"The Hunger Games" - anyone?

[Lex]

I guess the trilogy was written for teenage readers, but has really taken off with readers of all ages? I wonder if anyone here has read these?

[maddezmom]

1. I haven't but my nearly 40 y/o sister is hooked.

[Lex]

2. Thanks.

I'm considering starting one after the current book I'm reading.

Hi maddezmon!

[sharp_stick]

3. It's a lot of fun

a quick read, and a really nice job of ratcheting up the tension. I can only speak of the first book haven't read the rest of the series yet.

I especially enjoyed the handling of the moral grey zones that the characters have to navigate to get from one day to the next.

[Lex]

4. The more I hear about them

such as what your post said, the more I'm looking forward to reading them.

[sharp_stick]

5. The nice thing about it being a quick read

is that I didn't lose that much sleep. I found it harder to put down as I got further into it.

I think it will be well worth your time.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

6. The first one was disturbing beyond words...

It took me over a week to read it. It didn't get much better, but I read the other two in a day. I'm obsessed with this story at this point and I cannot wait for the first movie to open in March.
Woody Harrelson is playing Haymitch, which is pretty genius when you think about it. Donald Sutherland will be President Snow.
I highly recommend reading for everyone, but if your kids are reading them, please be sure to speak to them about it because I am 32 and I had some serious troubles with it, I cannot image being the age it's gear for and reading them. I cried and cried and was terrified through most of it.

[MsUnderstood]

8. great read for all ages

It is a great read for all ages. I devoured the books...the later books in the series were a little repetitive but the first book captured me!

You should definitely Kindle it (or however you devour books today).

[NEOhiodemocrat]

7. I have read the series

And I enjoyed it. It is an easy read and quite compelling. It really drew my in. I would recommend it, two of my daughters have read it as well and I gave it for a Christmas gift to my grand-daughter.

[ohheckyeah]

9. Love them!

All three were good and I couldn't read them fast enough and then hated that I had finished them. Even my older brother loved them.


I found the concept fascinating and relevant to today in some ways.

[InternalDialogue]

10. I also read all three pretty quickly.

I think they're engaging and disturbing, but very fun and readable.

I have to say, though, that the first one especially is incredibly similar to the plot of a book called Battle Royale from 1999. That Japanese novel was much more bloody and less concerned with the politics and morality -- it was mainly a thriller. And I give Collins credit for exploring more of her world outside the "game," especially in the second and third books.

[one_voice]

11. I started it yesterday....

Sunday...and I only have a small bit left. I would have finished it, but I have a cold and the cold medicine got the best of me.

It's very compelling, I'm really enjoying it, I will read the next one too.

I didn't read the Twilight series, which was a big hit with teens and adults. I did read Harry Potter, another one that was read by kids and adults.

There was a part in Hunger Games which brought tears to my eyes. I'm such a baby..

[Lisa D]

12. I've read all three in the series.

I hope the movie can live up to the book.

Here's the trailer for The Hunger Games:

[one_voice]

13. I'm reading the second now...

and my daughter just asked to borrow the first one. I really liked it. I saw that trailer, I too hope the movie does the book justice!

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I heard on the radio you can find out what district you're in. I haven't checked yet, I'm gonna explore later.

[iris27]

14. They were the best books I read in 2011.

The retrofuck garbage of the Twilight series has made me wary of any super-popular YA fiction. But I'm a sucker for anything post-apocalyptic, so I gave it a shot, and I was so glad I did! The only thing that threw me off a bit is that they're written in present tense, but once you get into the story, you don't even notice.