Same. I didn’t think you would, not for one second. my evilometer went off like crazy the minute I heard people talking about that worthless piece of garbage publication.
Just YUCK, I thought, when I heard of it. Some of the movie reviews are talking about the ghastly writing, so I suspect I wouldn’t have made it past the first few pages even if I tried.
I couldn’t “Hunger Games” because I can’t stand first-person, present-tense narration in a book.
“I walk into the kitchen at 5:00 a.m. There is cold, slimy dishwater in the sink, and plates and cups are scattered on the counters. ‘My sons are pigs,’ I think to myself, as I start running hot water.”