The Hunger Games

[shorthorsemom]

Read the book, not too impressed. My daughter is 15 and she is reading the lord of the flies and has already commented on the similarity to the hunger games. I don't like kids killing kids books for entertainment theme, so I guess that is where I just was completely disconnected from the start and when that very young child gets killed (spoiler alert).. that did it for me, just about put the book down without finishing. My daughter saw the film because all her friends were going. We had watched the "mask of zorro" the night before on tv (antonio banderas) and she said zorro was so much better than hunger games that she gave it a mediocre review however when her friends said they really liked it. Movie is geared to the younger crowd much like twilight series. I watched the twilight series with my kids and basically still laugh at the bad acting and if it weren't for jacob taking his shirt off all the time, there would basically be nothing interesting to watch, although that blonde vamp. is pretty cute too. haha. anyway.. I probably won't bother to read the rest of the series. I only read the book because I like to pre read some of the books before my kids read them if I think the subject matter might be too strong for their age. My second younger daughter is interested and I wanted to check out the book before I said yes. anyway... enjoy. we are all so different, everybody gets something different out of everything they read or see, so I don't want anyone that really enjoyed the book series or movie to think I am being negative to their opinion. I'm a cinderella/"Ever after" kind of movie girl.

 

[Sonya]

I'm now on book 3 (it never takes me this long to read a series/book)....it is really dragging on and I can't wait for it to end...unfortunately my OCD will make me finish it. It did get slightly better somewhere in book 2, then went downhill again.

 

[SHANA]

I read the books(own them) and I have seen the movie twice and enjoyed both. I will end up buying the movie when it comes out.

 

[Matt73]

Didn't really care for either the book or the movie. If I was 12 I may have been more into it....

 

[Jean_B]

I've read all three and loved them (though was slightly disappointed in the 3rd book). I have a different view of what the author was trying to say, though that might come from being an adult, and sort of jaded about what goes on in corporate America these days.

I thought it was about the gluttony of corporate America....i.e., the districts barely eeking out an existance so that the capitol (corporate execs) could get lots of perks, lazy and fat.

 

[Sonya]

Thats funny Jean you say that because what I got out of it was socialism does not work....they only ones comfy and enjoying life were the govt. ( the Capitol) and no matter how hard one worked, they had to give everything to the Capital (aka govt),not

to mention the media intervention in it all....media controlling everyones thoughts by what was portrayed to the people (by the Capitol) The writing is terrible and I am suffering through the last few pages.....my 19 year old niece even got a totally different anology of the story that is very disappointing...I will finish it though no mater how much it pains me. Lol