The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Is Here

[rednax]

Several months ago, I finished the book, The Hunger Games. It is a book about 24 kids that are sent into an arena to fight to the death. The Capitol is run like a Dictatorship, so life is very hard for most people. The government uses The Hunger Games to keep the rest of the nation under control, and is just a reminder of the Capitol's superiority.

It is a book designed for Children 12+, but can be enjoyed by just about anyone. Despite how it sounds, it isn't very gruesome, as most deaths aren't really described that way.

I'm currently reading the sequel, Catching Fire and it is the best book I've read in a while. The author of the Hunger Games Trilogy, is Suzanne Collins, who also wrote the Gregor the Overlander Series, meant for younger children. And as a side note, the Hunger Games is being made into a movie, but I do not know when it will come out.

The books are very good, and I suggest anyone who hasn't read them, to try. And lastly, has anyone read the Hunger Games already?

Edit: I have a slight hint of what the sequel is about. It is very vague, and only someone who has already read Hunger Games will understand it.

Spoiler Alert!

Hunger Games=RTTFF

Catching Fire=TJ

 

[Aldin]

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I enjoyed Hunger Games quite a bit, but I really hate "to be continued" endings - especially from a first book. I might give the rest of the series a shot after she finishes writing it.

~Aldin, hiding in the mud

 

[rednax]

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Good to hear you read the book, Aldin! I enjoyed it a lot, and loved the second book in the series even more. It has a lot more to it, than the first book, where the objective was just survival. In the second, you learn a little more about the main character, and involves more than survival (well, at least the kind the Hunger Games involved).

Is there anyone else who has read the book?

 

[nyys]

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This reminds me a lot of The Long Walk by Stephen King (published under the Bachman Books originally). It's considered a short story but is easily one of my favorite King tales. With Hunger Games being from the same vein, I'm sure I'll enjoy it. Off to the book store and the coupon that coincidentally came today.

 

[rednax]

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This reminds me a lot of The Long Walk by Stephen King (published under the Bachman Books originally). It's considered a short story but is easily one of my favorite King tales. With Hunger Games being from the same vein, I'm sure I'll enjoy it. Off to the book store and the coupon that coincidentally came today.

Glad to see you'll be getting the book. It's about average length (300-some pages) and is a pretty quick read since the font isn't very small.

I'm sure you'll enjoy it.

~Rednax, who Aldin-ishly could only assume that Hunger Game customs and scenarios would be all over this site, if it were more widely known

 

[nyys]

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Picked it up today, now I just need to get through what I'm currently reading (just 300 pages to go... 1000 pg book).

 

[rednax]

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Picked it up today, now I just need to get through what I'm currently reading (just 300 pages to go... 1000 pg book).

Glad to hear, nyys! I'm almost certain you'll enjoy it (and possibly the sequel).

 

[jameswards16]

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Hunger Games is a very good book, and so is Catching Fire. I can't wait for the third. That 'to be continued' stuff ergs me, but at least there is something to look forward to.

 

[rednax]

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Glad to hear you read it. The next part is a spoiler, so don't open it if you plan on reading Catching Fire.

Spoiler Alert!

Jamesward16, and anyone else who has read catching fire, I love the ending where you find out the nation has just blown up District 12. And I never expected Finnick, (the other girl, whatever her name was), and Nuts/Volts to be on their "team." I kept waiting for Katniss or Peeta to wake up with Finnick or the girl standing over them, with a knife to their throat.

And I also loved how the arena activated like a clock.

Anyone else who has read the book?

 

[nyys]

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Ripped through this one in a couple days (for me that's saying something). Very good book and I defintiely reccomend it to anyone who likes post apocalyptic crazyness that society creates when all the rules have been re-written.

I do have a couple gripes about the book.

1) That it was young adult. I think it could have been much more intense were it not toned down for the younger audience. Though even with it being toned down I'm surprised this is considered young adult considering the underlying theme (gory murder).

2)

Spoiler Alert!

