It just disappointed me because I went into it thinking it would be more than just "throw a bunch of kids in an artificial nightmare arena and see who's left." I was expecting something like The Quillan Games (from the Pendragon series). When I reread the books with a more open approach, I liked them a bit better. My first read through, I expected a story about the circumstances the characters were in, but reading it again I realized it was a story about the mentalities of characters with survivor attitudes. If I want to read about sadistic death games that determine whether or not certain civilians will even be able to eat tomorrow in a world run by an oppressive, unstoppable government, complete with plot twists and moments that hit the reader hard, I'll look elsewhere. But I wouldn't say that I hated The Hunger Games either.
Jennifer Lawrence is spectacular. But, what if I told you I've never seen, watched, or read anything about The Hunger Games because I thought it sounded asinine from the way people talk about it?
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