The Sword and Laser discussion

Following the "reading plan", i've finished Hundred Thousand Kingdoms and i'm about 25% on The Hunger Games.
I thought it would be interesting to compare both protagonists, since both have been written by female writers, and the main character will likely contain the most of what each author would like to express.
Some similarities:
1. Both protagonists are female, and young.
2. Both books tell the story from the first person perspective
3. At some point in the story, both protagonists (view spoiler)[ find out that their life is about to end (very little chance of salvation) (hide spoiler)], and that changes the way they behave on the novel.

Any other remarks on both books?

Anyway, the reason i thought about this thread is that despite the similarities, the characters feel very much different. When I read Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, I could feel that the book had been written by a woman. I cannot pinpoint exactly why, but Yeine internal thoughts felt much more woman-ish than Katniss. Katniss feels and thinks much more like the regular fantasy protagonist, no matter which gender. This could be because of her background, but i believe this has more to do with the authors themselves.

Thoughts?

I did think it was interesting to read them so close together. In some ways, I think the differences have more to do with responsibility. Yeine has only been responsible for herself, where Katniss has been responsible for her family, and that puts her in this weird historically masculine type role.

I got the connection, too. Not sure which protagonist I like better, but I think, Paulo and Jenny pretty much nail most of which comes to mind.

I liked Katniss better in the way that she clearly is more active and takes things into her own hands and tries to change something whereas Yeine seemed more passive to me. On the other hand I agree that Yeine is acting more mature when it comes to her relationships. I was constantly annoyed at how Katniss treated Peeta or more or less everyone who tried to be nice to her and it is really teenagery behaviour, which I guess fits since she is a teenager.

I'd actually disagree with Jenny on the point of responsibility. Yes, Katniss has had to be responsible for her family, but Yeine has be raised from a young age to be responsible for an entire nation. Moreover, at the beginning of the book, she has been leading her people, without contest, for quite some time. Katniss constantly needs to prove herself: first to her family, second to her community, third to her fellow competitors, and fourth to the audience. Yeine has already been proven before the novel begins. And the central conceit of the story (view spoiler)[that Yeine has the soul of Enafa (hide spoiler)] colors her character to be more feminine and nurturing. (view spoiler)[After all, she is the literal embodiment of femininity. (hide spoiler)] The author's background might be the cause of this difference in the sense that it propelled them to choose different plot points, but I feel that the characters of protagonists fit with their history of responsibility more than the author's individual gender.

I like them both equally to read. But I would rather hang out with Yeine... As a voice teacher, I spend enough time with teenagers trying to prove themselves :)