Suzanne Collins
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All of the Districts of Panem must watch the Games as a form of yearly "entertainment" when in actuality, it's a power play put on by the Capitol the wealthiest of the districts.
When Katniss's sister twelveyearold Prim is chosen as this year's competitor, Katniss volunteers to take her place, Peeta, a boy from the "richer" side of Districtis chosen as the male representative,
To be fair, this was one of the very first YA series I read, so every time I reread it, I am just overwhelmed with nostalgia.
But, when I take off my rosetinted glasses, I still think it's a pretty solid series,
The characters are really welldone,
I love how Katniss's motivation is both pure and ruthlessness and her personality isn't tainted with overthetop selfsacrificing eyerollingly awful simpering mess that I see in quite a few of the newer YA series.
Katniss's love for her sister humanized her otherwise stiff character, Her pride and will to survive energized the novel and kept me absolutely hooked,
I appreciate that the smidge of romance does not overpower the novel, Finally, a YA novel that plot doesn't solely hang on a love triangle I love that it's more of a survivalist story,
Overall, really pleased with this novel cannot wait to reread the rest!
Audiobook Comments
Read by Carolyn McCormick and she gave life to Katniss! Loved the audio.
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Notes: The literal corruption of youth by reality television.
Forced into murder, thievery, treachery, and kissing to stay alive, I was forced into watching Mockingjay: Part II this weekend, To clarify, I watched the second part of the last Hunger Games movie without having read any of the books, without having watched any of the movies.
Needless to say, I was confused as fuck,
So many questions and thoughts ran through my mind as I watched the movie, Why is Peeta so thin Did that hugeass bruise really disappear from her neck the next day Is Katniss supposed to look like she's about to burst into tears at any given moment, or is that just Jennifer Lawrence Woody Harrelson is in this movie Hey, it's Margaery from Game of Thrones! Who's President Snow What's a Mockingjay Lesser Hemsworth is pretty hot.
Well, you get the point, I know how the book ended and I still have no idea who anyone is, and neither do I know their names, with the exception of Peeta, Gale, President Snow, that Coin woman, and Katniss.
Of course, knowing how the book ended means I probably should read the first book, so here I am, the last person on earth to read The Hunger Games.
And it was good, It was really good. My sister was right she usually is,
What else can I say that hasn't already been said I loved it, The world building was interesting although it helps that I've seen what it looks like on the big screen, and Katniss is awesome, One of the things my sister didn't like about the first movie is that the onscreen Katniss was different from her portrayal in the first book, I haven't watched that movie, but I kind of see how the screen portrayal of Katniss might have bothered her, BookKatniss is strong, kickass without being a Mary Sue, She has a fierce love for her sister, and she is manipulative and cunning, She uses the prospect of romance to protect herself, she has no qualms about using people, and I love that about her,
Time to watch Movie! A Very Good
Notes: A Pax Romana parallel, where odds are ever mostly misses, and games of guise, of glossy lies, mean existential kisses.
The Hunger Games The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games is adystopian novel by the American writer Suzanne Collins, It is written in the voice ofyearold Katniss Everdeen, who lives in the future, postapocalyptic nation of Panem in North America,
The Capitol, a highly advanced metropolis, exercises political control over the rest of the nation, The Hunger Games is an annual event in which one boy and one girl agedfrom each of the twelve districts surrounding the Capitol are selected by lottery to compete in a televised battle to the death.
Characters: Katniss Everdeen, Peeta Mellark, Cato, Primrose Everdeen, Gale Hawthorne, Effie Trinket, Haymitch Abernathy, Cinna, President Coriolanus Snow, Rue, Octavia, Venia, Flavius, Avox girl, Marvel, Glimmer, Clove, Foxface, Thresh, Greasy Sae, Madge Undersee, Portia, Caesar Flickerman, Claudius Templesmith
عنوانها: عطش مبارزه اشتعال اثر: سوزان کالینز تاریخ نخستین خوانش: پنجم ماه آوریل سالمیلادی
عنوان: عطش مبارزه جلد نخست از سه گانه عطش مبارزه اثر: سوزان کالینز برگردان: شبنم سعادت تهران نشر افزاردرص شابک:چاپ دومموضوع داستانهای نویسندگان ایالات متحده آمریکا سدهم
عنوان: اشتعال اثر: سوزان کالینز برگردان: شبنم سعادت تهران افرازدرص شابکچاپ دومچاپ چهارم
عنوان: هانگر گیمز اثر: سوزان کالینز برگردان:علی مصلح حیدرزاده تهران ویدادرص شابک
نخستین کتاب از سه گانه ی عطش مبارزه به شمار است و ماجرای دختری شانزده ساله است به نام کتنیس اوردین که در مسابقات عطش مبارزه رقابتهایی که بین بیست و چهار نفر دوازده پسر و دوازده دختر دوازده تا هجده ساله هر سال به صورت رویدادی زنده از تلویزیون در مناطق دوازده گانه ی کشور پانم پخش میشود.
