It always makes me happy when I catch onto a series late in the game. I loathe reading a book in which the "end" isn't really... the end. Only to then wait a year for the next in the series to come out. Just to find that there are more in the series. I'm impatient. It's not a trait I'm proud of.
BUT, when I get turned onto a series which has ended, you'll find me carting around my iPad every where I go, on the off chance that wherever I might be, I'll have time to read. Most recently, it was The Hunger Games series.
A lot of people told me not to read this series. I was told that the violence was just too much. I however, don't mind a bit of violence, but if you do, these books are definitely not for you.
I should also point out that this series reminded me a lot about the Transformers movie. Sounds strange, I know. But, when you saw the Transformers movie, did you ever think to yourself "if you've seen one, you've seen them all"? Well, I felt the same about the The Hunger Games.
It's not that I didn't enjoy the books... I really enjoyed the books. So much so that it was all I could concentrate on until I finished. And I finished all 3 books in 4 days. I had to know whether Katniss would live? Who would she choose? Would they ever be free? How does this end?
But then I got to the end, and thought "that's it?"
I had hoped that after 3 whole books, the main characters "character" would have evolved a bit. She certainly didn't develop into the leader that everyone wanted her to be. As independent and self-reliant as she was, she sure let people tell her what to do and how to do it through the entire series.
I recommend these books. They are a good read and have what I felt was a rather unique story line. However, consider yourself warned... You won't be happy with the lack of details given to wrap up the series.
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