It started out with a bulletin post on my facebook about a nail art tutorial inspired by The Hunger Games. At first I didn't care much about it since it's probably just another trend. but then more random post about the topic pushed me to research about it. What could I lose?
It started with google and reading about it in Wikipedia. I found out that it's a book. It had a unique and very different plot than what I usually read. What got my attention the most was how the author, Suzanne Collins was inspired to write the story. From just surfing the television channels. There I took notice of the whole storyline and the characters.
From reading a wikipedia data to browsing the net for sample ebooks to youtube for a sample audiobook. At first I didn't trust audiobooks to give the desired emotion that would satisfy my understanding of the story but this one channel gave such a good emotion through her voice made me want to hear/read more. Her audiobook was only up to chapter 4 but by that time, my interest and excitement on wanting to know what happened next reached an intensity that I couldn't control. All I could think about was "What happened next???" I was so gripped that by that night, I bought the Trilogy. Suzanne Collins really knows how to make a reader turn the page again and again without them ever putting it down. She ends every chapter that gives readers a lust to read more. So a few times, I tried to take a break by pausing in the middle of the chapter.
The Hunger Games trilogy contained the first book entitled The Hunger Games, book 2: Catching Fire and book 3: Mockingjay.
The first book's all about the game. How it's played and how to win. The first book also gives an introduction of Katniss' and Peeta's love. Like what I said in my twitter account, Katniss' and Peeta's love is spelled out in three books.
What I love most is that Katniss and Peeta never said the words "I Love You" to each other. They either showed how much they do, like when Peeta told everyone watching the tributes' interview about his "undying love" for Katniss and how Katniss who never realized until further in the story that she loves Peeta. A good example of that was when she cried so hard when Peeta's heart stopped and thought he was dead while they were inside the Quarter Quell's arena.
The ending of the 74th Hunger Games in book one was more than I expected. I wasn't thinking of what might happen. I just read and read to find out. Still, in the last page of the first book Suzanne Collins made me want to read the second book - immediately.
Catching Fire was about the start of the rebellion against the Capitol and Quarter Quell, the quarterly event where 24 contestants are chosen to participate in another Hunger Games. These 24 contestants were victors of the past (anyone surviving) Hunger Games. Meaning that 2 victors from each district are required to, yet again, join the Hunger Games. The arena in the first book and the arena of Quarter Quell in Catching fire was different and Quarter Quell's arena wass quite thought out and was somewhat of a puzzle than the first one. In this book, Katniss and Peeta allied with a few other victors not knowing what their true roles were in the game. Further at the end of Catching Fire, Katniss woke up to find that her district was no longer what it used to be and that Peeta was captured by the Capitol.
Mockingjay, the 3rd and final book is the epic and a very unpredictable conclusion of The Hunger Games trilogy. The mission of the rebels, the rescue of Peeta and the truth about District 13. Mockingjay holds the answers to questions from Catching Fire and The Hunger Games.
It's not the ending every reader would want but it's the ending that I would want and what I think is the best conclusion for the story. One concern though, I think the ending was a bit rushed, I would've liked a few more details of Peeta and Katniss but I guess there's nothing more to tell and the Epilogue says it all. Guess, I just want to read more. Suzanne Collins, by far, is the best author I've come across and her The Hunger Games trilogy ARE the most imaginative creations I would've never thought could exist.
2 thumbs up.
