I was definitely testing the waters when I decided to pick up this series, considering that I barely paid attention to books written in the first person perspective before and dystopian novels aren't exactly my cup of tea. I am more about the fantasy kind of thing; elves, angels and the like. Also the time that I have been made aware of this particular series is the time when there's so much hype goin' about it, so it made me all the more wary.
The disappointment that I might get is something that I often consider whenever I am about to read a new book, which is in itself my ways of setting the standards either too high or too low based on the reception of the public on a book prior to me reading it. Would it wow me as much as it did the others or be a a total fail in dire need of some electric shock to keep some energy goin' in there.
The disappointment that I might get is something that I often consider whenever I am about to read a new book, which is in itself my ways of setting the standards either too high or too low based on the reception of the public on a book prior to me reading it. Would it wow me as much as it did the others or be a a total fail in dire need of some electric shock to keep some energy goin' in there.
"The Hunger Games Trilogy" has proven
to be quite a good read, with the promise of a more action packed and
substance heavy follow up after each installment.
The
concept isn't the most original. But amongst all the books you'd see on
shelves nowadays, what is? I rarely read books with female
protagonists, and that's not me being a sexist per se. It just doesn't appeal to me how other authors tend to downgrade female character's into someone who does nothing but to whine and act like some simpering fool. Katniss may have had some inconsistencies, overall her characterization was rather solid. She was given that much needed spunk and whole loads of personality. Although with regards to the love angle, she fell short on me, as I have perceived her as somewhat wishy washy and indecisive of her feelings. Even after the last book I still felt a certain discontent with how their relationship developed. I dunno, but perhaps it was just me setting the romance scale way up high.
Many might violently disagree with me on this but the romance could get some more work done. I did like Peeta, but his personality isn't actually the most endearing. But if you'd sell the idea of starcrossed lovers then I believe that there would've been much more drama if the dude actually came from another district.
Peeta didn't hold that much appeal to me surprisingly. I was hoping that he'd be more, I dunno aggressive or something considering how strong Katniss's personality is. Each character grew and developed alongside how the story unfolded itself in front of us. Some bumps here and there but who cares, at least they got something goin' on in thir lives and become stale bread in a freakin' corner.
Smooth pacing, although the last book, which I expected to give me much more drama and thrill the way the first two books did, didn't really went up that bar I set for it. It lacked that certain momentum for me to actually love it as much as I did the previous books.
Sidenote: Is it just my copy or did it slip past their notice that the 'S' in Collins name in Mockingjay is missing?
