Comments on: She Read/He Read: The Hunger Games

By: Ready Player One Review | The Indie Mine

Ready Player One Review | The Indie Mine — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 00:26:33 +0000

[...] “problems” that the author intends to return to this setting, much like Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games series. Having created a near future when our grand-kids have retreated from the real world is far [...]

By: Virginia

Virginia — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:54:46 +0000

Yes. Read my music reviews.

By: Heather

Heather — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 00:18:40 +0000

Virginia,

You have a beautiful style of writing and because of your review I am most intrigued on reading this myself. Got any more suggestions to provide to us fellow viewers?

By: Gracie

Gracie — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 15:51:13 +0000

NOW that I know, rather.

By: gracie

gracie — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 15:48:53 +0000

Well, know that I know it’s young adult literature, all the annoying romance nonsense makes sense. In fact, it really stands out in retrospect. I kept wondering why he didn’t just feel her up already.

I started the second book last night and I’m afraid it only gets worse.

By: Virginia

Virginia — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 14:12:13 +0000

Gracie, I think Brandon may have oversold the Twilight comparison. I had read an article comparing the heroine in both series in Bitch! magazine. The only real comparative points are that both series feature an adolescent female narrator in a love triangle. Also, both series are wildly popular with adolescents.

The love triangle plot is a trope of the adolescent lit genre, I’m afraid! And the books are predictable to us seasoned readers, but probably not as so to the 12 and 13 year-olds reading them.

Erika, lol! His Dark Materials trilogy isn’t so recent anymore, I’m afraid, but if Brandon hasn’t read them, we could do that. I have to admit that I’m a little biased there. Philip Pullman was my professor (tutor) at Oxford for a while and he talked to us while he was writing the trilogy. He compared it to the Narnia series, except without “all that god crap.”

By: Erika

Erika — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 04:03:42 +0000

I just finished the series this past weekend. I liked Brandon’s take on it – although I enjoyed elements, the predictability and safety I felt knowing Katniss would never suffer any real damage left me somewhat unfulfilled. I really didn’t enjoy or feel the need to elaborate so much on the love triangle between Gale, Peeta, and Katniss. Most of the time I felt like that crazy bitch just needs to make up her mind already and pick one of the two studs that are obviously bat-shit over her. What a problem to have. Although the sequels have their moments, they at times felt to be somewhat stretching things to make the plot work. Overall, pretty good series.

Now please read His Dark Materials trilogy — those books will break your brain. In a good way.

By: Gracie

Gracie — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 03:22:52 +0000

Good lord. I had no idea it was a young adult novel, nor that it was compared to “Twilight”. It was just a book my hairdresser raved about. I’m rather glad I didn’t know, however, as I likely wouldn’t have picked it up at all.

Nice reviews both of you. I like the two different takes.