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Old 02-05-2015, 01:54 AM   #183
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Now there is disliking a book you've read but noticing that it's not poorly written, it's just something that doesn't interest you and then there is noticing it's poorly written. Where does The Hunger Games fall for you?
Coming from someone who read the Hunger Games trilogy, I think the weakest point is using first person voice. It's hard to worry too much for the character who is telling the story when she gets in life-threatening scrapes. The writing wasn't that strong, in my opinion, but the story was strong enough to keep me reading. The author tended to ramble at times (like she needed to fill space) -- especially noticeable at the end of the first book. And, by the time I got done reading the third book, I was wishing it was much shorter. Overall I think the movies are better than the books (so far). At least the movie didn't make "were-creatures" out of the contestants. (That was really hokey.)

I tend to like dystopian stories and tend to be more patient with them than with other books.
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