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En llamas

Suzanne Collins

4.32 AVERAGE


I was thinking about writing a long review of this, but decided against it. This book didn't connect with me. Obviously it's a very popular book, so it connects with a lot of people. So I was trying to figure out what it is about this book and protagonist that connects with some people so strongly. Here's my theory:

Katniss (the protagonist) is being used by everyone around her. She's just doing her best to survive.

Some people connect with that, perhaps because they feel that way themselves. I don't feel like that, so it didn't connect with me.

I 100% believe that the movie is better than the book but THANK GOD this book exists because without it I never would have seen sam claflin as finnick.
adventurous emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Loved this! It is so relevant to the current political climate. I read this when I was a kid and a lot of the political subtext was lost on me. On this read, I couldn't get enough of it. Some descriptions of rebellion, and the feeling of having an awareness of something brewing somewhere out there made me really emotional.

I rushed to get the next one because I absolutely needed to know what happens next.

3.5
emotional inspiring tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

YAAAAAAAAAAAA GREATEST BOOK EVER WRITTEN AHAHAHAHHAAAAAAAA!!!! WHERE is Suzanne’s Pulitzer, her Peabody, her Nobel Prize for both literature AND peace?!?!?
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
adventurous emotional tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes