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The book is better than the movie. ( ) The book is well written and gripping. The world is beautifully realized and the story unflinching. These things are all true...but I still didn't like it much. I didn't like Katniss, I don't care for dystopian fiction (I like to think that we'll get better as we go along) and I positively revile first-person-present-tense narration. Maybe the narration had more of a bearing than I realized. I just thought Katniss was clueless and insensitive, though undeniably brave and ready to sacrifice everything for the people she knows she loves. The Hunger Games themselves appalled me, and the world in which they took place was terribly depressing. Altogether, it was OK. I won't read it again, and I have no particular interest in reading the sequels, despite the CLIFFHANGER ENDING (which is another thing I didn't like.) I can honestly say that I am completely impressed with the writing style of Susan Collins. I was hooked from the beginning, and could not put this book down. I have been keeping myself in the dark as much as possible when it comes to these books and the movie, but I am happy that I did not let anyone color my opinion of the book, and that I didn’t watch the movie first. The imagery alone was enough to keep me reading, but the burgeoning love story of Katniss and Peeta was an added bonus. I loved watching Katniss slowly fall for Peeta even if she didn’t realize it at the time. The ending wasn’t what I was expecting, but I feel that it was wrapped up nicely and I couldn’t wait to get my hands on the second book. I will admit that I watched the movie as soon as I finished the book, and while it was a great movie, it could never hold a candle to the book! I've been meaning to get around to reading this book for some time, after hearing so many people talk about it, and I am glad I did, though . . . choosing a time when I was in a low mood was probably unwise. As most dystopian books are, this one spends a lot of time feeling very depressing. Katniss, the main character, is very interesting, and following her perception of her world shows hints of further facets that she either doesn't care much for, being preoccupied with her own place in her world or simply isn't aware of for various reasons. The reflections of other characters through her eyes slid back and forth from being rather unreal - two dimensional and not fully realised - to being very true to life, as they are being seen only through Katniss' perception, and thus can't be quite known to us, as the readers, any more than Katniss herself can know everything about them. The conflicts we follow Katniss through feel as real as it is possible, I felt, considering her world's inherent divide between its closeness to our world (in terms of technology and setting) and its fantastic nature (in terms of some of the details of same, though it is definitely not a fantasy setting). While there were some points of the narration that seemed to me to 'drag' for a while, it mostly fell during portions of the story that had that same sort of drag for Katniss herself. I read the first half of the book in one sitting, partially because I was waiting for something to happen, knowing before I began the book that the main point is 'the Hunger Games' making the suspense a bit odd, even as I was following along with Katniss' own limited knowledge. I was uncertain about - and even a bit apprehensive of - the ending, but it was . . . satisfying. It didn't leave me eager and impatient for book two, though I will want to start it soon. It didn't wrap up every question I had, but that is only right, as there are two more books of Katniss' story for me to get into. I was left curious about the world that Katniss lives in, and how it came to be established in the way it is now. There were hints of how something that could have been our own world transformed into what she knows now, but no real story or explanation - unsurprisingly, as Katniss probably doesn't know herself. I doubt I will ever see that story, but I wanted it, which was a mark of calibre of the world-building, I think. All in all, it was a good book, enjoyable and engaging, though not enthralling, and I am glad I read it, looking forward to the rest of the trilogy.
Het verhaal, vertaald uit het Engels, speelt zich af in de toekomst. Na een burgeroorlog is van Noord-Amerika het land Panem overgebleven, bestaande uit het welvarende Capitool met twaalf daaraan ondergeschikte districten, waarin veel armoede en onvrijheid heersen. In de jaarlijkse Hongerspelen moeten 24 kinderen, uit elk district een jongen en een meisje, strijden op leven en dood in een ‘Big Brother’-omgeving. Katniss Everdeen (16, ik-figuur) uit het 12e, armoedigste district springt in de bres voor haar jongere zusje Prim wanneer deze wordt uitgeloot. Na een wat aarzelend begin krijgt het verhaal vaart in het tweede en derde deel. Het thema is gedurfd: een strijd op leven en dood tussen twaalf- en achttienjarigen, als vorm van vermaak. Wie is de slimste overlever? De auteur creëert een eigen begrippenkader dat zijdelings doet denken aan Harry Potter. Ze combineert overlevingstechnieken uit de traditie van Jean Auels prehistorische romans met ultramoderne technologie. Het slot lijkt voorspelbaar, maar is dat niet. Spanning, romantiek en het open einde maken de lezer nieuwsgierig naar het volgende boek in deze serie, 'De Hongerspelen II: vlammen'*. Belongs to SeriesThe Hunger Games (1) Is contained inHas the adaptationIs parodied inInspiredHas as a reference guide/companionHas as a studyHas as a student's study guideAwardsDistinctionsNotable Lists
In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised survival competition pitting young people from each of the twelve districts against one another, sixteen-year-old Katniss's skills are put to the test when she voluntarily takes her younger sister's place. No library descriptions found.
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