What was with the parachutes? They made no sense to me. They drop them and they always conveniently fall to the people they're supposed to go too and nobody ever sees them drop to give away anothers position? This was one really poorly conceived part of the book IMO, seems in this Capitol controled environment something else could have been cooked up that worked better.

 

[A_Train]

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I enjoyed Hunger Games quite a bit, but I really hate "to be continued" endings - especially from a first book. I might give the rest of the series a shot after she finishes writing it.

~Aldin, hiding in the mud

This is what is selling me on not reading it until finished. Dealing with George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire's inconsistent releases leaves me weary of picking up any series that is not complete.

 

[LeviofDoom]

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the day i checked it out from the library, my teacher decided to read it for read aloudso i decided to read Pendragon instead, since my Reading teacher is already reading it to us anyway. so far it is a great book. My favorite authors are Jonathan Stroud, and Garth Nix. You should definatly (despite it's cheesy name) Heroes of The Valley by Jonathan Stroud

 

[rednax]

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the day i checked it out from the library, my teacher decided to read it for read aloudso i decided to read Pendragon instead, since my Reading teacher is already reading it to us anyway. so far it is a great book. My favorite authors are Jonathan Stroud, and Garth Nix. You should definatly (despite it's cheesy name) Heroes of The Valley by Jonathan Stroud

What grade are you in? I'm just curious because, if you're like a fourth grader, I'm curious how many parents would object to having a book read to their children about 24 teenagers who kill each other. Not to mention, there's a lot of kissing. (I can imagine of lot of 4th graders going "Ewwww")

 

[LeviofDoom]

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Haha, no i'm in 7th

 

[Fencerjared]

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I don't think I had a teacher read aloud to the whole class after second or third grade, that's weird.

 

[nyys]

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I've had Catching Fire sitting on my 'to read' shelf for a few months now. Just finished up my current book, I think I may return to the Capitol tonight.

 

[rednax]

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I've had Catching Fire sitting on my 'to read' shelf for a few months now. Just finished up my current book, I think I may return to the Capitol tonight.

You should. I lent Catching Fire to a girl this morning. By my 6th hour class, she had read 250 pages of the book. That therefore proves that Catching Fire is even better than Hunger Games.

 

[Fedex worker]

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Yeah I've read these books too. They are great. I really liked the ending of catching fire, especially Plutarch Heavensbee. It was cool how he was on the good side and told Katniss what the arena would be like with the hint of his watch.

 

[nyys]

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Dude, spoiler tags!

 

[rednax]

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Dude, spoiler tags!

It's okay nyys. As soon as you read it, it was pretty obvious, anyway (at least for me).

 

[rym]

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Just finished reading Hunger Games and plan on starting Catching Fire sometime tonight or today. I agree with whomever it is that stated that this book reminds them of Stephen King's The Long Walk (great book, by the way, though I'm not a King fan).

I do not recall who the author is, but has anyone read Battle Royale? A book about 100 students trapped on an island and having to fight to the death until only one remains. They have tamper-proof collars on their necks that will randomly activate (if I recall correctly. It has been a while since I've read this) and blow a student up if no one has been killed within a certain time frame. Pretty good book, but not as much character attachment or development as Hunger Games.

 

[nyys]

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Ohhh, thanks for the tip, I will have to check that out.

 

[nyys]

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FYI, the author of Battle Royale is Koushun Takami. The description on Amazon calls it a mondern day Lord of the Flies (another book I have sitting on my 'to read' shelf).

Taking my 33% off one item coupon to Borders at lunch today to see if I can find it.

 

[rym]

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Just finished book 2, Catching Fire, and I have to say that it was much better than I initially thought. I enjoyed it immensely, as my lack of sleep over the last 5 days will attest.

I do hope this is a trilogy and not an ongoing series ?), though, as I eagerly await book 3.

 

[nyys]

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I've been tearing through Catching Fire the last couple days. I though it started slow, but now it's really heating up. In fact, what am I doing here when I could be reading!