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Post by RandomWeirdness on Jan 1, 2012 3:08:08 GMT -5
THG is great. You should read it. And yes, there's violence, but it's not that bad. If you're 12 or older you'll be able to handle it.
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Post by Kaly on Jan 1, 2012 3:28:17 GMT -5
THG isn't violent.. you want violence hit up 'The Enemy' & 'The Dead' both by Charlie Higson, 'The Maze Runner' series or the inheiritance cycle series THG is a built up fighting romance. its supposed to be a futuristic Romeo & Juliet story where they fight for each other while everything is against them. the main theme of the book series (in my opinnion) is: if you want something you have to reach out and take it because nothing is given to anyone for free. It's a view on government and communism. The writer is trying to show us what too much government control can do. Sure, there is a romance aspect. But it's in no way Romeo and Juliet. There is no "forbidden love". In fact, it's the opposite. Katniss and Peeta are forced together. The story is also about a girl who is forced to grow up to fast. Katniss is only 12 when she has to become the sole provider for her family. At 16 she is forced by law to become a murderer of other children. She has to support a mother and her little sister. This, my friend, is no romance novel. -nods in agreement with Clove- THG is most definately not Romeo and Juliet (most especially not in the first book) and I have read both The Maze Runner series and the Inheritance cycle (except the 4th book) and don't feel as if those series are more violent than THG, not less, but definately not more [if that makes sense]. The most encapsulating factor of the Hunger Games, at least to me, is the fact that all of the fictional aspects are not completely unrealistic: this violent future is not an impossibility. Yes, a lot of characters die. It is not a gory book, though, Collins doesn't go on and on about the details of the death, in many cases she never directly says "so-and-so then dies", she keep these details to the minimum needed to imagine what is happening. The mere implications that mankind would do such things to one another -to children- is where the heaviness of the book comes from (Though for fair warning: do not sit down expecting to only read this book an hour or two at a time, you'll look up and see twice as much time has passed without realizing it [which is a very good sign ])
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Post by Potterhead on Jan 2, 2012 5:36:25 GMT -5
YES. Yes, yes, yes, yes. It's a great series.
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Post by clove on Jan 2, 2012 16:50:14 GMT -5
It's a view on government and communism. The writer is trying to show us what too much government control can do. Sure, there is a romance aspect. But it's in no way Romeo and Juliet. There is no "forbidden love". In fact, it's the opposite. Katniss and Peeta are forced together. The story is also about a girl who is forced to grow up to fast. Katniss is only 12 when she has to become the sole provider for her family. At 16 she is forced by law to become a murderer of other children. She has to support a mother and her little sister. This, my friend, is no romance novel. -nods in agreement with Clove- THG is most definately not Romeo and Juliet (most especially not in the first book) and I have read both The Maze Runner series and the Inheritance cycle (except the 4th book) and don't feel as if those series are more violent than THG, not less, but definately not more [if that makes sense]. The most encapsulating factor of the Hunger Games, at least to me, is the fact that all of the fictional aspects are not completely unrealistic: this violent future is not an impossibility. Yes, a lot of characters die. It is not a gory book, though, Collins doesn't go on and on about the details of the death, in many cases she never directly says "so-and-so then dies", she keep these details to the minimum needed to imagine what is happening. The mere implications that mankind would do such things to one another -to children- is where the heaviness of the book comes from (Though for fair warning: do not sit down expecting to only read this book an hour or two at a time, you'll look up and see twice as much time has passed without realizing it [which is a very good sign ]) I totally agree! Have you read the Hunger Games Companion yet? It talks about how Panem could have started and how it could be not far off in our future. I suggest that to ANYONE who has read the full series.
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