Caution: this post may not be appropriate for children. (really.)(even though it's about a book published by Scholastic.)So I got started on my book-a-month and decided to start with The Hunger Games, since my mom brought it at Thanksgiving. I was a little bit skeptical given the violent premise, but sure enough it was a good enough escape read that I escaped into it and its sequel, Catching Fire, over just a couple of days.
I thought the first book was better than the second; I hope the third one delivers. Both were definitely juvenile lit in tone and flavor, especially the second one, which got a little bit annoying but it really wasn't bad. I have to say that of course I LOVE the romance factor although the political stuff is fascinating too...and I do love me some good old-fashioned sci-fi once in a while.
In just a very short Internet search I came up with all kinds of fan sites and fan art and even fan videos. Because I completely missed the Twilight frenzy (whoosh, that's the sound of an entire franchise zooming over my head) this is sort of new to me. I love it. I keep hearing how "busy" teenagers are "these days," but is this what they are busy with? Or are these the "non-busy" ones? At least they are creating, I mean I was so "busy" in high school that I decided to quit the tennis team so I would have more time after school to eat Top Ramen and listen to KROQ and talk on the phone with boys. Of course the WWW was still in its infancy at that point, and I should disclose that I had an Angelfire home page and I was pretty good at online Tetris.
A movie is in the works, but I am really curious how they are going to keep it PG-13 unless they completely change the premise (i.e., post-apocalyptic evil empire-sponsored bloodbath).
Anyway. Have you read them? What did you think? Did the blood bother you or were you too distracted by the romance? If you haven't read them, are you thinking I'm completely off my rocker?
11 comments:
I loved Hunger Games - I think the violence seemed "muted" to me - the story line was more compelling than the details. If you follow my drift??
I think the "other-worldliness" is what made it work for me - the violence seemed to fit into this world of the book - and not into my world.
I am hoping the 3rd one is worth the wait!!
I LOVED these books and am so happy that you did too. Hunger Games was much better than Catching fire but that is better normal I think. I am super nervous for the third one. I am not convinced it will end how I want it too. The movie is going to be much scarier and more violent than the books were.
Just read Twilight already!!!
I finished Catching Fire and I was afraid to fall asleep (Robbie was at a concert). I wish the third book would come out already!
I did not like hunger games at all in fact i stopped reading it and took both back to the library. Sarah (leslie daughter) was shocked and apallaed that i did not like the book. I did like how it was written I found it very hard to read.
Haven't read it yet. Even though both books reside at my house. Two reasons I haven't read them. One, I'm afraid I won't want to stop once I get started, and I haven't found the right time for that (is there ever a right time?) and two, I get tired of Series, books that don't end. I think about waiting until the final one comes out before I start the first. But that probably won't happen.
i thought they were wonderful books. i think the violence wasn't too bad. but violence in word form is always more manageable because your own imagination limits you, where as in movie form it's just laid out there via someone else's twisted mind.
and i thought the political implications were wonderful and i liked all the plastic surgery digs as well.
Well, Donna, as they say, "Different strokes for different folks!!"
But I loved them - and couldn't put them down.
I just finished them both. I rather enjoyed them. While I was reading I caught myself thinking how would they do that if it were made into a movie? Isn't that terrible? Why do all these books that catch the attention of teens/us-adults seem to be expected to be made into movies?
I had been warned about the violence and found it wasn't so bad. I read an excerpt in Cohen's 6th grade class as a teaser. They were intrigued.
It was a fun escape and definately a brain candy read.
I loved them both. I kind of wish I found them after the final book was out that way I could have read them all in a row.
I did not think the violence was bad, but I wonder how they will make it into a movie.
I read Catching Fire on the plane ride to DC. I loved both of them but never thought of them as violent. Guess that says something about me.
I agree with what Bonny's says about your own imagination limiting you. It is easier for me to image a less violent book.
I mostly got caught up in the human relationships.I don't think I would like them as much if they were in movie form.
And I am excited for the third book.
Well, I suggested them, so obviously I liked them. The idea of a the games, not necesarily the violence descibed, bothered me more. I think since the players, well the main characters at least, remained so human despite what was demanded of them mellowed the violence part for me. I just haven't had a book grab me like that in years and I just loved being sucked into the plot and not thinking about anything else.
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