Could Be Better

I did not like these books. Suzanne Collins has proved herself to be a good author using creativity and originality with plot details. But the overall storyline is fairly predictable, melodramatic and cliche.

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This was my least favourite book of the series, and also the least memorable. The other characters overshadowed the main ones, and I didn't quite feel the same sense of urgency and need to have them safe as I did in the first book.

The most memorable scene here was when Gale was whipped; it was a good scene in that it made me feel rage at what happened, but it still doesn't excuse the rest of the book. The entire environment was not as important to me, and I did not have the same immersed feel when reading this book as I did the first. The entire section of the book that took place during the 75th Hunger Games felt too short and not as important to the plot - at least, that was the impression I got when reading it, even though it was one.

I did not care much for the outcome of the games this time around, and although the end of the book was surprising, I still finished the book with dissatisfaction. The romance was not done as well, and there did not seem to be anything plot related for me to stick to or speculate over.

While the next book improved a bit, this one left much to be desired. While it is the bridging book between the great beginning and the anticipated ending, it could have been done much better plot wise and character wise in the way it was written. I didn't quite care for any part of this book that would make me want to hope for something at the end, and for that reason it will always be the in-between book that left a fleeting impression on me.