در مسابقات یک پسر و یک دختر را از هر دوازده ناحیه با قید قرعه انتخاب میکنند و آنها پس از نبرد با یکدیگر تا پای جان در پایان مسابقه تنها یک تن باید زنده بماند و برنده اعلام شود اما
شرح تصویر روی جلد کتاب: پرنده و تیری محاط در حلقه ای طلایی رنگ با پس زمینه ای سیاه است همان سنجاق سینه ای است که مج دختر شهردار و دوست کتنیس به وی هدیه داده در کتاب از زبان کتنیس میخوانیم: گویی یک نفر پرنده ی کوچک طلایی رنگی را ساخته و سپس آن را به حلقه ای که دور آن است وصل کرده تنها نوک بالهای پرنده به حلقه متصل است ناگهان آن را میشناسم یک زاغ مقلد است. پایان نقل از کتاب
تاریخ بهنگام رسانی هجری خورشیدی هجری خورشیدی ا. شربیانی
Suzanne Collins hasballs ovaries of steel to make us willingly cheer for a teenage girl to kill other children, In a YA book.
Two reasons why this book rocks: a It is not Twilight, and b I really hate reality shows,
Seriously, how long would it take for reality shows to evolve from "Survivor" to "Hunger Games"
Yes, this book is full of imperfections.
It often requires a strenuous suspension of disbelief, It can cause a painful amount of eyerolling and shaking fist at the book pages, Its style is choppy and the firstperson present tense gets annoying, The story is simple, and the message is heavyhanded, But is does set a better example for young impressionable preteens than gushing stories about sparkly codependency, And here is an obligatory taken out of contest Twilightbashing quote:
And I love this book because despite The Hunger Games being YA literature that seems to hinge on the romantic puppy love the happiness of Katniss does not revolve solely around a cute male lead.
Yes, there is a hated love triangle here eyeroll but there are other issues that occupy Katniss' mind such as the survival of her friends, family, and herself rather than just pining over a cute boy.
Now, here is what bugged me about the romance that DID make it into the book, There is actually a LOST OPPORTUNITY here to have a YA book where people CAN be just friends, where devotion and loyalty stem from friendship and respect and not from attraction.
Katniss and Peeta could have had plenty of other reasons to care for each other that don't include puppy love they are from the same district, same school, he gave her that bread, she trades with his dad, etc.
But alas, that did not happen, I understand that Collins had to cater to the way that YA publishers and Hollywood tend to view us, the female audience, At least Katniss escapes the perils of instalove, But poor Peeta all of his actions are colored by him being "Lover Boy", and I think it detracts from his personality and reduces him from a kind compassionate person to a fool in love who'd do anything for Katniss only because of his physical attraction to her.
Yeah
Rue Oh, Rue
Now, back to the GOOD, Rue, my favorite character. Little, fragile, almosttooperfect Rue who was clearly doomed from the start, Who despite her appearance was neither weak nor helpless, Whose brought the human side to Katniss who, until that point, was almost bordering on robotic.
There was real grief and anger and sadness in that scene, and from that point on I began to care,
Suzanne Collins strictly follows the "show, don't tell" rule, Actually, she does it to such an extent that the book reads almost like a screenplay, The plot moves along at a fast pace, only slowing down a bit in the drawn out Capitol makeover and cave makeout sessions, Collins does not shy away from gruesome scenes, making many parts of the book hit home,
I enjoyed it despite the imperfections, Katniss easily beats the majority of the popular YA heroines, And because of all her coolness, this gets ,stars.
