The Hunger Games Companion: The Unauthorized Guide To The Series (2011) - Plot & Excerpts
Returned to Library without finishing book. When I found the book, I was really interested in reading a bit more about the The Hunger Games, but this book did not meet my expectations.I feel like the book wasn't a 'companion' book to the series. It didn't present just facts about the book/author/society that the book took place in.I was not enjoying the book and took it back to the library. The title "The Hunger Games Companion" is highly misleading, as it has hardly anything to do with The Hunger Games at all. Rather, it goes into details about subjects that are related to The Hunger Games, such as how the world may end, what happens to the body during starvation, several types of torture and execution, reality television, etc. While some of the information was quite interesting, sometimes it got a little too detailed and lengthy. I also found the writing to be a little off; it got highly repetitive at times and the writer seemed to jump around at times, throwing in bits of information that didn't fit with the paragraph or chapter. Sometimes it seemed as if the writer had read the trilogy years prior to writing the book, as some details provided about the stroy weren't quite right. For example, the author mentions how Katniss enjoyed designing clothes. In the book (Catching Fire), it is clear that she didn't really design clothes; it was a talent fabricated for her (no pun intended) because every victor was required to have a talent. Maybe I'm just being nit-picky, but there were several details like that in the book. I also disliked how the first person tense was often used ("And now we're going to talk about..." or "...as I discussed in chapter 3..."). It felt like a middle school essay. Overall, I believe that the intentions for this book were good, but it just didn't come out right. I felt that it was too much varying information packed together into one book. For me, this book just didn't work.
What do You think about The Hunger Games Companion: The Unauthorized Guide To The Series (2011)?
Has some interesting insights and ideas, but not all are well supported!
—Mhfairydust
Not at all what I thought it was but an interesting read anyway.
—rose
