Before I begin, I would just like to say this: I solemnly swear not to spoil anything in any of the books that I will review. I would also like to say this: for those of you out there who are madly in love with The Hunger Games, for those of you who have or haven't finished the series, I KNOW IT IS TOTALLY WRONG TO REVIEW THIS BOOK FIRST!!!!! I AM SORRY!!!!! However, I do promise to do the other books, but they most likely will not be in order. I sincerely apologize in advance. Now back to your regularly scheduled programming. (I know it's not NBC, but it's the best I could do.)
Rave in a nutshell: I can literally sum this book, along with its companions, up in three letters: O M G (along with a few exclamation points). I could not put this book down for anything, not even Jeopardy!, and that is saying something. If you are reading this post, and haven't read the other books, let me just make a point. This was my least favorite of the trilogy.
Whew! That was an enormous nutshell! (Miss Carson, I hope you don't mind if I added a wee bit of humor.)
Overview: Just for this occasion, with this book being the last in the trilogy and all (not to mention the last in the Hunger Games trilogy!), I am going to skip the overview, because the overview would most likely ruin the book for anyone who reads it. Sorry, Overview fans.
Critique Corner: Now, I know this will be hard to critique without giving anything away, but I'll do my best.
As I mentioned earlier, I couldn't put this book down, not even for Jeopardy!, and yet it was my least favorite of the three. I still liked this book, but it didn't offer the thrills brought on by the Hunger Games that the previous two books had. Still, it was thrilling none the less. I'm trying not to let anything loose, which is going to make this post shorter that normal. Anyway, on with the show. Suzanne Collins has a gift. That gift is being able to create an extremely powerful hook. A hook is what is at the end of a paragraph, chapter, a novel in a series, etc. to keep a person reading. If you have read the previous book, Catching Fire, you'll remember that it ends with the words "There is no more District 12." I don't know about you, but that's definitely going to keep me reading. Collins doesn't mention anything more that the fact that the Capitol dropped firebombs on District 12. Collins has an incredible gift for using hooks, and she uses them well. Alright, I promise I won't say another word, but I do have something a bit humorous to add. If you get on YouTube periodically, you must have come across the Smosh videos one time or another. You know how they always start the video with their logo, someone says something, and you hear another person say "SHUT UP!" Well, in one video, which is Harry Potter themed, they start by saying "Hey, guess what! Snape kills-", and then you hear "SHUT UP!" Well, I'm going to end this post like that.
"Hey, guess what! Katniss kills-"
"SHUT UP!"
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