((minor spoiler alert))
My weekend was consumed by finishing The Hunger Games.
And by that I mean I read on the couch Friday night, all day Saturday, and then until 1:00 AM Saturday night.
And I'm glad to be done with them.
Because, honestly, I wasn't the biggest fan.
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| The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and The Mockingjay. |
I'd heard people singing their praises for months but not one person mentioned anything about their dark, depressing, and slightly traumatizing nature.
The series is about an oppressive government that forces the children of its starving citizens to kill each other so I probably should have seen it coming.
Stories of heartbreak and tragedy seem to be more bearable when, in the end, good triumphs evil.
But in The Hunger Games, the line between good and evil was blurry if apparent at all.
The inherent flaws of humanity were magnified through instances of violence, deception, and greed in both the protagonists and antagonists.
However, there were undertones of sacrificial love. And hope. And the beauty of peace.
To sum it up, it seemed to me that the author's main message was:
"even if you win a war, you still lose".
Pretty powerful stuff for novels written at the fifth grade reading level.
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| I'd be lying if I said I didn't want to see the movie the day it comes out. |
What did you think about the series? Are you planning on seeing the movie?
Did you fall in love with Peeta as much as I did?
I actually never read the Hunger Games...and because of the reasons you listed! I'd heard everyone fall in love with them, but I read a summary of how the games work...and how the other players must die for their to be a winner. Umm, don't think I want to read that. It's pretty horrific when someone dies in real life, so I definitely don't want to choose to read something fictional where death will no matter what occur! Then again, I haven't read 'the girl with the dragon tattoo' either...personally I think I'll stick with Dickens, Bronte and Fitzgerald!
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