mnemo

I tried to read this book but I couldn't get into it. As the book is taken from Katniss' perspective, I couldn't help but be reminded of when I read Twilight and how much I hated learning the story from Bella's perspective. Instead I made it through this book listening to the audio version. Hearing it spoken was a lot better than my own interpretation in my head.

The dystopian setting and some of the comparisons between factions illustrated an interesting premise. I think what soured the story a bit for me was the contrived love story between characters. Although Katniss could be seen as a strong female character, I had trouble believing that she couldn't tell the dudes were in love with her and her own torment about that when her skill is observation and listening for survival.

Peter Kenny does a great job narrating. This is an enjoyable fantasy read in most part because of each character showing their personality. Kind of neat to have hints of fairytale stories and influence in the situations and characters that Geralt meets. Also, a nice revelation was how to pronounce Dandelion.

It took me a little bit to get into this book because of all the 80s references. It was a little bit annoying that every other page had some kind of reference and if you didn't know it, the concept might have been lost on you. The author does an alright job at least describing what's going on even if you don't get the reference. Over all it was a fun adventure story and it got better as it went along.