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The Hunger Games?
So, I've heard...
So, I've heard a lot of recommendations. SHOULD I READ IT? Well, what I need is:
1. The name of the author
2. A rating on a scale of one to ten
3. A description
4. And, by the way, how does it work out with Hunger Games roleplays? As far as I know, everyone in the Hunger Games dies except for one person.
submitted by Tiffany W., age 11, uncertain
(December 30, 2011 - 9:39 pm)
(December 30, 2011 - 9:39 pm)
Yes, if your're a mature reader but I think you probably are. I didn't read them until recently...
1. The author's name is Suzanne Collins.
2. 10+++++++++ Amazing!
3. Panem (the present USA) was made up of thirteen Districts and one Capitol (the Capitol has all the power). Years ago the Districts rebelled against the Capitol and caused a war. All the Districts were demolished; District Thirteen was completely deleted. To remind the twelve Districts that they are weak, that the Capitol has the upper hand and that they shouldn’t even think about a second rebellion, the Capitol created the Hunger Games.
- How do the Hunger Games work? Twenty-four tributes (a girl and a boy ages 12-18 from each District) are chosen in the so-called Reaping. They’re then sent to the Capitol for a parade, training time at the Training Center and three-minute interviews. The next day is the beginning of the Hunger Games. They’re all sent over to an unknown arena where they fight for an uncertain number of days until there’s only one tribute left.
- What is the arena? The arena can be anything from a barren desert to icy tundra. Traps, mutants etc are hidden throughout the arena to add extra entertainment for the Capitol.
- What are Mutants? Mutants are genetically changed animals used in the first rebellion.
- What are the Districts? Districts are regions in Panem each with their own productions (District 10: Agriculture, District 4: Fishing…) District 12 is the poorest District (even though most are poor), Districts 1-4 have Career Tributes.
- What are Career Tributes? Unlike the other Districts, Career Tributes are specially trained from the time they were born to fight in the games.
The protagonist, Katniss Everdeen, is from District 12 (Production: Mining). Her father died in a mining accident and since then she has been the man of the family. When her twelve-year-old sister Primrose is chosen from the bowl of names, Katniss volunteers to go in her place. She joins Peeta to fight for her life in the games.
4. The role-plays work like in the book. Everyone makes a tribute and goes through the whole Capitol process. Then before they go into the arena, we decide who will survive or not (until we have a top two or something). After that we basically fight till the death. :) I recommend you read through ZB's or SC's RPs in Pudding's Place. SC's might have some spoilers because it's set after the third book so I might read ZB's first.
I hope this helped! Sorry, it's so long!
(December 31, 2011 - 10:11 am)
Elizabeth M. already answered all your questions, so I'll just give you my opinion on the rating. 5/5. But the series just goes a bit downhill after the first book. The second is 4.5/5 imo and the third is 3.5/5. Also, the Hunger Games series isn't one of those with a happy ending. It's also a series where you shouldn't get attached to some of the characters because they die or turn out completely different near the end. :)
And the book isn't very grotesque. A lot of people die, but the author isn't very descriptive of it. That's all. ^.^
(December 31, 2011 - 2:50 pm)
I wasn't disturbed by it, but a few ChatterBoxers older than me were, so I suppose we can't say what you'll think.
Personally, I'd give it a 7 out of 10. That's the best whole number, anyway. I'm sure it's closer to 8 out of 10 than 6 out of 10, so it may be a bit higher than 7--7.3? 7.4? Something like that. I loved it, but I've definitely read better.
(December 31, 2011 - 8:33 pm)
Honestly I wasn't very disturbed by it at all either (I was thirteen when I read them), but I appear to be in the minority in that respect, so... caveat lector? I mean, go into it knowing what it's about (teenagers killing each other), and I think you probably know your tolerance for that sort of thing better than anyone else does; it really does vary from person to person; my mum found they more disturbing than I did.
I found Katniss eminently unlikable, though, JUST LIKE ALL THE OTHER CHARACTERS. Except for Haymitch and Joanna and Cinna. I liked them.
