The Hunger Games

I just finished the book series, "The Hunger Games." I first heard about these books at my old high school. That didn't really make me want to rush out and buy them. I had several other friends recommend them who said, "They're kind of violent, but a really good story." I'm not sure why I was so set against them, but it took two relatives teaming up on me to get me to start this series.

Once I started them, I couldn't stop. The first book is the best out of the three by far, (Isn't it always?), but it ended on a cliff-hanger so I simply had to keep reading. The books got even more dark and depressing as I continued, so occasionally I had to set them down. But I was too attached to the characters and too wrapped up in the plot to give up on them. I finished the last book today. It was an o.k. ending, but I think Suzanne Collins could have done a much better job. She spent the entire book addressing how depressing the world was... and then resolved it with two pages of happiness. I was hoping for better. Either way, it's a very good series with an interesting plot. Definitely one worth reading.