When I read
The Hunger Games a year or so ago, I wasn't convinced. It was good. But I didn't want to continue reading the series. I needed a break. I was bothered by the entire concept....people being chosen by a lottery system...to be killed. It was a little reminiscent of "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson, a perverse short story that I actually really like. But it's a short story. It leaves you feeling uncomfortable, but the story begins and ends in one short sitting.
The Hunger Games was "The Lottery" taken to a whole new level, and I couldn't swallow it very well.
I decided enough time had passed and it was time to read
Catching Fire. Though the book is still about the Hunger Games, I wasn't as disturbed. Maybe it's because I felt like so much of this book wasn't even in the games. There was a lot of ground work being laid in
Catching Fire to prepare for
Mockingjay. There's not too much I have to say about
Catching Fire actually, other than I read it pretty quickly, and it made me excited to read the last book in the series.
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