When I first started reading it, I probably closed the book and reconciled myself to reading 1st person present without much complaint, eventually the book sucked me in but there were times, especially in the beginning, where things just weren't clicking for me.
When I was browsing Books A Million, every YA book with a female protagonist was in the first person and the books that were written with male protagonists wasn't. Maybe I just had a random bout of picking those books, but I've never experienced so much first person pov until I started reading more YA books.
Yeah, THG does use the first person to conceal a lot. It works there but I can't help but hope for an accompanying piece that shows the parts of that world that Katniss doesn't see. I would like to see more of the capital, but mostly from different citizens, not just the head. People like Cinna. But I guess that's what fandom/yuletide is for.
I haven't picked up Catching Fire yet because I'm thinking of waiting for the third one so I can just read it in one sweep.
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Date: 2009-12-02 03:46 am (UTC)When I was browsing Books A Million, every YA book with a female protagonist was in the first person and the books that were written with male protagonists wasn't. Maybe I just had a random bout of picking those books, but I've never experienced so much first person pov until I started reading more YA books.
Yeah, THG does use the first person to conceal a lot. It works there but I can't help but hope for an accompanying piece that shows the parts of that world that Katniss doesn't see. I would like to see more of the capital, but mostly from different citizens, not just the head. People like Cinna. But I guess that's what fandom/yuletide is for.
I haven't picked up Catching Fire yet because I'm thinking of waiting for the third one so I can just read it in one sweep.