tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9111892212177038047.post6597050989776502473..comments2023-05-07T00:29:15.333-07:00Comments on Dolls, Books, and Things That Matter: 1984 by George Orwell and The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsAbbey Stellingwerffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10426609355118356332noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9111892212177038047.post-64450182496500267742015-07-02T10:28:39.502-07:002015-07-02T10:28:39.502-07:00That's too bad that the second and third books...That's too bad that the second and third books are rehashes of the first! It's annoying when fiction does that. I've never read The Giver, but I've heard good things. I think The Hunger Games would have worked better if Suzanne Collins hadn't made it take place on earth. The world would have made more sense if the Districts were an earth colony on the moon or something. <br />It definitely was fast-paced and held my attention, too!Abbey Stellingwerffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10426609355118356332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9111892212177038047.post-14532530447968098242015-07-02T09:55:34.092-07:002015-07-02T09:55:34.092-07:00I read 1984 a long time ago for school. I don'...I read 1984 a long time ago for school. I don't remember much of it, but I do remember not really liking it. Probably for the same reasons you didn't like it.<br /><br />Hunger Games was interesting to read, and entertaining at the time. I appreciate it for its discussion value, but that's about it. I thought Katniss was only a slightly better character than Bella Swan, actually. If you read the rest of the series, you will see that Collins only had one idea in her head, and she wrote it three times and called it a trilogy. Katniss doesn't get any more interesting, there is no character growth, and she continues to be wildly suspicious of everyone, and is ready to kill anyone, even the people who love her and truly want to see her succeed and survive. It got tiresome. I also don't understand what it is Peeta and Gale see in her. Truly, I don't.<br /><br />Personally, I feel that most of the dystopian fiction going around right now is a poor knock-off of Lois Lowry's "The Giver" - which at the very least has a very clear pro-life message. I felt that The Hunger Games could have been extremely powerful if Collins had continued an undercurrent of the theme of what can happen to a society that devalues human life, and especially the lives of children... but she didn't. <br /><br />Also, the world-building was pretty good in the first book, but it halts there and you never really get to see any more of the world in the rest of the trilogy and that's the problem I have with these stories based in the real world in some random dystopian future... because what I want to know is: what happened to the rest of the world? Where's Europe? Canada? Asia? Seriously? The only culture or people who still exist are in North Carolina? Hard for me to suspend my disbelief for three whole books on that count.<br /><br />Sorry, didn't mean to rant. :) I am glad you enjoyed it. I enjoyed the books when I read them, because they're fast paced, very easy reads and I zipped through them. The farther away from them I get, however, the more holes I see in them.Jenelle Leannehttp://jenelleschmidt.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9111892212177038047.post-24605994362187922312015-06-29T15:24:42.014-07:002015-06-29T15:24:42.014-07:00Wow, I definitely won't read 1984!
I loved the...Wow, I definitely won't read 1984!<br />I loved the Hunger Games as well. I hope you read the other two. I agree, the writing style wasn't all that great. The amazing plot made up for it though.shininghislighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02278753364988231303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9111892212177038047.post-77682019279951447022015-06-28T21:15:44.425-07:002015-06-28T21:15:44.425-07:00I should make Jack read these. I would.....but I t...I should make Jack read these. I would.....but I think I would get lost in how fat they are......Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com