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Miscellaneous => Chatterbox => The AC Book Club => Topic started by: TheDistantHeart on October 27, 2010, 06:49:16 AM
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After I've recommended this in the "recommend a great book thread", I thought I'd open a topic about it. :)
So, who has read the first and second book? If I'm correct, the third, and last, book will be out in November.
I ordered the Dutch translation of the first book and finished reading it in a few short days. I am absolutely hooked. ;D Can't wait till I can order the second book. Once the third book releases in Dutch, I will buy it asap. :)
Share your opinions about the series here. But no spoilers! If you really want to tell something that happened in one of the books, put something like "WARNING: SPOILER FIRST BOOK" above your message so other people that haven't read it yet, won't be disappointed in knowing stuff before they have even read it.
If you have read one or more books of the series, what do you think about the fact they will make movies about these series? I think the books will still be better, that's the case most of the time. But I'm still very curious and I will definitely watch it once it's in theatres. ;D
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??? I swear there were a few replies in this topic yesterday, or am I just imagining things? LOL
Or maybe it's my laptop, or does it has something to do with the server move?
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Yeah, there were replies in here but I think due to the server move a lot of stuff vanished!
I'm looking forward to reading the book as it sounds like it will be good.
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When the site switched we lost a lot of posts on the forum for some reason lol
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Okay, so I just finished the series and while the plot and storyline were interesting and original, I did have a few problems with it. The first person narration was hard for me to follow because it's first person, present tense. And while I do believe it can be done well, and in this case, it was, for some reason, it just bothers me. I also felt like the main character wasn't that likable.
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I'm halfway through The Hunger Games at the moment and really enjoying it. It reminds me a bit of that Arnie film 'The Running Man' :)
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I love this whole series! Mockingjay was a bit disappointing just in the whole flow of the book and some moments i thought passed too quickly while I thought some were dragged out forever.
The first book is definitely my favorite and I was so glad to find a book series right after I finished rereading Harry Potter for the umpteenth time :lol:
I'm so excited for the movie too!
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I finally finished Mockingjay and I have to say I think that book is a great example of when a good story needs to stop while they are ahead. It isn't necessary to turn everything into a series. If she had just written Hunger Games and left it there, I would have walked away with a sense of awe about how imaginative and creative that entire world she created was. I see the need for the second book I guess because she left things on a mean cliffy even though I LOVE when books do that without a resolution, and even that second book didn't really detract from the beauty of the first one but then came this one...
By the time it was over all the awe I felt about the first one was completely gone and I actually felt myself saying "This is dumb!" Which made me sad because I LOVED the first and even second book.
This one was incredibly unbelieveable and over the top. Granted the entire series is like that, but at least with the first two books I was able to kind of visualize a lot of what was happening. This one I found myself having to reread paragraphs to get what the heck was supposed to be going on. I also found myself knowing that she wrote this because of the money. You could kind of tell there was no passion in this third book.
Having said all that, I would still highly recommend at least the first two books of this series. What a disturbing little world!
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I'm currently reading the second book and really enjoying it so far. I like sequels as long as they are well done and don't just drag on unecessarily, so I hope I'll like the second and third books as much as the first. I hope the film does the book justice.
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I'm picking up the third book from the library today, they ordered for me as they didn't stock it. After what I've heard, the third book is a bit of a let down, but I still need to read it.
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I read all 3 over memorial day weekend. I was hooked. The third book kind of wrapped up stuff too quickly. It just seemed like .. okay this is over and now here's the end. I think that was the worst about it.. it was a decent book otherwise.
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I enjoyed the third book too. After reviews of it I wasn't sure I'd like it as much, but had to read it because I loved the other two books so much. Can't wait for the movie!
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I wasn't a fan of the 3rd one, but I really am looking forward to the movie!
Which seems funny because I just went on about child and animal cruelty with the whole Water for Elephants thing but do teenagers count? I guess they can be tortured and die all they want! :D
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Lol, same here! I cry at sad films with kids and animals, but teens fighting to the death...bring it on :D
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I think Rue might make me cry :( I cried when I read it though I knew what was going to freaking happen to her in order for the main character to live!!!
I'm so so about wanting to see the movie. I want to see what they do with it but at the same time I'm afraid they will ruin the story.
