The Hunger Games series: The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and Mockingjay.
Plot: Katniss Everdeen is your average commoner struggling to survive in the harsh reality of bitter poverty. She supports her family by hunting illegally, and life is manageable - until the Hunger Games change everything.
Comments: As you learn in The Hunger Games, the first book, the Capitol is a controlling, tyrannical government, and they like to show the commoners who's boss. This is how the Hunger Games started; every year, twelve children are chosen randomly, put together in a huge arena, and forced to fight each other to the death. This is the Capitol's sickening way of proving their power. One year, Katniss was chosen as one of the contestants, and this book is about her horrifying ordeal and sudden immersion in dangerous political games. She eventually outsmarts the Capitol to win the Hunger Games, but in doing so, she draws the attention of many powerful figures, both potential allies and enemies. I really liked The Hunger Games, because Katniss is such a strong, self-dependent character, and because the story was very well told.
Catching Fire, the second book, is about Katniss being recalled to a Hunger Game made up of previous winners. It's rather confusing - Katniss doesn't know what's going on, but people keep saying cryptic things and acting strangely, so you know something big is happening. It felt very much like a repeat of the first book, especially because there wasn't much of a plot beyond everybody being almost killed in the arena. I didn't really like this book.
Finally, the long awaited Mockingjay. Because I hadn't enjoyed Catching Fire, I had to push myself to finish the trilogy, but I had hopes that it would end on a high note. Unfortunately, the third book proved to be my least favorite of the three. Though other ratings I have heard from other people were rather good, I really disliked this book. It was confusing - not mysterious; confusing - and felt way too dramatic and tense. The plot had twists and turns in that something newly devastating happened every chapter, like the author was trying to pile on thrill after thrill to make it more interesting. Also, Katniss was constantly having mental problems, and there was a lot of stress over deciding between her long-time best friend Gale or her fellow Hunger Games competitor Peeta. Also, by the end, it just felt like everyone was dying off to try and keep the story alive. I didn't like any part of this book, but I finished it. Katniss was annoying, the plot was twisted and overly-dramatic, and it just wasn't a good read.
Rating: I rate this series a six out of ten. The first book was great, and very promising, but the second and third books weren't nearly as enjoyable.
Plot: Katniss Everdeen is your average commoner struggling to survive in the harsh reality of bitter poverty. She supports her family by hunting illegally, and life is manageable - until the Hunger Games change everything.
Comments: As you learn in The Hunger Games, the first book, the Capitol is a controlling, tyrannical government, and they like to show the commoners who's boss. This is how the Hunger Games started; every year, twelve children are chosen randomly, put together in a huge arena, and forced to fight each other to the death. This is the Capitol's sickening way of proving their power. One year, Katniss was chosen as one of the contestants, and this book is about her horrifying ordeal and sudden immersion in dangerous political games. She eventually outsmarts the Capitol to win the Hunger Games, but in doing so, she draws the attention of many powerful figures, both potential allies and enemies. I really liked The Hunger Games, because Katniss is such a strong, self-dependent character, and because the story was very well told.
Catching Fire, the second book, is about Katniss being recalled to a Hunger Game made up of previous winners. It's rather confusing - Katniss doesn't know what's going on, but people keep saying cryptic things and acting strangely, so you know something big is happening. It felt very much like a repeat of the first book, especially because there wasn't much of a plot beyond everybody being almost killed in the arena. I didn't really like this book.
Finally, the long awaited Mockingjay. Because I hadn't enjoyed Catching Fire, I had to push myself to finish the trilogy, but I had hopes that it would end on a high note. Unfortunately, the third book proved to be my least favorite of the three. Though other ratings I have heard from other people were rather good, I really disliked this book. It was confusing - not mysterious; confusing - and felt way too dramatic and tense. The plot had twists and turns in that something newly devastating happened every chapter, like the author was trying to pile on thrill after thrill to make it more interesting. Also, Katniss was constantly having mental problems, and there was a lot of stress over deciding between her long-time best friend Gale or her fellow Hunger Games competitor Peeta. Also, by the end, it just felt like everyone was dying off to try and keep the story alive. I didn't like any part of this book, but I finished it. Katniss was annoying, the plot was twisted and overly-dramatic, and it just wasn't a good read.
Rating: I rate this series a six out of ten. The first book was great, and very promising, but the second and third books weren't nearly as enjoyable.
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