I was excited to read this book. I really liked the film when it came out (maybe just because of Rachel Zegler, who keeps me tied to my bisexuality), and after rereading the original trilogy last year, I felt like it was the moment. And I've been a little disappointed, mostly by the first part. I understand that it all works as a set-up, that there are a lot of new characters and a very different time on Panem to what we knew, and it has to introduce all of this from scratch, but i felt it too long, heavy-going and boring. I think that the games themselves do not have a lot of weight in the plot and they could have been told in less pages. In general, I would've taken out 50-100 pages. However, the second part, mostly the ending and epilogue still seem wonderful to me. I know there's a lot of people who didn't enjoy the ending, but for me it's the best this woman has written til now, I wouldn't change a word. I got a little bit stucked with the first half of the book, taking me almost two months to finish, and the second half I've devoured it in a week. I now want to watch the movie again and see if my opinion has changed