People are looking at Peeta v. Gale all wrong! You need to think about Casablanca! With four days left to go before Mockingjay is out, I explain my lo...morePeople are looking at Peeta v. Gale all wrong! You need to think about Casablanca! With four days left to go before Mockingjay is out, I explain my love triangle theory on Libba Bray's blog: http://libba-bray.livejournal.com/579...(less)
A retrospective glimpse into a year of intense fear and physical and emotional pain and dislocation in a family -- after an attempted murder of the po...moreA retrospective glimpse into a year of intense fear and physical and emotional pain and dislocation in a family -- after an attempted murder of the police officer father -- from the alternating POVs of the father and the 10 yo daughter. I was riveted. In the end I found myself wishing for more of a shape to the book -- it just ends -- but that's the deal with real life, isn't it? Don't read this looking for more than workmanship writing; it's the story that is so fascinating here, not the way it's told. (less)
I liked this a lot, and suspect I would have loved it if I'd read the first book first. As it was, it took me a hundred pages to become hooked. Now to...moreI liked this a lot, and suspect I would have loved it if I'd read the first book first. As it was, it took me a hundred pages to become hooked. Now to seek out #1. (less)