my Hunger Games review

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


I was going to continue Catching Fire today or tomorrow, but first I have to write this review.



The Hunger Games is probably one of the strangest specimen I've ever come across.



Okay, first we have Katniss. I was skeptical, but she actually is a strong female character. She doesn't take shit, she makes her own decisions, she's intelligent...and I like her. I like to read about her. I admire her for standing up for her sister -- sure, it seems like a plot device but it wasn't written in a way that came off like that.



The world building was a little annoying, because it was inconsistent and didn't make much sense. Why would the districts be afraid of the Capitol? The districts import from the Capitol, so the Capitol can't do a repeat of District 13 without depriving themselves of something or the other. If all of the districts went on a strike, it'd be the Capitol saying "Ut oh".



One line in the entire book stuck out to me,



To this day, I can never shake the connection between this

boy, Peeta Mellark, and the bread that gave me hope, and the

dandelion that reminded me that I was not doomed.



The dandelion that reminded her she was not doomed? The bread that gave her hope? Oh come on, not even I am that much of a SAP.



But other than that? The prose was consistent. I've heard more than once that Suzanne Collins rewrote The Hunger Games from third person to first, and for that she has a lot of my respect. But for other things...



Such as...the love triangle...



WHY? WHY DID YOU DO THIS? We didn't need any romance in the book! At first Peeta's crush on her was cute, and I was like "D'awww!" but then it got annoying. Especially when they began to force them together? That was just sick. Of course she's pissed at first, but then everybody keeps reminding her "Oh! It's just for the games! It's just for the games! You want to live, don't you?"



ARGH!



You want to know the truth about the pairings I support?! You really want to know?



THE HELL WITH KATNISS PEETA/GALE!



RUE AND THRESH!



Yes, yes, I went there. Who cares? I'm sick of the love triangles with the heroine. Rue and Thresh are my favorite paring, got it? No moar question!



Anything else I wanted to say?



...



Not about this book.



It was good, but taking the romance from it would have made it great.



Also, that ending was the worst in history.



EDIT*



Also, I loved Cinna.