Ok. I get it now.
Back during The Hunger Games, and even into Catching Fire, I didn’t really get it.
Thanks, Suzanne Collins, for making the last one more obvious for the dense ones like me. Now, I’m on board with everyone, regardless of age, reading this series if they are at all able to handle it.
Yep, I get it. And well done.
Whew! Pretty intense, man.
Structurally, Catching Fire is not as strong as The Hunger Games. But now, I care a lot more about the characters and this world. Consequently, there were a lot more tears.
Onto the third!
Now this is what those poor, misguided fans of Twilight should really be reading. You want a potential boyfriend who is in danger of being your eventual murderer? Edward has nothing on this story.
And it is not even fair to put Bella up against Katniss.
The Hunger Games is not for everyone. The premise is pretty intense. In this alternate world, the geographic area of the United States has become some kind of survivalist, totalitarian regime. The people in control put on this sick reality game show where kids from the various regions must fight to the death.
I know. It doesn’t sound like anyone’s cup of tea, but based on its popularity with both younger readers and adults, it is connecting somehow.
It certainly connected with me. I went through it in one day. The read started in an airport, and I chose to chance my tendency towards motion sickness by continuing with it on the plane. Once I reached by work conference’s hotel, I stayed up to finish the book instead of getting a good night’s preparatory sleep like I had originally intended. It was definitely worth the trade off.
