I had this book read to me, and it’s definitely better than one (cynical and jaded) might think. Note: This post will talk about all three books in one go, so spoilers beware.
Katniss is just a young girl that is incapable of recognising love. So her worst nightmare comes true when she is put into an awkward position where that is the central premise around her survival. Oh, and she’s also in an arena in which other young kids are trying to kill you, but that’s secondary.
After surviving that… how unfortunate for the love angle to keep going on, and… yep, she’s back in another arena. Wow, that’s unlikely. Fortunately, after that, she’s able to be with her true love… which, it turns out, is herself, but at least she’s not in another arena. Oh wait. And then it goes all dark as people die. There’s no happy ending here.
Okay, I’ll give that these are interesting characters, but a basic set up of this story is that Katniss is not in touch with her emotions, and angsts about every death she’s even semi-responsible for. Hey, she’s a young adult!
Still, the journey was more interesting than the arrival, and, I’m gonna say it, I think Snow won in the end.
A good set of books.
Sunday, 1 November 2015
The Hungry Games
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I have also had those books read to me, and I commented elsewhere about them, too lazy to do more than copy and paste a link
http://patrickemclean.com/katniss-everdeen-a-fashion-model-with-ptsd/
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