The first book is okay. I watched the movie first so I was totally spoiled but it was fine.
The second book felt a bit of a retread of the first.
The third could have been two books! I do feel the author handled writing the two games better. She seemed more comfortable writing about the arena. She was less good about handling the details of the revolution. I wanted to know more. What happened with District 13? Who led after Snow was killed? And yeah, that was so sad and incomplete about Cinna. So I felt the author left a lot of threads loose in that book but maybe they'll be able to fill some in in the two movies.
That's what I think of the series, generally. A lot of good world-building and ideas. For me personally, I would have wanted a little more detail on plot resolution and a bit more time spent with other characters. Still, as a writer myself, sometimes you write the story as it comes to you and you don't always have the answers to all those details yourself!
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The second book felt a bit of a retread of the first.
The third could have been two books! I do feel the author handled writing the two games better. She seemed more comfortable writing about the arena. She was less good about handling the details of the revolution. I wanted to know more. What happened with District 13? Who led after Snow was killed? And yeah, that was so sad and incomplete about Cinna. So I felt the author left a lot of threads loose in that book but maybe they'll be able to fill some in in the two movies.
That's what I think of the series, generally. A lot of good world-building and ideas. For me personally, I would have wanted a little more detail on plot resolution and a bit more time spent with other characters. Still, as a writer myself, sometimes you write the story as it comes to you and you don't always have the answers to all those details yourself!