UPDATE: Okay you all have officially convinced me to give the first book a try!! Despite my incoherent rambling and being unable to pinpoint my exact issues with the movies, you guys nailed it! The characters are very important to me. Based of these comments I might actually really enjoy the books!

Hello, so I feel a bit torn. I like the basics of hunger games. I like seeing hunger games book specific content, and think it sounds interesting and it makes me want to read it, but I absolutely hated the movies. The movies were slow, and I feel the story wasn't at all well explored or explained. The characters didn't stand out especially except katniss and peeta ofc. I feel like the books get so much love, but I wanna know if it's worth trying.

Now my question, is the book better than the movies and if so what's the biggest differences you see? I want to like hunger games so bad, but if the books are true to the movie then I don't know 😅 I love reading and technically these books are right up my alley, but the movies threw me off. So yeah- any opinions at all are helpful! Minor spoilers is not big deal for me either.

Am I the only one that can't stand Jamie? He's so annoying with his broody attitude. I like the grumpy/sunshine trope as much as the next person, but I draw the line at the love interest being rude toward the main character for literally no reason at all. I don't care what sort of sad backstory he may have, it does not justify him acting like a prick. I fear I won't be able to enjoy the romance because of him