The Boring Games.

Like the previous series, this too was referred by a friend. Not being such a big fan of young adult anymore, I still decided to give them a read, since he couldn't stop talking about how epic the movie would be. I am completely lost as to why people even think it's a good novel. 

Let's start with the concept first, if you are an avid reader or even an avid movie watcher, I'm sure you would have heard of "Battle Royale", it's a Japanese graphic novel(manga). All though Collins maintains that she hasn't even heard of the book, I can't help to think that it's just a baldfaced ripoff of the manga. Who hasn’t heard of a fight to the death? The idea is entirely overused, so unless the author can breathe life into such an antiquated concept, it’s an idea best left alone. Suffice it to say, Collins’ take was completely uninspired and unoriginal. 

The book is written in present tense, which many writers opt out of, but that's probably one of the good things about the book, it helps with the world-building of post-apocalyptic North America throughout the book. All though I just wanted to stop reading it after I had just finished 40-50 pages, I somehow managed to painfully finish the first novel and reach a conclusion that, Katniss(the main protagonist) is just a dumb idiot. There is nothing out of the ordinary in her character and she fails to see most of the plain and blatant things, which according to her hunting prowess in the game, she should be able to. Collins fills Katniss up with all the stereotypical qualities of every female heroine ever and tries to make it work, but sadly it hardly creates a spark. 

The story and the world are really engaging and its what holds the book together until Collins decides at the end  that she would make it a trilogy and bore us even more. The ending is built up very nicely and and all I expected was that Katniss would commit suicide with Peeta, although again unoriginal(read Romeo and Juliet) but it would have made for a big explosive ending leaving the readers with so many open ended questions to answer with their imagination, but unfortunately Collins has this master plan of making them political targets and in the sequels she utterly disappoints and they are not worth a read at all. 

All though The Hunger games wasn't a waste of time, the world building and sticking to a pretty tight story, helped finish the book for me. But calling it awesome, excellent and brilliant is just ludicrous. The only reason I might like Katniss more, is because she can rock a fire suit and probably beats Bella at everything, yes I mean even at being miserable and pathetic. All in all, read the first installation of the series, but the other two are just a waste of time. These are just my opinions and I'd like to know what you all think about the books too and why you think so? 

HumtY-