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It's always a worry when a good book is turned into a movie. I hope they do a good job of it! I think the Rue part will be sad too, but won't mind the others being killed off.
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I just hope it's not as graphic as the book. I'm not sure I want to see some of what's in the book lol
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Oh yeah, some of the book would make very graphic viewing, especially the parts with the Mutts. I can't imagine the film being as graphic as that though.
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I'll be curious to see how they pull the mutts of. There are going to be a lot of special effects.
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I hope the guy playing Peeta can pull it off right, oh and of course Katniss needs to do well to.
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Yeah, I think there'll have to be some really good special effects to get the mutts right. I've looked on IMDB to see who will be playing the characters, but I don't know the actors apart from Woody Harrelson who is playing Haymitch.
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Yeah, I have never heard of the girl playing Katniss before. I think it'll be better with less known people.
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That's what I think too.
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I still think the DaVinci Code would have been a better movie if it was full of unknown people. The whole time I just kept saying WTF? Tom Hanks is NOT that guy! He's Tom Hanks! lol
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I know it's an old film, but I still think Forrest Gump when I think of Tom Hanks, lol
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Me too! lmao
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Just popping in to say I finally read "The Hunger Games." I liked it. I wasn't as addicted to it as others seem to be, but I thought it was a good book, especially the second half. The whole premise and the society the author created is really interesting. I'm looking forward to the movie coming out next year now. I'll have to read the next two at some point, or maybe I should only read the second one? LOL I've heard from a number of people that the third is a letdown.
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I hated the third one but I think it's still worth a read. It was well written. I just was disappointed with the direction. You could tell she was writing the third one just because... lol
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I had to read the third book to get to the end of the story, I hate not knowing the end. But I think she could've end it in two books.
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I thought the third book was decent but the last few "wrap up" chapters I think happened too fast... just seemed... too fast.
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So...who is going to see the movie when it comes out? I can't wait!
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I want to!
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Me too!
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I just hope it's as good as the book! That's the only worry when books are turned into movies, but it looks good from the trailer :)
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It does look good!
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me me me me me I am going... I can't wait!!!
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Who's seen the movie? What did you think? I liked it! It was a lot like what I pictured as I read the book. I've only read the first book once, last summer, so I wasn't picky about small parts they left out, but I was surprised at what they left out of the ending. The first thing I did when I got home was grab my book off the shelf and reread the ending to make sure I wasn't crazy about certain things I remembered that weren't addressed in the movie.
*SPOILER*
Like the "mutts"?? They were just big, black, bear-like dogs in the movie, and the whole time, I was going, "Um, weren't these, like, all the dead tributes in the book??" That was never mentioned, and they didn't look like the tributes; they all looked the same. I haven't read the other two books yet, so I dunno, maybe that wasn't an important plot point in the overall series, but that seemed like a pretty major revelation to skip over in this one.
Also I was going, "Pretty sure the medicine didn't miraculously heal Peeta's leg..." LOL. But other than that, it seemed to stick pretty closely to the book, and I enjoyed it. I finally picked up Catching Fire and Mockingjay on my way home so I can read the rest of the series.
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I saw it last night and loved it! I thought it stuck pretty close to the book, apart from the bits you mentioned Julie.
I really liked the characters too, they are just how I imagined them to be. The Rue part had a couple of people in the cinema crying, as I thought it would.
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I got my tickets to see it tomorrow!! yay! I wanted to make sure that my plans didn't fall through with a sold out movie...
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Yay! I picked up Catching Fire and Mockingjay on my way home from the movie yesterday and am already halfway through Catching Fire... can't put it down!! Finally pulled myself apart from it so I can get something done.
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Lore, I booked in advance too because I thought it would be sold out.
Julie, I was the same when I was reading them, couldn't put the book down. I might have to read again :)
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I just finished Catching Fire already. I liked it even more than The Hunger Games. It would be nice to save Mockingjay for spring break next week, but I don't think I can wait!
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I loved the second book too, the third wasn't as good in my opinion but still really enjoyed it. I bet you'll have read it before your spring break :)
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Same here. I'll be curious to see what you think of the third book. I felt like it was a rush job.
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Yeah, I've heard a lot of people say they didn't like the 3rd one. I'm like halfway through it. So far so good, but it does seem like they have a lot of ground to cover before it can wrap up.
