Prompt Proofing Reviews The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins

Suzanne Collins is a seasoned writer who has brought a lot of intelligence and craft to this trilogy of dystopic books.

2012-02-24

VANCOUVER, BC, February 24, 2012 (Press-News.org) I have long believed that young adult fiction can be just as worthwhile a read for adults as fiction written specifically for a more mature audience. If the writing is strong enough and the themes relevant enough, anyone can enjoy young adult fiction, and that is certainly the case with Suzanne Collins' immensely popular phenomenon, The Hunger Games trilogy.

Collins is a seasoned writer who has brought a lot of intelligence and craft to this trilogy of dystopic books.

Amazon does a great job of summarizing the books if you want a quick synopsis before reading further: click here for Book 1, The Hunger Games; click here for Book 2, Catching Fire; and click here for Book 3, Mockingjay.

My favourite of the trilogy is a tie between the first (The Hunger Games) and second (Catching Fire). I think the third book (Mockingjay) was far too rushed and I didn't appreciate the amount of time devoted to the action sequences (some of which were hard to picture, so I didn't feel they were well described), only to wrap up Katniss's future in a few pages at the end.

I understand that Collins did not want to feature the romance in these novels first and foremost. In this way the Hunger Games trilogy reminds me of the Harry Potter series. The main character - Katniss - carries the weight of saving her entire world from an evil force, just as Harry does, so obviously no romantic plot line will or should overshadow that. But as readers we still care about Katniss as a character, and I felt that, after being expected to care about her and follow her for three books, to wrap her future up in a few pages at the end was a bit of a disservice to the fans.

What really makes this series stand out for me is its thematic strength. The way Suzanne Collins makes a completely foreign world seem so relevant is by showing us what can happen when our obsession with reality TV (which is of course, completely manipulated and unreal in its execution) can damage us as a society and allow us to step away from our morals. Before we know it, we too could find ourselves entertained by the idea of watching teenagers murder each other in an arena.

Sound crazy? In many ways, our society needs only to distance our own sense of what is right and wrong from what kind of entertainment we demand and we could be there in no time. Our built-in instinct to slow down and watch a car accident coupled with our seemingly insatiable desire for seeing every second of someone's life on reality TV...well, put it together and see what you get.

The fact that Suzanne Collins' writing really makes you stop and think about that is one of the most powerful messages of her entire trilogy.

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