The Hunger Games: Movie Tie-In Edition [Kindle Edition]

Saturday, March 31, 2012

The Hunger Games: Movie Tie-In Edition [Kindle Edition]

By : Suzanne Collins (Author)
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Customer Reviews

I admit that I wasn't too excited when my book club picked this book as our next read. I'd heard just enough about the plot to make me nervous. Kids killing each other, really? I'm supposed to read this for entertainment?
I gave it a chance, and found it to be a riveting and compelling read. Violence is integral to the plot, but it's not gruesome or drawn out. This is no celebration of violence, but rather a story about what it means to be human in the face of violence. I left with a deep emotional attachment to the characters, and a concern for their welfare living under a government that keeps its society in check by forcing children into a life-and-death struggle on live TV. Questions are raised about the dehumanizing effect on the audience of watching these gladiator-like games -- apt questions in our world of reality TV shows.
Parents, certainly this is one to read and discuss alongside your son or daughter. But I would rank it as similar to the later Harry Potter books in terms of intensity and violence. This is a dystopia, so it's meant to be disturbing, but the tone is similar to The Giver -- not Brave New World.

If you've ever seen the movie, or read the book: Battle Royale the premise of this story will seem familiar:
In the distant future after a major war, North America split into 12 Districts which are run by The Capitol.
Every year, as a reminder of the District's failure, the Capitol draws two children from each of the 12 Districts - one boy, and one girl - to compete in a live televised event known as the Hunger Games.
The goal of the Hunger Games: Survive to feed the starving people within your District with your winnings.
However, winning is not so simple.
Only ONE contestant - one child - can be the winner.
I read all 3 of these books back-to-back in a total of less-than 6 days. Thats how much I was drawn in, and the story made me feel feverishly-compelled to know what was happening RIGHT NOW.
No.waiting.allowed. .<
It's been awhile since I read a book that I became so emotionally involved in, I wanted to throw it when things got too tense or scary, and I cried when I became overwhelmed. I also had a lot of LOL moments. laughs in empty room looks around awkwardly
I'm interested to see how this will turn out as a movie with so many kids bloodied and fighting for survival. I know they did it with Lord of the Flies (which scared the crap out of me as a kid), but I'm sure Thr Hunger Games will be targeted to the YA audience, which means a PG-13 rating, as opposed to the R-rating of LOTF.
Still excited though.
TL;DR -
I really loved this series.
- May the odds be ever in your favor.