The Hunger Games book trilogy

I blasted through all three books on holiday over a week, and found it well-written, affecting and, thematically solid. It's kind of halfway between HP and His Dark Materials in terms of writing and depth.

I found the romance stuff a little tiring at points, but thankfully it never got to Edward/Jacob levels. I thought the Peeta mindwipe thing was interesting because it forces the reader to re-analyse Katniss and not just assume she's essentially good just because she's the protagonist. To be fair, she does actively win him back over by getting over her teenage insecurity bullshit and treating him as she would want to be treated if the situation was reversed. It totally did feel at first like a cheap plot-device to throw an obstacle in the way, though, in a 24 sudden-amnesia way.