Author: Suzanne Collins
Type: Audiobook
Narrator: Carolyn McCormick
Genre: Fantasy
Series: Yes, Book 3 of the Hunger Games Trilogy
Copyright: 2008
Publisher: Scholastic Audio Books; Unabridged edition
Rating: 3.5 out of 5
Summary: From GoodReads.
Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she's made it out of the bloody arena alive, she's still not safe. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge. Who do they think should pay for the unrest? Kat, her family, friends, and entire District 12.
Feelings:
I enjoyed the series and I think that even though after the first book it feels more like a political story than about an Katniss the series works. The tension between Peeta and Gale cased by Katniss' seeming inability to love just one of them or know if she loves one of them is maintained until the end of the series. Although I have to admit it was pretty clear to me which one it was going to end up being. Don't want to give anything a way though.
Katniss remains independent until the end although damaged. Most of the change in her character stems from her being in the arena and then events that unfold during the rebellion so are not really changes that she chooses but ones that happen to her. This is not to say that she doesn't make choices, she does.
I have not read the books but I think that listening to them adds something that wouldn't be there in the text version. I am normally all for reading books rather than listening to them but I do think this is a series that benefits from the listening.
I would recommend this series of audiobooks to anyone that likes some adventure and doesn't mind a little political turmoil.
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