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The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
5.0
WHY did I not read The Hunger Games earlier?!
I absolutely loved this!
In fact, this may be one of the first books EVER that could be compared to Harry Potter - I'm still trying to figure out whether I like Hermione or Katniss more.
Yes, there was violence (a little) but I didn't mind it. The violence made it more interesting and added something else to it...I can't tell what it was, though.
I'm so excited to start Catching Fire!
I absolutely loved this!
In fact, this may be one of the first books EVER that could be compared to Harry Potter - I'm still trying to figure out whether I like Hermione or Katniss more.
Yes, there was violence (a little) but I didn't mind it. The violence made it more interesting and added something else to it...I can't tell what it was, though.
I'm so excited to start Catching Fire!
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
4.0
This is one of the worst (or best, depending on how you look at it) cliffhangers ever.
In this book I think Peeta changed a little. And I also realized that Peeta is not always the piece of cardboard that I thought he was. I mean, the story is from Katniss's point of view so we can't see what he is thinking. If the story was from his point of view maybe it would be the other way round.
I think I lowered my rating because there was not a lot of action. There was action but not as much as The Hunger Games and I expected it to have even more action than The Hunger Games.
A lot of the time, I did not understand why Katniss did what she did and Gale was completely excluded which was a shame because if I had to chose between Peeta and Gale it would definitely be Gale. At least he has a personality. But I still rated it four stars, because I really liked it. The end was not the best and it took me a while to finish this (I don't know why) so I will not read Mockingjay right away (I do want to read it) but it was interesting, and that is the highest praise I can give this book.
In this book I think Peeta changed a little. And I also realized that Peeta is not always the piece of cardboard that I thought he was. I mean, the story is from Katniss's point of view so we can't see what he is thinking. If the story was from his point of view maybe it would be the other way round.
I think I lowered my rating because there was not a lot of action. There was action but not as much as The Hunger Games and I expected it to have even more action than The Hunger Games.
A lot of the time, I did not understand why Katniss did what she did and Gale was completely excluded which was a shame because if I had to chose between Peeta and Gale it would definitely be Gale. At least he has a personality. But I still rated it four stars, because I really liked it. The end was not the best and it took me a while to finish this (I don't know why) so I will not read Mockingjay right away (I do want to read it) but it was interesting, and that is the highest praise I can give this book.
Flashback by Shannon Messenger
5.0
I am now officially a fan of Keeper of the Lost Cities. Fitz was really bad tempered in this one and it was not as interesting as the first book in the series but those are only some minor flaws.
4.5 stars rounded up to 5
4.5 stars rounded up to 5
Legacy by Shannon Messenger
2.0
Ok so I think this was my least favourite KOTLC book. I gave it 2 stars only because of Ro.
And the first book was probably my favourite. It had many, many laugh-out-loud moments which I loved about it and in Legacy it was mostly just elves talking. About the exciting stuff that should have happened when they were talking. So the was very little action and because they were just talking everything out, things got really confusing really fast. Like how was Project Moonlark connected to the Black Swan? There were also many books and the logic keeps being said in different words (that is how it was for me).
This was definitely a KOTLC failure. But I might try to re-read it later.
And the first book was probably my favourite. It had many, many laugh-out-loud moments which I loved about it and in Legacy it was mostly just elves talking. About the exciting stuff that should have happened when they were talking. So the was very little action and because they were just talking everything out, things got really confusing really fast. Like how was Project Moonlark connected to the Black Swan? There were also many books and the logic keeps being said in different words (that is how it was for me).
This was definitely a KOTLC failure. But I might try to re-read it later.