What’s on the bookshelf: The Hunger Games Trilogy: The Price of Freedom

After reading “The Hunger Games” last fall, I read an article that said the draw of the books had to do with the gore and the gladiator-in-the-arena effect—no matter how horrific it is, you just can’t look away.

I was finally able to read the last two books (“Catching Fire” and “Mockingjay”) in the series last week, and whereas the first book left me with a sense of hope, I found the last two books completely destructive. However, what kept me reading these books wasn’t the bloodshed or the mo...