Recently, I've had the vicariously exciting experience of having a friend of mine visit the Catching Fire filming set and meet the actors as well as the author of Hunger Games. My friend faithfully passed on my message to Suzanne Collins that Gregor the Overlander is still closest to my heart (particularly Ares). I didn't want the Underland Chronicles to be neglected, you see. That said, I feel it would be unjust to neglect mention of Collins's equally amazing, and much more popular, Hunger Games series.
The Hunger Games is pretty awesome. No doubt you know all about it because of the Harry-Potter-and-Twilight-like status it's achieved. I'll run through a quick summary here:
Katniss Everdeen lives in poverty-stricken District 12 with her family, who barely scrape by on what Katniss can shoot and forage in her illegal excursions to the woods. Katniss's world is turned upside down when her little sister, Prim, is chosen as a tribute during the annual Reaping held in each district by the tyrannical Capitol of Panem. Desperately, Katniss volunteers to take her sister's place and becomes a contestant in the 74th Hunger Games: a televised, forced fight to the death between youth from the various districts. Of 24 tributes, only one will leave the arena alive and be showered with wealth and glory. The districts, crushed in the rebellion against the Capitol 74 years before, have long been resigned to this state of affairs. But in the second and third books, the flames of hatred between districts and capitol are fanned, and Katniss Everdeen emerges as the face of a new rebellion.
This series is great, the characters are imaginative and well-developed, the intrigue is intriguing, the plot and love triangle original and captivating. It is extremely violent though. Graphic in parts. I'm just impressed and delighted they kept the movie PG-13.
Fun to read, and grimly told in Katniss's sarcastic tones.
Make sure you have Dr. Seuss or something happy to read when you're done.
Genre: futuristic/sci-fi/fantasy/romance
for: teens and adults
Content rating: 2.5/5 For violence, hatred and depression, some nudity (not sexual), and some mentions of forced sexual relationships.
My enjoyment: 5/5
The Hunger Games is pretty awesome. No doubt you know all about it because of the Harry-Potter-and-Twilight-like status it's achieved. I'll run through a quick summary here:
Katniss Everdeen lives in poverty-stricken District 12 with her family, who barely scrape by on what Katniss can shoot and forage in her illegal excursions to the woods. Katniss's world is turned upside down when her little sister, Prim, is chosen as a tribute during the annual Reaping held in each district by the tyrannical Capitol of Panem. Desperately, Katniss volunteers to take her sister's place and becomes a contestant in the 74th Hunger Games: a televised, forced fight to the death between youth from the various districts. Of 24 tributes, only one will leave the arena alive and be showered with wealth and glory. The districts, crushed in the rebellion against the Capitol 74 years before, have long been resigned to this state of affairs. But in the second and third books, the flames of hatred between districts and capitol are fanned, and Katniss Everdeen emerges as the face of a new rebellion.
This series is great, the characters are imaginative and well-developed, the intrigue is intriguing, the plot and love triangle original and captivating. It is extremely violent though. Graphic in parts. I'm just impressed and delighted they kept the movie PG-13.
Fun to read, and grimly told in Katniss's sarcastic tones.
Make sure you have Dr. Seuss or something happy to read when you're done.
Genre: futuristic/sci-fi/fantasy/romance
for: teens and adults
Content rating: 2.5/5 For violence, hatred and depression, some nudity (not sexual), and some mentions of forced sexual relationships.
My enjoyment: 5/5
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