In my opinion Hunger Games has only a somewhat novel idea ('gladiators in the present day') but the prose is pretty mediocre, and the sequels absolutely torpedo the author's credibility as a good writer.
I thought it was a good book as a youngster but even then panned the second and third books. However, I do understand that a lot of people like novel ideas and it's certainly very far from the worst YA novel when taken as a standalone.
In my opinion Hunger Games has only a somewhat novel idea ('gladiators in the present day') but the prose is pretty mediocre, and the sequels absolutely torpedo the author's credibility as a good writer.
I thought it was a good book as a youngster but even then panned the second and third books. However, I do understand that a lot of people like novel ideas and it's certainly very far from the worst YA novel when taken as a standalone.