EDITED TO ADD:
So I saw the movie today, All I have to say Suzanne Collins may have given life to Katniss, but Jennifer Lawrence definitely gave her heart, Lawrence's Katniss has such emotional depth, and she brings such truthfulness to her character, Excellent adaptation with a great balance of tugging on the heartstrings and darkness,
I CRIED TWICE yes, apparently I am less of a cynic than I thought,
First time when Katniss volunteers for Prim and people salute her, I JUST CHOKED UP. It felt so real. I have a brother who is much younger than me, and all I could think at that moment was how I would do the exact same thing for him WITHOUT ANY HESITATION.
It wouldn't even be a choice, Just like it wasn't for Katniss, Sob
The second time I teared up Rue, Oh Rue And the salute from Districtso powerful and so touching, I I I just can't
PLEASE EXCUSE ME WHILE I GO AND GRAB A BOX OF TISSUES, OR TWO. OR TEN. SOB.
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Every year, Panem postapacolyptic North America hosts a Hunger Games involving one female and one male representative from each of its twelve districts to fight to the death.
“Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor.
”
All of the Districts of Panem must watch the Games as a form of yearly "entertainment" when in actuality, it's a power play put on by the Capitol the wealthiest of the districts.
For there to be betrayal, there would have to have been trust first,The Capitol uses the Games as a way to demonstrate the sheer helplessness of the other Districts and to keep the population cowed and in fear.
When Katniss's sister twelveyearold Prim is chosen as this year's competitor, Katniss volunteers to take her place, Peeta, a boy from the "richer" side of Districtis chosen as the male representative,
I'm more than just a piece in their Games,Soon, she and Peeta are whisked away to the Capitol a place of incredible wealth and heartbreaking cruelity, And while Katniss has sworn to come back to her sister, she really has to wonder, what will be left of her if she returns,
“Here's some advice, Stay alive. ”Honestly, this was the best apocalyptic YA teen novel I've read this year,
To be fair, this was one of the very first YA series I read, so every time I reread it, I am just overwhelmed with nostalgia.
But, when I take off my rosetinted glasses, I still think it's a pretty solid series,
The characters are really welldone,
I love how Katniss's motivation is both pure and ruthlessness and her personality isn't tainted with overthetop selfsacrificing eyerollingly awful simpering mess that I see in quite a few of the newer YA series.
Katniss's love for her sister humanized her otherwise stiff character, Her pride and will to survive energized the novel and kept me absolutely hooked,
I appreciate that the smidge of romance does not overpower the novel, Finally, a YA novel that plot doesn't solely hang on a love triangle I love that it's more of a survivalist story,
Overall, really pleased with this novel cannot wait to reread the rest!
Audiobook Comments
Read by Carolyn McCormick and she gave life to Katniss! Loved the audio.
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Notes: The literal corruption of youth by reality television.
Forced into murder, thievery, treachery, and kissing to stay alive, I was forced into watching Mockingjay: Part II this weekend, To clarify, I watched the second part of the last Hunger Games movie without having read any of the books, without having watched any of the movies.
Needless to say, I was confused as fuck,
So many questions and thoughts ran through my mind as I watched the movie, Why is Peeta so thin Did that hugeass bruise really disappear from her neck the next day Is Katniss supposed to look like she's about to burst into tears at any given moment, or is that just Jennifer Lawrence Woody Harrelson is in this movie Hey, it's Margaery from Game of Thrones! Who's President Snow What's a Mockingjay Lesser Hemsworth is pretty hot.
Well, you get the point, I know how the book ended and I still have no idea who anyone is, and neither do I know their names, with the exception of Peeta, Gale, President Snow, that Coin woman, and Katniss.
Of course, knowing how the book ended means I probably should read the first book, so here I am, the last person on earth to read The Hunger Games.
And it was good, It was really good. My sister was right she usually is,
What else can I say that hasn't already been said I loved it, The world building was interesting although it helps that I've seen what it looks like on the big screen, and Katniss is awesome, One of the things my sister didn't like about the first movie is that the onscreen Katniss was different from her portrayal in the first book, I haven't watched that movie, but I kind of see how the screen portrayal of Katniss might have bothered her, BookKatniss is strong, kickass without being a Mary Sue, She has a fierce love for her sister, and she is manipulative and cunning, She uses the prospect of romance to protect herself, she has no qualms about using people, and I love that about her,
Time to watch Movie! A Very Good
Notes: A Pax Romana parallel, where odds are ever mostly misses, and games of guise, of glossy lies, mean existential kisses.
