User blog comment:GabbyE298/The Hunger Games/@comment-3122172-20120210204411

I would give the entire trilogy together a higher rating than I would give the books separately. I was addicted to those books. They are SO hard to put down. I was done with all three in a matter of days, but I couldn't help but like the first one more than the rest. Catching Fire didn't bring much new to the table since Katniss was again going back into the arena. Also too many characters were being introduced just to quickly die off before the audience could grow to like/love them.

Mockingjay was the best one for me until the ending (which I won't give away). I loved the action and the story, but the end seemed tacked on/rushed/almost silly. The Epilogue I loved and hated. It was perfectly depressing and realistic. But it seemed to be lacking depth and in the end the words were just...words. The moral of the story was amazing. War changes even the strongest people. But I couldn't help but resent the ending. So many characters were cheated out of happiness. I would have felt a little better knowing that at least one character lived happily ever after. Just as war ruins someone, it makes a better life for someone else..

Overall The Hunger Games are great and everyone should read them. It's a matter of taste if you enjoy them, but that doesn't take away the brilliance of the writing and the characters.

Btw I'm SO Katniss/Gale (I won't say "Team Gale" and take after the abysmal Twilight). Nothing against Katniss/Peeta because they have great moments (mainly in the first book). Gale and Katniss are real soul mates, two halves of a whole and all that other sappy stuff to me. I feel like Kat was sort of conned into 'loving' Peeta. And the small Katniss/Peeta shipping part of me felt cheated with the ending they were given. And I hate the whole hijacked Peeta thing. That was dumb. I'm a Gale lover, so no hating <3