I read this trilogy a couple of months ago in a Kindle marathon that goes unrivaled. I think I was done in 2.5 days and I did NOTHING but read. I was a complete, useless waste of space because I literally couldn't stop reading.
I enjoyed The Twilight Saga Complete Collection
but this series beats that one by a landslide.Bella and Edward and Jacob and the romance was all very surface and somewhat boring once you got past the vampire and werewolf weirdness. In fact, by the time Bella was birthing a vampire baby it was quite comical to consider the pairing of a human and a vampire - especially with the image of the baby eating its way out of her tummy.
THG is so much more complex. The characters are real. Katniss is just a normal person thrust into an extraordinary situation. The best part is that the author does not cast extraordinary attributes on her at that point, as is so often the case. Katniss stays normal throughout the saga, at times leaving you wondering if she will ever become the status-quo heroine. It is done so frequently that avid readers have come to expect it. Here, though, her normalcy remains throughout and it is refreshing!
Obviously, the books have themes that are so very interesting to consider. America has been destroyed, and a new way of living has emerged on our soil. It is very entertaining to consider the human race outside of our current culture.
I just cannot wait for the movies, and I unabashedly say that I loved these books -- even though they are "young adult." ;)
