So I've been reading the Hunger Games books for my English class at college, and I'm on the third book at the moment. Keep in mind that I also read Battle Royale before I read the Hunger Games and believed that the HG was nothing more than a teen melodrama rip-off of BR.
The first book was surprisingly pretty good. I found the Hunger Games themselves really enjoyable, with some of the side characters like Haymitch being surprisingly interesting. I hated the relationship between Peeta and Katniss, especially at the end of the novel, with Peeta especially becoming annoying. From here, the series devolved into this senseless teen melodrama that while not as bad as Twilight--Yes, I actually read the first Twilight to get an understanding what the whole fucking craze was about--but was still pretty shitty. The ending to the second book was confusing as all hell, and from there, the third book is currently total garbage. I honestly don't care who she loves more, Gale or Peeta and the war between the rebels and the Capital is hamfisted.
Saying the series is a ripoff of Battle Royale is not true, with the first book being pretty good, but it never comes close to Battle Royale's quality, with the latter two books in the trilogy being utter trash.
It's not a bug. I was having trouble with it today but then I realized you need to be at the top of the mast in time causing it to topple over, so you can outrun the back of the screen.
I just did this. Try to get to the top of the right mast that's falling over. It worked.
I'm reading the Hunger Games books for a college English class...They're alright. The setting and the action scenes are pretty entertaining but the bullshit romantic moments that are littered throughout the books can be awful at times. Not enough to ruin the books completely but enough to really diminish me recommending them to anyone.
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