Since this weekend has been all about the hype surrounding The Hunger Games premiere, I thought I’d re-post my original assessment of the series, posted back in September. I still stand by my opinion that while the first two books were works of creative genius, Suzanne Collins seriously phoned it in on the third. It was almost like Mockingjay was written by a completely different person, one without any experience in character or plot development.
Nevertheless, I do applaud Ms. Colins for her success on The Hunger Games and the movie adaptation that has, apparently, done better on its first weekend at the box office than any of the Twilight movies. (Source: Yahoo! movies: Yahoo! Movies Hunger Games) I’m looking forward to seeing it myself. This may actually be a go-to-the-theater movie, a rare occurrence for me.
Here is my original post, from back in September (you can also find it at Words From the Sowul: A Book That Let Me Down, Part 2):
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