The Hunger Games The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games is adystopian novel by the American writer Suzanne Collins, It is written in the voice ofyearold Katniss Everdeen, who lives in the future, postapocalyptic nation of Panem in North America,
The Capitol, a highly advanced metropolis, exercises political control over the rest of the nation, The Hunger Games is an annual event in which one boy and one girl agedfrom each of the twelve districts surrounding the Capitol are selected by lottery to compete in a televised battle to the death.
Characters: Katniss Everdeen, Peeta Mellark, Cato, Primrose Everdeen, Gale Hawthorne, Effie Trinket, Haymitch Abernathy, Cinna, President Coriolanus Snow, Rue, Octavia, Venia, Flavius, Avox girl, Marvel, Glimmer, Clove, Foxface, Thresh, Greasy Sae, Madge Undersee, Portia, Caesar Flickerman, Claudius Templesmith
عنوانها: عطش مبارزه اشتعال اثر: سوزان کالینز تاریخ نخستین خوانش: پنجم ماه آوریل سالمیلادی
عنوان: عطش مبارزه جلد نخست از سه گانه عطش مبارزه اثر: سوزان کالینز برگردان: شبنم سعادت تهران نشر افزاردرص شابک:چاپ دومموضوع داستانهای نویسندگان ایالات متحده آمریکا سدهم
عنوان: اشتعال اثر: سوزان کالینز برگردان: شبنم سعادت تهران افرازدرص شابکچاپ دومچاپ چهارم
عنوان: هانگر گیمز اثر: سوزان کالینز برگردان:علی مصلح حیدرزاده تهران ویدادرص شابک
نخستین کتاب از سه گانه ی عطش مبارزه به شمار است و ماجرای دختری شانزده ساله است به نام کتنیس اوردین که در مسابقات عطش مبارزه رقابتهایی که بین بیست و چهار نفر دوازده پسر و دوازده دختر دوازده تا هجده ساله هر سال به صورت رویدادی زنده از تلویزیون در مناطق دوازده گانه ی کشور پانم پخش میشود.
در مسابقات یک پسر و یک دختر را از هر دوازده ناحیه با قید قرعه انتخاب میکنند و آنها پس از نبرد با یکدیگر تا پای جان در پایان مسابقه تنها یک تن باید زنده بماند و برنده اعلام شود اما
شرح تصویر روی جلد کتاب: پرنده و تیری محاط در حلقه ای طلایی رنگ با پس زمینه ای سیاه است همان سنجاق سینه ای است که مج دختر شهردار و دوست کتنیس به وی هدیه داده در کتاب از زبان کتنیس میخوانیم: گویی یک نفر پرنده ی کوچک طلایی رنگی را ساخته و سپس آن را به حلقه ای که دور آن است وصل کرده تنها نوک بالهای پرنده به حلقه متصل است ناگهان آن را میشناسم یک زاغ مقلد است. پایان نقل از کتاب
تاریخ بهنگام رسانی هجری خورشیدی هجری خورشیدی ا. شربیانی
Katniss Everdeen woont met haar moeder en haar zusje in hete en armste district van Panem, Daar heerst het keiharde regime van het welvarende, brute Capitool, Bij de jaarlijkse Hongerspelen moeten twaalf jongens en twaalf meisjes in een gemanipuleerde arena de strijd aan gaan op leven en dood, Zo begeeft ook Katniss zich onder het oog van de hele bevolking in de gemanipuleerde arena, Gevangen in een
meedogenloos web van geweld, gemanipuleerde tvbeelden en corrupte politici staat ze voor de vraag: hoe ver ga je om te overleven
De Hongerspelen is het eerste deel in de succesvolle trilogie van Suzanne Collins.
Suzanne Collins has
Two reasons why this book rocks: a It is not Twilight, and b I really hate reality shows,
Seriously, how long would it take for reality shows to evolve from "Survivor" to "Hunger Games"
Yes, this book is full of imperfections.
