The Hunger Games

[Phoenix]

I'm looking to see if there are any other fans of Suzanne Collins series Hunger Games with Katniss Everdeen. I found these to be great YA books.

[Phantom Paragrapher]

This is a series Im going to have to give another go as I tried reading them and couldnt get into it really.

[Phoenix]

The storyline is good, but I can see where they might be a little slow to pull you in. Maybe now it will be easier with all three out. I have an easier time with a series if I don't have to wait for the publishing company. I read too many books to remember a storyline for too long!

[Phantom Paragrapher]

I read somewhere today that they are bringing Hunger Games out as a movie for 2011.

[jeremy]

I think I'm going to try the series. I haven't read many young adult books but based on reviews on this series, it seems promising.

[Morag]

This was a new text at the last school I was at and both the students and I enjoyed it. I did feel that the events didn't quite fit with what I expected from the story as everything was far too easy for Katniss and there wasn't the degree of emotional and moral conflict that I expected the main characters to go through. Tried reading the last two books and couldn't get through them though. For the age group it was aimed at it works well.

[AlysonofBathe]

I agree with Morag - I was surprised that there was so little moral conflict for Katniss. That being said, it definitely speaks to the severity of the situation/atmospheric dystopia of the book. I typically don't read a lot of teen lit. (Twilight had me swear off it), but I enjoyed The Hunger Games.

Cheers,
Alyson

[margaine]

there's so much chat about this book these days. feel like I should see what it's all about.

[MadameCamille]

I have just started to read the book, but have already seen the movie as part of a work event. I find myself comparing the two and have actually had a few moments where the book filled in some of the background behind a few scenes that I had found a little lacking in the movie. The only major down-side is that all of the characters in my head look like the characters in the movie.

Have any of you who have already read the book seen the movie? What did you think?

[margaine]

anyone hanging out in this thread can also head over to our April Book of the Month discussion too. :) http://www.literaturejunction.com/showthread.php/118595-The-Hunger-Games-by-Suzanne-Collins-is-April-2012-BOM

I'll probably watch the movie once I finish the book. However, the posters and stills of the movie have already invaded my mind. And I cannot picture Katniss any other way when I read.

[Phantom Paragrapher]

Just re-read my last post and it was talking about the film :) ,, well an update readers is that I have yet to see the movie but I did eventually get around to reading The Hunger Games and I did in fact enjoy it the second time around and I also participated a couple of months ago in The Hunger Games Read-a-long on my blog. I divulged into Chapter 7.