Kim C. (snapshot) reviewed on 2/13/2013 + 36 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 1

I can honestly say I will not be recommending this series to anyone. I'm not a fan of 1st-person-present-sense, so maybe my annoyances were from that. Still, though, this is one of the stories that deserves third person. It would have been much better if it were written differently. We could have "seen" more of what's happening outside of only Katniss' panicked, fearful, confused, teenage head. A majority of the third book was told through Katniss watching a t.v. screen or her hearing stories of what could have happened (hearsay). To me, it felt awkward and lumpy. Suzanne Collins is a brilliant storyteller, don't get me wrong. I'll still see the movie because the story intrigues me, but the writing has too many holes for me. Oh, and I did not appreciate how Katniss only ended up with that guy (I won't say who) because the other guy got a job in another district (and, why did he abruptly stop caring about her? It didn't add up!). It felt like she was simply settling rather than actually having to choose. Throughout the story she was forced into things, there was no choice. The only choices she made of any sort were made to keep her alive. I wanted her to make a non-life-preserving choice for once. Oh well. At least I finished the series. Now I can move on. :)

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