(January 1, 2012 - 12:24 am)
Yes... I was 11 when I read the first book, and I didn't really have any problems. I know a lot of other people who read them at some point in middle school, too, many of whom had also read it in 6th grade (although most of them had probably had their birthdays by then), and I didn't hear about anyone being disturbed. The Internet seems to disagree, though.
It's true that I don't remember any characters I really loved. I can't say I hated them, though, either... They definitely could have been more interesting, though. Haymitch probably was the most interesting.
(January 1, 2012 - 3:58 pm)
Well, Olive gave you everything.
My rating? I'm so bad at rating books...
...but, I loved them. All of them. Mockingjay even more than the others, even with all the stuff at the end.
It's marvelous.
(December 31, 2011 - 9:59 pm)
Ah.... I'll probably read them. I won't be creeped out by them. Probably not, anyway.
But I hate revolutions. Sure, the king, or tzar, or dictator, or president, or dictator, or whatevs may have been cruel. But that is NO need to murder his whole family, raid places and take jewels and money, and, in the end, make some random goverment and make the country an even worse place than it used to be.
That was longer than I'd expected. And I'm not even sure that there WILL be a revolution in these books. But I've read SC's roleplay, and by the sound of it there will be a revolution or something like it.
Again, revolutions are horrible things.
(January 1, 2012 - 9:10 pm)
Wait? What? Me? Rebelling? No way! I really mean it! I would never, ever, ever, ever write a rebellion into a story.
The Last Hunger Games? That one? Well, read the books, and then it will make sense.
But revolution sounds like a good idea...
Yeah, I'm totally a revolution writing person.
(January 1, 2012 - 10:09 pm)
There is a revolution in the series, but only in at the end of the second book and in the third book. The first book is just about kids fighting to the death... and then some. :)
re: revolutions: Some leaders restrain their citizens and/or take away their rights. Censored Internet? The right for police to arrest without a warrant? Killing their own country's citizens? (I can name at least three different countries right now*) Would you let that just happen to wherever you live without doing anything? Even if the revolution doesn't accomplish anything *coughOccupycough* it at least proves that the people have rights and power too, which is a fact the ruler(s) might be trying to ignore.
And people do get carried away by greed and revenge and all those sparkly things, but we're human beings; imperfect creatures. Besides, that's just a reason why you shouldn't tick people off... *looksatself*
But that's just my opinion. :)
And *sniffsniff* I can smell a debate.
*apparently most of the people in North Korea didn't know about the uprising in Libya, just as an example.
(January 2, 2012 - 3:31 pm)
I really liked these books. I would give the first and second a 4.5 out of 5, and the last one a 4 out of 5.
I didn't find the first two all that disturbing, except for some of the mutations. I know it's about teenagers killing each other, but I can see why that would be more disturbing for adults to read than for teenagers.
The last one wasn't disturbing as much as... I don't know, can't give anything away. I like them, though.
(January 1, 2012 - 7:49 pm)
Yes - kids killing each other is very much an adult fear, or more properly a parental fear, because a parent thinks about his/her own children, and imagines watching them kill and be killed. The idea of fighting for your life? Not all that scary. The idea of watching your kids fight for their lives, and being totally unable to help them? Really. Caking. Scary.
(January 2, 2012 - 8:10 am)
Well, what with rebels everywhere and gouverment people being killed..... sounds like a revolution or a relative of one to me.
(January 2, 2012 - 10:02 am)
By the way, I must agree that the third is nowhere as good as the first two. I find the epilogue boring and the rest of it okay.
(January 2, 2012 - 11:35 am)
They have to happen, revolutions, I mean. And some of them are good. But some of them (coughcoughRussianrevotioncoughcough) are just bloody and horrible and GAH!
Still, the idea itself is going in the right direction. And usually people end up having more rights. But when the thing itself happens, it usually happens wrong.
(January 2, 2012 - 4:07 pm)
The French revolution was also awful. I mean, in the end it was better for the people, yet a whole lot of bad things happened.
(January 3, 2012 - 11:46 am)