You seem to hate it. A lot. Honestly, it was not my cup of tea. But the idea was cool (although morbid) and I don't see how it's unoriginal. If your talking about "Kids stuck with each other and die die die", yeah, that really unoriginal. But It wasn't a failure. Suzanne Collins tends to write morbid books (Gregor the over lander, which my sister loves but I....don't....get...) and I suppose your untitled to your own opinion, but you shouldn't be so harsh.