tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4609118120551505936.post7930008493245041253..comments2024-03-28T12:15:59.787+01:00Comments on Beyond the Lone Islands: Book Review: The Hunger Games TrilogyDawnTreaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4609118120551505936.post-52789073109501239112014-03-01T00:39:46.940+01:002014-03-01T00:39:46.940+01:00I haven't read the books, but I did watch the ...I haven't read the books, but I did watch the movies.VirginiaChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17282569773671179047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4609118120551505936.post-64229691412349970682014-02-28T20:18:14.256+01:002014-02-28T20:18:14.256+01:00I think 'filmatise' is a wonderful word an...I think 'filmatise' is a wonderful word and I shall be using it from now on whenever I get the opportunity.GBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10289400344300258872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4609118120551505936.post-8012240605244103332014-02-28T19:54:08.817+01:002014-02-28T19:54:08.817+01:00Actually Janet, after the first book I was still h...Actually Janet, after the first book I was still hesitating about it, and had I stopped there, I'd have been inclined to agree with you about the characters being one-dimensional. I also found the plot up to that point kind of predictable. But as it turned out, the next two books did add to the "whole" picture for me, so I'm glad I continued to read the rest.DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4609118120551505936.post-53297765735920082202014-02-28T19:42:16.957+01:002014-02-28T19:42:16.957+01:00Well I'm glad if the movie does manage to rise...Well I'm glad if the movie does manage to rise to the challenge without losing sight of the "point" in the process.DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4609118120551505936.post-29109874178954469502014-02-28T19:37:11.486+01:002014-02-28T19:37:11.486+01:00With Harry Potter I had a bit of the "hype&qu...With Harry Potter I had a bit of the "hype" aversion as well at first. I did not read the first book until after three or four were out. What made me finally do so was really the very mixed opinions people expressed about them - especially since the books seemed to get criticism even from people who had not actually read them. And as it turned out, instead of agreeing with the criticism, I turned out loving them :) I guess it was similar reasons (and with HP in mind) that I decided to read the Hunger Games now. I don't really like to criticize books without actually having at least tried to read them myself to form my own opinion. With the Hunger Games I think it's unlikely I'll be rereading it for pleasure (like I've done with the HP series, several times) - but I don't regret reading it once. DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4609118120551505936.post-16312843552811540722014-02-28T19:14:44.496+01:002014-02-28T19:14:44.496+01:00As for the concept of the hunger games being ghast...As for the concept of the hunger games being ghastly, I can only agree. Actually the only thing that makes the books bearable to read (just) is probably that the games are not made out (by the author or her main characters) to be anything but horrible. So it's really about trying to survive in an absolutely impossible situation. (Another parallel that could be drawn is WWII concentration camps.) I would not classify it as a "must read" for everyone or anyone, though. But I did find it better literature than I had expected it to be.DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4609118120551505936.post-67762792775489106192014-02-28T18:35:41.365+01:002014-02-28T18:35:41.365+01:00Oops, perhaps "filmatise"' is Swengl...Oops, perhaps "filmatise"' is Swenglish... We have the verb "filmatisera", so I may just have assumed... Should probably be "cinematise" in English? "make a film of or adopt so as to make into a film"DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4609118120551505936.post-5316072508180905342014-02-28T17:34:52.030+01:002014-02-28T17:34:52.030+01:00I wanted to like Hunger Games, but I didn't. ...I wanted to like Hunger Games, but I didn't. I found the characters so one dimensional, so I didn't read the rest of the series. Glad you enjoyed it though, that's what makes reading so great, we each get something different from a book.Mac n' Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05732924562630675589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4609118120551505936.post-46307333271555823432014-02-28T14:44:38.455+01:002014-02-28T14:44:38.455+01:00not my type of reading either... i did not read th...not my type of reading either... i did not read the three from the distant past and will not read these either... i justt don't care for these types of books.. but here are millions that do... my friend took her teen grand children to see the movie Hunger games and thought she would hate it but like you she got caught up in it and said it was not as bad as she thought it would be....MadSnapperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08163140037276496519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4609118120551505936.post-16036619283813897942014-02-28T07:18:59.221+01:002014-02-28T07:18:59.221+01:00Monica, I feel exactly the same as you about books...Monica, I feel exactly the same as you about books (or films) that receive a lot of hype. I still feel an unjustified pride in having started to read the Harry Potter books before they became so immensely popular over here, and long before the first one was made into a movie.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4609118120551505936.post-14424503652353585072014-02-28T02:28:03.826+01:002014-02-28T02:28:03.826+01:00I'd never heard of Farenheight 451 nor of dyst...I'd never heard of <i>Farenheight 451</i> nor of dystopia (although its meaning was obvious) nor of filmatised. So I've learned three things so far. To be frank the whole concept of the trilogy sounds absolutely ghastly. I can imagine nightmares galore just thinking about the concept never mind reading the books. GBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10289400344300258872noreply@blogger.com