Those of you that know me well know that I am NOT a Hunger Games fan. If you would like to know my reasons for generally despising the trilogy, I'll give a condensed version here: PLAGIARISM. My favorite, favorite, FAVORITE book series, the Uglies trilogy by Scott Westerfield, debuted in 2005. Theses books featured a high-tech world three hundred years from now that worships beauty.
I won't say much on the subject here, although you could easily get me to rant on the subject for a length of time, but the main thing is this: 90% of the technology described in the Capitol (Hunger Games) is copied from New Pretty Town (Uglies) Hovercars? Check. Crazy tattoos on your face? Check. Weapons that interact with you? Check. Crazy fashions and "bubbly", annoying personalities? Check.
And that, my friends, is the primary reason I have never been a big fan of the highly- popular series.Uglies is the best book I have ever read, Hunger Games is nothing but a cheap, poorly written, copy-cat, and yet Hunger Games gets all the attention. Go figure.
That said, I recently finished Mockingjay, figuring I should know what I'm ranting about. And here's the thing: for most of the book, I liked it. I was seriously considering changing my view of the book series and joining the crowds of people who are part of the Hunger Games craze. Until the end.
WORST BOOK ENDING EVER.
I won't describe it, so as not to ruin it for any of you who haven't read it (though if you havent, I would say DONT), but my guess is that even you fans can't stand the ending. So here's what we have:
Neat concept + poor writing + cheap romance + plagiarized technology/ personalities + unnecessary nudity + dumb ending = ? You be the judge.
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