TheKinginLemonyellow t1_jddb6fs wrote on March 23, 2023 at 4:04 PM

>I don’t think this is this is the deepest book to ever exist, but there is noticeable and deliberate depth.

I've actually found it's the exact opposite: the Hunger Games series has a quite noticeable lack of depth, that's part of the reason people still dismiss it as "YA Battle Royale". The whole revolutionary plot felt weightless because the setting and its big evil rulers were only ever loosely-sketched cartoon villains.

monty_kurns t1_jddy7h2 wrote on March 23, 2023 at 6:29 PM

I didn't mind the bad guys being loosely-sketched cartoon villains because the story was told completely from Katniss' point of view, so that's all they would be to her. She has brief encounters with Snow, Coin, and a few others, but a lot of what we're told is speculation on her part and of course she's going to assume the worse in a way that might be over the top. I don't think the books are super amazing, but they're a solid read for the genre.

Bugsbunney2 t1_jddeuoi wrote on March 23, 2023 at 4:27 PM

Agreed I found it very derivative, and quite honestly the writing was sub-par for the reception it received. One of the few book to movie adaptions where I prefer the movies.