This, okay let me say this for the series, it's greatest strength is probably it's adherence to the sad facts of life and war.
The thing I like the most is that it is so realistic in the way of how it handles the characters reactions of all the trauma they go through. The books refuse to find some half-baked excuse for them leaving it all behind, it stays with them and scars them terribly. Katniss's motivation is her little sister Prim and while Prim isn't really developed at all beyond being the thing that mainly propels Katniss to make all the sacrifices she does, I think it works okay.
Peeta is a rather nice character too. His devotion to Katniss is rather sweet and ironically enough, he really is a star-crossed lover who's been head-over-heels for Katniss since he first met her. He's very loyal to her even when he realizes that Katniss may not return his feelings. Another well portrayed fact is that Katniss literally has no idea what to do about Peeta and his feelings.
Gale, I'll give Collin's credit is at least engaging enough to where the romance arc can play out with him as the rival to Peeta. I know some people don't like the constant romantic focus, but this series did a good enough job portraying how neither Gale nor Peeta were necessarily bad choices that it made me flip flop on who I wanted Katniss to end up with, that's the first time it's happened to this degree that I can remember.
Last of all, the ending and my lord do I love this ending. Ironically, I love it because it is so bittersweet. All of Katniss's attempts to lead are brought to naught. Her attempt to be a covert assassin a la James Bond or something ends in tragic failure and her sister dies right in front of her.
And the story after that wraps it up perfectly. Katniss is horribly scarred from her experiences and pretty much doesn't even care about her life anymore she's so broken. But eventually she and Peeta get back together (not quickly, it takes them months probably years) and she manages to lead a happy enough life even conquering her fear of having kids.
This ending shows that what she's done and had done to her never really leaves and it haunts her for the rest of her life (Peeta too). It is so bittersweet and so perfectly executed that I can't help but love it.
Pretty Good Series, better than most I've read
WARNING, SPOILERS!!!
This, okay let me say this for the series, it's greatest strength is probably it's adherence to the sad facts of life and war.
The thing I like the most is that it is so realistic in the way of how it handles the characters reactions of all the trauma they go through. The books refuse to find some half-baked excuse for them leaving it all behind, it stays with them and scars them terribly. Katniss's motivation is her little sister Prim and while Prim isn't really developed at all beyond being the thing that mainly propels Katniss to make all the sacrifices she does, I think it works okay.
Peeta is a rather nice character too. His devotion to Katniss is rather sweet and ironically enough, he really is a star-crossed lover who's been head-over-heels for Katniss since he first met her. He's very loyal to her even when he realizes that Katniss may not return his feelings. Another well portrayed fact is that Katniss literally has no idea what to do about Peeta and his feelings.
Gale, I'll give Collin's credit is at least engaging enough to where the romance arc can play out with him as the rival to Peeta. I know some people don't like the constant romantic focus, but this series did a good enough job portraying how neither Gale nor Peeta were necessarily bad choices that it made me flip flop on who I wanted Katniss to end up with, that's the first time it's happened to this degree that I can remember. Last of all, the ending and my lord do I love this ending. Ironically, I love it because it is so bittersweet. All of Katniss's attempts to lead are brought to naught. Her attempt to be a covert assassin a la James Bond or something ends in tragic failure and her sister dies right in front of her.
And the story after that wraps it up perfectly. Katniss is horribly scarred from her experiences and pretty much doesn't even care about her life anymore she's so broken. But eventually she and Peeta get back together (not quickly, it takes them months probably years) and she manages to lead a happy enough life even conquering her fear of having kids. This ending shows that what she's done and had done to her never really leaves and it haunts her for the rest of her life (Peeta too). It is so bittersweet and so perfectly executed that I can't help but love it.
"May the odds ever be in your favor!"