Overall, I think the story is as grim as the hunger games itself. I remember I have bad dreams for several nights because I always do some reading before I sleep. The concept of putting children in an arena for them to kill each other is brutal and unthinkable.
From the start of the story, I have expected Snow and Lucy will fall in love but I know it won’t last long. They are different right from the start. Snow is from an elite family while Lucy is just an outcast. Their personalities are very different too. Their coming together is due to pure infatuation, I can very much relate to that with my own experience. Opposite attracts they say, and it will forever be trail that I will avoid.
As I flip through the pages, memories of reading and watching the franchise came back. It was 8 years ago, when the first movie went on screen. I remember it vividly. We went to watch in a bunch after we obtained our SPM result. I didn’t hear about the film, just following them into the cinema. Technically it was the first movie she and I ever watched together. Perhaps that moment was when our life crossed path. The soundtrack “Safe and Sound” caught my attention with its melancholic tune.
I have forgotten how I knew she had the trilogy. And I borrowed the first one from her. And the rest is history.
The hunger games story will have a significant place in my life. As it is associated with my love story, just like many other things. When I was reading the prequel, there’s an urge to discuss about it with someone, someone who will have the same interest as mine towards the story. She is the one. But I can’t. I will never be able to talk to her about it.
