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Originally Posted by fjtorres
Hunger Games is as dark as you think. Darker than Potter by a lot.
Potter never got as dark as Hunger Games starts, and HG gets progressively darker all the way through.
That is its merit. It is unrelentingly true to its vision.
(Pollyanna would suicide rather than finish the third volume.)
It is a very good book and the movies, so far, do it justice. Maybe a bit more blatant in the culture war aspects than the books but they stay on the right side of 2x4 messaging.
You really need to be in the right mood to enjoy them, especially if you find first person present narratives jarring.
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The overall dark theme was totally my impression and I double-checked with a reading buddy (even though I wasn't interested from the start). There is NOTHING about what I've seen/read about it that appeals to me.
I don't mind first person at all. I read it quite frequently. But I'm never going to intentionally wallow in darkness.