It often requires a strenuous suspension of disbelief, It can cause a painful amount of eyerolling and shaking fist at the book pages, Its style is choppy and the firstperson present tense gets annoying, The story is simple, and the message is heavyhanded, But is does set a better example for young impressionable preteens than gushing stories about sparkly codependency, And here is an obligatory taken out of contest Twilightbashing quote:
“But just the fact that he was sparkling leads me to doubt everything that happened.So why did I add it to my toread list for my future hypothetical daughter Because Katniss is cool and a badass, She is fierce, independent, resourceful, intelligent, and skilled, She is loyal to her friends and family, She is a survivor. She will never allow a guy to carry her around as though she is a delicate flower, She skewers that apple in the pig's mouth with an arrow in front of the Gamemakers in the most awesome way imaginable, For all that, I love this imperfect, surly, prickly, sullen and perpetually pissedoff, quick to jump to judgment, and sometimes clueless girl,
”
And I love this book because despite The Hunger Games being YA literature that seems to hinge on the romantic puppy love the happiness of Katniss does not revolve solely around a cute male lead.
Yes, there is a hated love triangle here eyeroll but there are other issues that occupy Katniss' mind such as the survival of her friends, family, and herself rather than just pining over a cute boy.
Unlike other socalled "books", where a boyfriend of a few months dumping you is a valid reason for catatonia and almostsuicide,
And yet we still get readers who divide themselves into the incredibly annoying "Team Peeta" and "Team Gale",
Because clearly nothing else ever matters besides sappy love in a book about children murdering each other, eyeroll
Now, here is what bugged me about the romance that DID make it into the book, There is actually a LOST OPPORTUNITY here to have a YA book where people CAN be just friends, where devotion and loyalty stem from friendship and respect and not from attraction.
Katniss and Peeta could have had plenty of other reasons to care for each other that don't include puppy love they are from the same district, same school, he gave her that bread, she trades with his dad, etc.
But alas, that did not happen, I understand that Collins had to cater to the way that YA publishers and Hollywood tend to view us, the female audience, At least Katniss escapes the perils of instalove, But poor Peeta all of his actions are colored by him being "Lover Boy", and I think it detracts from his personality and reduces him from a kind compassionate person to a fool in love who'd do anything for Katniss only because of his physical attraction to her.
Yeah
Rue Oh, Rue
Now, back to the GOOD, Rue, my favorite character. Little, fragile, almosttooperfect Rue who was clearly doomed from the start, Who despite her appearance was neither weak nor helpless, Whose brought the human side to Katniss who, until that point, was almost bordering on robotic.
There was real grief and anger and sadness in that scene, and from that point on I began to care,
Suzanne Collins strictly follows the "show, don't tell" rule, Actually, she does it to such an extent that the book reads almost like a screenplay, The plot moves along at a fast pace, only slowing down a bit in the drawn out Capitol makeover and cave makeout sessions, Collins does not shy away from gruesome scenes, making many parts of the book hit home,
I enjoyed it despite the imperfections, Katniss easily beats the majority of the popular YA heroines, And because of all her coolness, this gets ,stars.
"Exactly how am I supposed to work in a thankyou in there Somehow it just won't seem sincere if I'm trying to slit his throat, "
EDITED TO ADD:
So I saw the movie today, All I have to say Suzanne Collins may have given life to Katniss, but Jennifer Lawrence definitely gave her heart, Lawrence's Katniss has such emotional depth, and she brings such truthfulness to her character, Excellent adaptation with a great balance of tugging on the heartstrings and darkness,
I CRIED TWICE yes, apparently I am less of a cynic than I thought,
First time when Katniss volunteers for Prim and people salute her, I JUST CHOKED UP. It felt so real. I have a brother who is much younger than me, and all I could think at that moment was how I would do the exact same thing for him WITHOUT ANY HESITATION.
It wouldn't even be a choice, Just like it wasn't for Katniss, Sob
The second time I teared up Rue, Oh Rue And the salute from Districtso powerful and so touching, I I I just can't
PLEASE EXCUSE ME WHILE I GO AND GRAB A BOX OF TISSUES, OR TWO. OR TEN. SOB.