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NPCE: Can I get all the Hunger Games fans to check in...
I (finally) got around to reading this book and I'm curious as to whether or not I should keep going. I saw the thread a few weeks back about how terrible the third book was, so I'm curious.
While I found HG to be disturbing and hard to read at some points, I couldn't put it down. I wanted to know what happened next every time I sat down to read.
But that said, I also feel like the end was satisfactory in way. Like the book can stand on its own. Sure, you could see the natural, "What's next for Katniss?" step, but since it seems she did okay in throwing off the Gamemakers, it felt like her life was no longer in danger.
Sooo...it was in a way, almost a good enough ending for me.
Should I bother with the next two? Are they as compelling as the first?
And can someone, anyone, please explain how this is supposed to be YA fiction? I really did struggle to make it through some chunks of that book and I'm a grownazz woman. I can't imagine the tween and pre-teen set reading that!
Re: NPCE: Can I get all the Hunger Games fans to check in...
I had a hard time understanding why people felt it was NOT appropriate for young adults. Then again, I was reading Stephen King and VC Andrews in Jr. High, so maybe I'm just warped.
The "problem" with reading book 2 is that there isn't a satisfactory ending there. Your definitely left kind of hanging. I didn't hate 3, though. It was just a little slower that the other two.
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ITA. I liked seeing what happens to finish out the story. They were both slower reads. I liked #2 new characters and the developing stories between Peeta, Katniss, and Gale.
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I read a lot of stuff that was above my age level when I was younger, so the fact that it was YA didn't really bother me.
Anyway, I liked the second book even though it was pretty disturbing. The third book was also disturbing but less enjoyable as far as thinking it was a good story.
I think it's worth it to read the others even though the first can kind of stand alone. A lot more happens and my favorite characters were characters that were in the later books more (Finnick, for example - LOVE him). Team Finnick 4evah!
I agree with that. I also agree with people who've said that at times 3 feels like it's being rushed, to tie up all the storylines.
I thought 2 was my favorite, b/c there are plots in there I didn't see coming. I think it's worth reading all 3, if for no other reason than they are quick & easy reads. (They made my train ride a lot more pleasant for a couple weeks.)
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I found in many ways the second book is similar to the first book but with some obvious major differences, but there are a lot of similarities. The end though is not satisfactory (I dont think its meant to be) - you want to jump right into the third book. The third book is good, its not that its bad in my opinion, I just wasnt a fan of the ending. At the risk of being flamed, I'll say it reminded me of Twilight and how I felt stephenie meyers just got lazy at the end of breaking dawn. okay all of breaking dawn. ha.
So I definitely think you should finish the trilogy. Even if you dont love the third one (and you might), it wont make you hate the first book.
While I recommend reading all three books, you have been forewarned the third book is a major let down. In a perfect world, this series could have easily been four books.
ETA:
Actually that is a good comparison, even though hands down the Hunger Games are way better written than Twilight.
The whole YA verses adult is lost on me since I was also one of the warped ones reading adult books at a very young age. I don't see a problem with tweens and teens reading them. Some of it is a little violently graphic but after reading Dragon Tattoo and Outlander, what's in the Hunger Games is positively g-rated.
my read shelf:
Fixed it for you.
Zuma Zoom
Anything you can achieve through hard work, you could also just buy.
ITA.
I am the 99%.
Oh, I get that. No doubt. I guess I just feel that way because of the topic. I mean, teens fighting to the death is kind of intense. I'm not saying I always read age-approrpriate material when I was a kid, but, I don't know...it's just so dark.
Anyway, you guys have convinced me. Guess I'm stopping at B&N on the way home