Good Literature

Just a quick rant. I have many friends on Facebook who are haters of The Hunger Games because they aren't "real literature". I haven't read them myself. I've only read the first chapter of the first book, but I can tell you that reading that much tells me enough of how the entire book is written. Just because it's not phenomenally written or it's not a classic series like Lord of the Rings or something, doesn't necessarily make it a bad book. In my opinion, it's the story that really matters. I've said this before about movies-- about how the special effects, music, camera movements, etc. are nice, but the story is what always brings people back again and again. It's the same with books. The flowery words, the acute descriptions, the symbolism, the metaphors, and so on are always great, but the story is what people are looking for.

Now, there are some books that have a good plot, but are just so poorly written that I can't bear to finish it. So, yes, the literature is important. But if the book is not poorly written, if it's an average book like The Hunger Games, I don't think it deserves to be called "bad literature". I believe that "bad literature" consists of poorly written books that can also have bad plots *cough* Twilight *cough*. You can find real "bad literature" on the fanfiction sites (believe me, I've been there :/).

So, I say you can dislike The Hunger Games if you don't like the plot, go right ahead. But don't hate on it because it's not "real literature", because that's just a ridiculous excuse when it clearly is.