep her audience that she played to whatever she thought they would want. Hey, what's popular for kids these days? Well, reality T.V, so let's make this into a giant reality T.V show and then they can become famous. The Capitol was basically an illusion to Hollywood with people living in outrageous mansions and doing all sorts of body "disfigurement". Then you have the female lead ending up with the Jacob of the story, simply to satiate the Team Jacob audience. I could go on, but I am mad enough at myself for buying and reading the last two books that I just can't.

 

You know, maybe this was just a really smart social commentary, but when your audience is Twihards,

 I think the point is missed. 

Verdict: Do not read. Here is the thing. Yes, the first book was good, but then you will read the next two because it is a trilogy and you simply HAVE to know what happens. Am I right? Ya, I know, so then you are mad at yourself later for reading these in the first place. 

This review is null and void if you still end in a "teen". 

If you are, go ahead read and swoon over Gale, it's okay, I get it.