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9788427202122  archivomorero | Jun 25, 2022 |  This was my second time reading it, and the first time I felt I could review it. I first saw previews of the movie and thought, "Huh, interesting trailer. Oh, cute little kid!" With the line, "You have to win," I knew I had to read the books and see the movies. So yeah, it was Amandla Stenberg as Rue that got me into the Hunger Games. I read all three books in one weekend and saw the first movie a few weeks later. I couldn't stop crying when she died in the movie. I couldn't watch. I was crying too much. When her district got the news, I cried harder. I had popcorn salt all over my hands and tears dripped on my sweatshirt sleeves. The books were immensely engaging. I loved the way Collins described things and choices she made with--everything. I was completely hooked. Same with the second time around. The first time around, I didn't cry when Rue died, or at least, not for thirty more pages until I burst into tears at a completely benign sentence. The second time around, I was dry-eyed but really, really needed a hug, and I ate my feelings. I don't remember what I ate, just that it was warm. The book was easier emotionally to read when I already knew how things would turn out. My heart still beat like it was trying to escape my ribcage. I was still so sad, and so worried for the characters. Some parts I had forgotten, like when Peeta intentionally displays horrible table manners in the cave and shouts hi to a presumably TV-watching Effie. I burst out laughing at that, and was so grateful for it. This book is an amazing start to a rightfully successful phenomenon. While the review and rating were uploaded to Goodreads in 2018, I note I own the trilogy and read it every year. (  ) iszevthere | Jun 21, 2022 | Am I the only one who just didn't like Katniss? What is wrong with me? Won't be reading any of the others, I barely made it though this one. (  ) NicholeReadsWithCats | Jun 17, 2022 | Susan didn't want to let Brandon read this one until I read it first. I couldn't put it down. Well written tale. Definitely brutal (not unlike Ranger's Appentice, Lightning Thief, etc.) but more disturbing because of the setting. Brandon finished the day after I did. Can't wait to get the next one. (  ) RandomWally | Jun 6, 2022 | The Hunger Games is often mentioned alongside Lord of the Flies, so after re-reading the latter, I picked up the former. It is not anything like Lord of the Flies. For one thing, LoTF is about anarchy, and, and HG is about totalitarianism. The only thing linking the two is that children kill other children. I enjoyed the Hunger Games. Even though I saw the movie first, I was hooked on the book right away and had trouble putting it down. The writing is fine. The best "character" is the society itself; Katniss is fairly uninteresting, but it is through her eyes that we get to view the fascinating and terrifying distopia of the North American future. I do worry about the popularity of this sort of book- it feeds into the anti-government paranoia that seems to be growing all around us. (  ) AlainaZ | Jun 5, 2022 |
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'*. Is contained inHas the adaptationIs parodied inInspiredHas as a reference guide/companionHas as a studyHas as a student's study guide
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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