Wednesday, June 20, 2012

{Book Review} The Hunger Games

On my trip to Honduras, I started (and finished) reading "The Hunger Games" (all three books).  Wow.  Everyone had told me how good, how addicting they were, but I really had no idea.  People would tell me the storyline, and I'd be like, "Why do I want to read about kids killing each other?"  I wasn't going to get in to it.  But I got talked into seeing the first movie back in March, so then I thought I might as well read the books too.  Great decision.  The first two books are pretty quick reads.  They totally capture your attention (especially the second, "Catching Fire"...that's my favorite).  I was in my own little world reading these books.  A few of my friends on Honduraserve laughed at me for always having my head in a book when there was down time.... Then, they started borrowing the books from me as I finished, and they were captured too.  It's kind of sad, really.  I found myself countless times relating everything to the books.  I started saying phrases from the book.  Everything became "The Hunger Games."  They were really fun to read.  Except the last book, "Mockingjay".  I guess, technically, there's closure at the end of this one.  However, I found it to be a lot more dark and depressing than the first two.  It wasn't quite as fun to read.  I almost wished I'd ended after the second book.  If you're on of the few who have been ignoring the series, like I was, I would recommend reading them.  I was surprised by how much I enjoyed reading this series.  

 

No comments:

Post a Comment