The Hunger Games Trilogy - Suzanne Collins

One Sentence Summary:
In a dystopian world Katniss is selected to compete to the death, but she has other ideas and inadvertently starts a revolution.
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The Hunger Games

One Sentence Summary:
In a dystopian world Katniss is selected to compete to the death.

Review:
This whole series is well worth the popularity it has held. Well written with well developed characters and a plot (possibly borrowed heavily from another young adult novel but we will not get into that) that draws you in this is a "can not put down... what happens next??" novel. Written for young adults but not with that condescending "what you mean teenagers have a vocabulary" way. The relationship between Katniss and the two main men in the novel really irritated me.

Memorable Quotes:
"You don’t forget the face of the person who was your last hope."

"Destroying things is much easier than making them."

"may the odds be ever in your favour."

7/10
10/10

Catching Fire

One Sentence Summary:
Katniss inadvertently starts a revolution.


Review:
This is the weakest of the three novels. Katniss and Peeta seem to degrade as characters, both really annoyed me in the novel. There is so much tension in the novel, it feels overdone, from the love triangle to the political drama it all just left a bad taste in my mouth. That said, the plot does keep moving along at a steady clip and this novel is worth reading if you enjoyed the first one. I view it more as a bridge to the third part of the story rather than a great work on it's own.

Memorable Quotes:
"My nightmares are usually about losing you. I'm okay once I realize you're here." 

"I always channel my emotions into my work. That way, I don't hurt anyone but myself."

7/10
7/10

Mockingjay

One Sentence Summary:
Katniss has to learn to live with the hard consequences of her actions.


Review:
I enjoyed the conclusion to the story very much. I was disappointed in the conclusion to the love triangle and was really pissed off at some of the deaths. I was also really annoyed at the further degradation of Katniss, she went from being an awesome role model, the antithesis to Bella, but in this third story she loses her kick-ass girl power, she becomes a typical female lead who does what the men around her tell her to do and lets them take charge (she also spends a lot of time unconscious it seems).  Really irritated me.

Memorable Quotes:
"Fire is catching! And if we burn, you burn with us!" 

"It takes ten times as long to put yourself back together as it does to fall apart."

"Technically, I am unarmed. But no one should ever underestimate the harm that fingernails can do. Especially if the target is unprepared."

"I drag myself out of nightmares each morning and find there's no relief in waking."

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