Hunger Games Trilogy (Box set)

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See, Battle Royale was this Japanese movie (adapted from a book I haven't read yet—Christmas, anyone? I gave this 3 stars because I did enjoy the story, the writing was skillful and the author was very mindful in developing her characters and their environment.

Has anyone ever finished reading a book/series and just sat there for a while like, "what did this author just do to me? Es un poco como Harry Potter, una persona normal que no quiere la fama que recibe, pero que le hace frente, y es que cuando vence (spoiler) van cambiando las cosas y se acerca la revolución, y creo que es todo lo que puedo contar si no quiero aguar la fiesta literaria a los que vengan después de mí.For a young-adult series, the books are dark, violent, and gritty, and that’s something I appreciate in popular culture. The trilogy is set in the future and takes place in the country of Panem - we are given to understand that this was once North America, before war and avarice tore the continent apart.

The trilogy's theme of power and downfall, similar to that of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, was pointed out by its publisher Scholastic. Well at least for movie 1, Hunger Games, release in 2012 and movie 2, Catching Fire release in 2013. In the first person point of view dominating the books we have no chance of actually getting to know the other characters, not even though the Mockingjay's eyes - the whole world is Katniss, Katniss, Katniss. 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.But I did enjoy Harry Potter because it wasn't a completely unrecognizable world but instead a parallel universe.

If you summarize the plot of any particular dystopian novel you will likely end up with something that sounds just as appealing to the average reader(not appealing at all). Tiene tanto suspenso que cuesta dejarlos y es como si uno dejara el mundo real mientras se sumerge en ellos. In the 2012edition of Scholastic's Parent and Child magazine, The Hunger Games was listed as the 33rd-best book for children, with the award for "Most Exciting Ending".Whilst it has been a little while since I read these books (although I intend a reread someday) I feel confident in saying that I still recommend this trilogy to dystopian fans and teens who are looking to start reading. I don't know, but this strikes me as being only slightly more sensible than the Battle Royale justification.