Hunger Games: A Review

I just finished Suzanne Collin's first book in the Hunger Games Trilogy.  It was a compelling, fast-paced read in an intriguing world with chilling rules and political complications that captivate the reader. I found our main character, sixteen-year-old Katniss, to be a strong-willed, tough and likeable character.  She is not without her weaknesses.  Soon after the story opens, her love for her little sister, Prim,  forces…

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Unhappily Ever After

I'm rooting for the hero. I'm hoping to learn some deep truth, even at the cost of emotional pain for the hero and also for myself, because I tend to read with empathy.  I reach the final page and I realize the story has ended without any resolution of the sorrow.  The ending has no consolation to offer me.  I've just finished reading The Ballad of the Sad Cafe, a…

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