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4.34 AVERAGE
4.34 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
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:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Truly one of the best trilogies ever written. I am in awe of your pen work, Ms. Suzanne 😩🧡🌄💚
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
medium-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:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
sad
tense
medium-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:
Yes
I am rating this series as a whole instead of book by book because The books stand alone as 3.5 to 5 stars but as a series rate 5 stars.
Suzanne Collins created in Katniss a character that I wanted to be able to lead the people and become an inspiration to all, but, instead of an ass-kicking, name-taking hero, we get a character whose major goal is to keep her sister alive. Once that is taken away from her, she takes names, exacts revenge and then suffers a psychological breakdown. Yay for reality and thank you Ms. Collins for creating a "real" hero and not the next poster child for a comic book. Collins also gives us a character that really should have been the hero, he could unite the people with his wit and charisma but all he wanted was to be his own man. I am team Peeta through and through.
I have read enough dystopian literature to understand that "happily ever after" doesn't mean the good guys win or that love conquers all. Happily ever after in dystopia means that the "favored" die, the heroes suffer and although change occurs, it is not always for the best, it is merely a shift from one management/political philosophy to another if-not-equally-as-bad management/political philosophy.
Suzanne Collins created in Katniss a character that I wanted to be able to lead the people and become an inspiration to all, but, instead of an ass-kicking, name-taking hero, we get a character whose major goal is to keep her sister alive. Once that is taken away from her, she takes names, exacts revenge and then suffers a psychological breakdown. Yay for reality and thank you Ms. Collins for creating a "real" hero and not the next poster child for a comic book. Collins also gives us a character that really should have been the hero, he could unite the people with his wit and charisma but all he wanted was to be his own man. I am team Peeta through and through.
I have read enough dystopian literature to understand that "happily ever after" doesn't mean the good guys win or that love conquers all. Happily ever after in dystopia means that the "favored" die, the heroes suffer and although change occurs, it is not always for the best, it is merely a shift from one management/political philosophy to another if-not-equally-as-bad management/political philosophy.
adventurous
challenging
dark
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I should start out this review by saying that I am not the biggest fan of YA dystopian novels. However, when this series came out a long time ago, I decided to jump on the bandwagon. This series is well written with a good plot. I cried quite a bit in each book, and I don’t enjoy crying when I read as the real world is a tough enough place to exist in already. My biggest frustration with this book as someone who has chosen the childfree lifestyle is that the FMC states throughout the series that she doesn’t want to bring children into this world (which I can highly relate to), but in the end she has kids?! Like, what? It truly felt like that ending was so disconnected from what the author originally intended. In my opinion, the series probably should have ended with the FMC dying with a fade to black scene in battle, but then we get her with kids instead and she’s still trying to process the trauma of the games? I just don’t get it, and I don’t buy that the author always intended for that to be the ending. Other than the ending, the series was good although not my jam in general.