The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins – I was hesitant about this one because it didn’t really fit into the genre of books I typically read for pleasure. You know, like Amish literature. I tend to stay away from anything remotely science fiction. I’ve read exactly one Harry Potter book. Don’t hate me. But so many of you recommended The Hunger Games to me that I thought it had to be decent. So I downloaded it on my kindle. And then? I read the entire trilogy in less than twenty four hours..
It is that good. Also, I am a speed reader but that is neither here nor there. What matters is, oh my gosh this is a good book.
This book is the best in the series. Isn’t that always the way? Nothing ever beats the first book. I am not sure how to review it without spoiling it. I added the movie trailer below because it’s a good synopsis without any spoilers.
Technically this is a YA novel and if you have teenagers or pre-teens, stick a copy in their stocking. It is such a good story. I honestly can’t believe I liked it so much. I love the different twists in the games, the relationships between Katniss and well, everyone else. I really enjoy her as a character. It wouldn’t be a YA novel without a little romance drama but even that is told well, playing an integral part of the story without dominating it. This is nothing like Twilight.
I’m not going to fully review the two other books in the trilogy because I don’t want to spoil them. Catching Fire is book #2 and I thought it was very good. Mockingjay is book #3 and it was decent. I tend to dislike when authors overuse descriptive language. You know, like “Floating. Darkness. I move towards the black cloud like a vapor. Mist. No one can touch me here, free, dark.” I just made that up but you know what I mean. I don’t need pages of that to understand how the character is feeling, I want to see more movement than that. I know why the author did it but my distaste for it made that book my least favorite.
The movie comes out in March and I think the trailer looks fantastic. What do you think? I pictured Peeta being bigger but Katniss seems perfect. If you haven’t read the book yet, you should definitely read it before then.
