Overall, this book was greatly disappointing.

A lot of the writers in this volume didn't seem to read "get" the Hunger Games trilogy, of which i am a HUGE fan. It seemed some of them might have just skimmed the books or watched parts of the movie, and then decided to preach about it.

I thought I was going to get insights about the trilogy, or maybe actually read something that was going to make me "think" - I quote that the book is supposed to include:

"How does the way the Games affect the brain explain Haymitch’s drinking, Annie’s distraction, and Wiress’ speech problems? What does the rebellion have in common with the War on Terror? Why isn’t the answer to “Peeta or Gale?” as interesting as the question itself? What should Panem have learned from the fates of other hedonistic societies throughout history—and what can we?"

and in one way, yes, these subjects are covered, but in such a way it makes you scream at the book in frustration.

So why am I giving it 3 stars? Well, because a few of the authors here actually do a good job with their essay, and though I disagree with most of it, I didn't actually hate it & everyone has a right to disagree. I was just very disappointed, that the authors weren't as passionate about the Hunger Games as I am. ( )

This was a DNF for me.

I was so excited about the book, and I love love love the trilogy. I thought this book would be awesome. But I couldn't really finish any of the essays I tried to read.

I read the first couple pages of most of them, but didn't think too highly of the opinions or writing, and would skip to the next. I've been trying to read this for a month and now I just give up.
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This was a DNF for me.

I was so excited about the book, and I love love love the trilogy. I thought this book would be awesome. But I couldn't really finish any of the essays I tried to read.

I read the first couple pages of most of them, but didn't think too highly of the opinions or writing, and would skip to the next. I've been trying to read this for a month and now I just give up.
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This was a DNF for me.

I was so excited about the book, and I love love love the trilogy. I thought this book would be awesome. But I couldn't really finish any of the essays I tried to read.

I read the first couple pages of most of them, but didn't think too highly of the opinions or writing, and would skip to the next. I've been trying to read this for a month and now I just give up.
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