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Writing Update: I’m halfway through the first draft of Book #4 and Kiriai is struggling not to buckle under the stress of a life-changing tournament and finding a list of people wanted by the corrupt government. Combat Origin (Book #1) is still at the pre-order sale price of $0.99 and will arrive August 1st. The other books should follow once a month, afterwards.
I love reading dystopia novels. (Obviously, since I’m in the middle of writing a series of them.) However, this genre often has flaws in logic. Do those bother you, or are you willing to excuse them if the story and characters are good? My husband, the hard-core sci-fi reader and engineer, complains about dystopian world logic, or lack of it, all the time. 🙂
A sample of logic holes I noticed in The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins:
- The Hunger Games main purpose was to show the government’s power and keep the people under control. But, taking children from parents and and forcing them to watch them be killed has to inspire revolt and rebellion. And then to turn it into more of a popularity show and big pageant? That kind of ruins the whole ‘nasty, all-powerful government showing off its power and control’, doesn’t it?
- Volunteering combined with the tesserae (a year’s supply of grain and oil for putting your name in the bowl) seems to throw a wrench in the whole reaping process. The system seems ripe for exploiting. If one person of a group is willing to volunteer as a martyr, then everyone else can submit their name the maximum number of times for enough food to live on, knowing that the volunteer will step up at the end.
- A little thing: When Katniss was stuck up a tree and the Careers built a fire down below, why didn’t they just light her tree on fire and force her down instead of waiting, falling asleep and giving her the chance to drop the tracker jackers on them?
- And why does Katniss never run out of arrows?
- Did you notice any logic holes in the series that bug you?
So, what’s the consensus? Are logic problems no big deal as long as the story is great? Or do they drive you crazy and make you put a book down? Comment below and let me know. 🙂
Happy reading!
— Misty
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