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So I finished Mockingjay earlier this week, and I agree with what everyone else has said about it here. There was just too much packed in to that book, and it moved too quickly. I liked the idea of Katniss being the Mockingjay, the symbol who unknowingly incited a revolution, but it's hard to do a whole revolution justice in one medium-sized novel, and I think it fell short. The ending was a disappointment, too. I liked the twist of Katniss killing Coin instead of Snow, but instead of exploring the consequences of that decision, it just skipped ahead and wrapped the whole thing up with a summary. Lame. I LOVED Catching Fire, on the other hand, and I'm now rereading The Hunger Games.
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The first two books were awesome! I kind of wish she had just left it there. lol
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Yeah, I wish she'd left it there too.
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Like I said earlier on, you can tell she was offered a huge three book deal and by the third she was like uh... lol
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I didn't find the third book as believable as the other two. I didn't lose myself in it as I did with them. I did enjoy it, but didn't love it.
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Yeah, it was just too much... teenagers fighting a whole war, as opposed to just The Hunger Games.
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So I was just thinking... I'm sure Hunger Games fanfic is huge right now on ff.net, but I'm surprised no one here has done a BSB/Hunger Games crossover yet. Like an AU set in the Panem universe, with the Boys being chosen as tributes to compete in one of the Hunger Games before Katniss's. I'm not usually a fan of crossovers, but I think that would make a fun story.
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Oh I thought about it... believe me. I just hadn't worked anything out and then it got put on the back burner. Steph and I are using aspects of it for our story... very few aspects though. We had thought of it when we started to plan but I don't think we've used much. *shrugs* LOL
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So I was just thinking... I'm sure Hunger Games fanfic is huge right now on ff.net, but I'm surprised no one here has done a BSB/Hunger Games crossover yet. Like an AU set in the Panem universe, with the Boys being chosen as tributes to compete in one of the Hunger Games before Katniss's. I'm not usually a fan of crossovers, but I think that would make a fun story.
You should do it! lol
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I don't know if I'm enough of a super fan to trust myself to do that universe justice on my own, but I might give it a shot if anyone wanted to collab.
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I've thought about it too, and like Lore says, our collab is taking a couple of details like an evil dictator and it's set in a post-apocalyptic USA. But it's nothing like The Hunger Games.
I've not even thought of reading fics over on FF.net...hmm, maybe I should!
I would definitely love to read/write another crossover as the only one I've done was my BSB/Supernatural one.
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I looked last night; there are like 14,000 Hunger Games fics there LOL. I'm not interested in reading actual Hunger Games fics, but reading/writing about the Boys in the Hunger Games would be fun.
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I don't really stray away from BSB fics either, I've read a few Twilight and Take That and that's it.
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I don't really read many other fanfics but BSB fics either, though for a long time I read quite a bit on ff.net ... mostly video game fanfics. LOL. Anyway, that is off topic so I won't discuss that any more on here.
Julie I'd be interested to see what you came up with if you did that as a crossover.
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I don't know if I'm enough of a super fan to trust myself to do that universe justice on my own, but I might give it a shot if anyone wanted to collab.
*kidnaps you and runs* lol
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I just saw the Hunger Games today and really enjoyed it! I think they did a really god job sticking to the book for the most part. I think they also did a great job casting it. I really saw the characters through the people who were playing them. They did leave a lot of important stuff out like the district 13 stuff and some back story. I'm curious to see how the second movie will play out.
On a side and disturbing note, Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter? lmao really?
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LMAO at Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter. It's based on a book, by the same author that did Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. I'm excited to see both!
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I got the biggest kick out of that preview. I felt like I was in a South Park skit or something. lol
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So after saying for a long time that I wasn't going to read these books, I finally caved and read them. I really enjoyed (as much as one can enjoy the slaughter of dozens of teens) the first novel, and even the second novel... but the third I could have lived without. It was a really interesting storyline, I'll definitely give the author that!
As for the movie... I think it was pretty clear that here's this novel about a horrible subject matter and the director of the movie's idea was to get a bunch of attractive people, throw them into the modified plot and hope people didn't notice all of the discrepancies between the movie and the book, or the fact that they were trying to show as little of the violence from the book as possible.
This is one of those movies where it's a good thing I read the book before I went to see it because I think I would have been so confused... but reading the book and knowing what all they'd changed and left out just ticked me off.