I was not quite sure how to transverse myself in this new world of YA I had recently discovered. So, I was following Stephanie Meyer (tree of trust here) on her blog and she would give recommendations of books she was currently reading. She basically gave Hunger Games a drop everything and read this, read this now shoutout. So, being the lemming I was, I did. It has been a long time since I read fiction and I read quite slowly and take only a little time each day for reading. So, my husband suggested this series to me. And now here is my take on all three books. I will go through each book, present its storyline and what I felt about each book and conclude with my opinion on the entire series. If you have not read the books or watched the movies, beware of spoilers! Joseph Romm (March 19, 2012). "The Hunger Games: The world after a climate apocalypse, teen fiction style". Grist.

O'Hehir, Andrew (March 13, 2012). "What came before 'The Hunger Games' ". Salon . Retrieved October 7, 2014. Jeff Labrecque (April 4, 2011). " 'Hunger Games' casts Peeta and Gale: Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth nab the roles". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved April 4, 2011. Lionsgate announced that the trilogy will be made into 4 movies.This beautiful deluxe hardcover box set includes all three books in Suzanne Collins’s internationally bestselling Hunger Games trilogy together with The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. With brand new artwork by Freya Betts: this is a must-have collection for all fans of this groundbreaking, phenomenally bestselling series. “I was so obsessed with this book. . . . The Hunger Games is amazing.” Stephenie Meyer, author of the Twilight saga “I couldn’t stop reading.” Stephen King, Entertainment Weekly There is only one rule: kill or be killed. The three-finger gesture used in the books to express unity with the rebellion has been used in real-life protests in Thailand (2014, 2020) and Myanmar (2021). [61] [62] [63]

All four books have been made into feature films, the first three starring Jennifer Lawence, Liam Hemsworth, Josh Hutcherson, Stanley Tucci, Elizabeth Banks and Donald Sutherland.

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Collins also cites as a classical inspiration the Roman gladiator games. She feels three key elements create a good game: an all powerful and ruthless government, people forced to fight to the death, and the game's role as a source of popular entertainment. [13] It’s like she just floats through events, letting things happen to her and barely reacting. She just lets herself be used, over and over, turns into something akin to a leaf in the wind. The few decisions she does make often don’t make any sort of good sense and we’re left wondering if this is really Katniss or a robot in a Katniss skin. The writer seems to have immersed herself in her fictional world just as much as a high school student would in a tedious, boring homework. Either that, or she is simply unable to focus her thoughts and make the readers actually see through her eyes. The descriptions are dry, the people and the world around them are colorless. It actually feels to me like the story has been censored and stripped down to the bone in an attempt to make it appropriate for as wide an audience as possible. Barak, Lauren (October 19, 2010). "New Hampshire Parent Challenges 'The Hunger Games' ". School Library Journal . Retrieved March 13, 2012. Zevin, Gabrielle (October 9, 2009). "Constant Craving". The New York Times . Retrieved November 26, 2010.

Schwartz, Terri (November 17, 2011). " "The Hunger Games" sequel eyes a new screenwriter, director Gary Ross will return". IFC News . Retrieved December 2, 2011. All in all, reading the trilogy felt like I was being taken for a baby in a peek-a-boo game while being force-fed a cheap moral lesson and lectured on what I should feel and think instead of being allowed to actually experience it and come to my own conclusions. Scholastic Releases New Interview with Suzanne Collins, Author of the Worldwide Bestselling Hunger Games Series | Scholastic Media Room". mediaroom.scholastic.com . Retrieved April 30, 2023. Maçek III, J.C. (June 20, 2016). " 'The Hunger Games': The Writer's Cut Really Is Better". PopMatters.Cowles, Gregory (December 27, 2009). "Children's Books". The New York Times . Retrieved December 31, 2009. Calta, Alex (August 26, 2014). "The Hunger Games: Class, Politics, and Marketing". American University . Retrieved April 27, 2023. The fourth movie of The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, is released November 2023 and has an all-star cast including Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler, Viola Davis and Peter Dinklage. When all of the other tributes are dead, the rule change is abruptly revoked. With neither willing to kill the other, Katniss comes up with a solution: a double suicide by eating poisonous berries. This forces the authorities to concede that they have both won the Games, just in time to save their lives. During and after the Games, Katniss's genuine feelings for Peeta grow, and she struggles to reconcile them with the fact that their relationship developed under duress.