I read The Hunger Games right when it came out (I was the first one to rent it from my school's library) and since then I've been a fan. I knew once I had finished the first book, it was gonna be the next big thing in the book world. I thought the first and second books were awesome but I LEGIT hate the third book. The ending feels very rushed and none of the events felt really thought out/purposeful and it seemed she was just creating these situations to kill people off all willy nilly. Of course, I compared the writing to HP, but Suzanne Collins is no JK Rowling... The thing I loved about HP was that every little thing had a purpose/role in the ending of the series. Nothing was left out and there were no loose ends. Mockingjay had some loose ends and somethings that happened didn't really have any sort of purpose in the grand scheme of things. regardless, I'm excited for the movie except I'm not getting my hopes up.
But for all of you who liked The Hunger Games Trilogy, I'd recommend The Maze Runner Trilogy to you. It's kind of the same thing and it was really exciting. It isn't as action packed as The Hunger Games (where every chapter ended with a cliff hanger) but it will still keep you interested! Definitely a good read!