Current Events > So I just finished the 2nd book of The Hunger Games *minor spoilers*

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Im finally getting around to these famous books and its definitely solid so far. I do have a really annoying issue so far Katnuss gets on my damn nerves. How can she be so smart but so stupid? Good lord. So many obvious signs of what people are actually thinking and she goes the complete opposite direction all the time. She rarely even considers the alternative.

Come on. People tell her such important clues that are pretty damn obvious and she doesnt have a damn clue? Come the fuck on.

/rant

I've never read the novels or seen the movies, but:

DepreceV2 posted...

Katnuss gets on my damn nerves. How can she be so smart but so stupid? Good lord. So many obvious signs of what people are actually thinking and she goes the complete opposite direction all the time. She rarely even considers the alternative.

This is almost every YA novel series, at least early on. It's meant to show character growth, usually. I would wager she starts off dumb and naive but gradually learns as people fuck her over and she experiences consequences.

Just a guess, though, I have absolutely no familiarity with the series.

I read the first two books and gave up on the third

the first was OK and IMO worth a read. In the second I didnt care about anything outside of the hunger game, which in itself was an ass pull and like half the book or less instead of all of it

the third was just bleh, I dont care about any of the characters or anything thats happening

Gobstoppers12 posted...

I've never read the novels or seen the movies, but:

This is almost every YA novel series, at least early on. It's meant to show character growth, usually. I would wager she starts off dumb and naive but gradually learns as people fuck her over and she experiences consequences.

Just a guess, though, I have absolutely no familiarity with the series.

She actually does start off pretty smart but naive to some extent as well. She thinks everyone is an enemy and doesnt see the hidden meaning behind anything except what her mentor does. Its so dumb.

There was one section that made me pull my damn hair out.

The newly appointed game maker asked her to dance at a party. He showed her his watch and in it was a very sophisticated hidden design of a mockingjay that can only be seen at a certain angle. He even went out of his way to say its a one of a kind. She knew at the time what the mockingjay represented but she couldnt put it together? She never even figured out that he was an ally until he told her directly.

The fuck? You cant be that stupid. It was so obvious. Dont get me started on how she couldnt figure out that Peeta was in love with her in the first book. Jesus Christ