The Hunger Games trilogy
 

Has anyone else read these books?

I started Hunger Games on Thursday finished on Sunday, started Catching Fire on Sunday finished it yesterday and have begun Mockingjay.

I am addicted to them. I want to know what is going to happen. :D

I read that Hunger Games will be made into a movie, releasing sometime next year.

I read them a few months ago - great series! I don't know how I feel about a movie version, though ...

I haven't, but my son loves them.

IMDb simply shows it as "in development," with a possible release date of 2013. Apparently, there is a script and a producer, but that's it -- no cast or director yet.

My son will probably not be happy to hear about a possible movie, though. He tends to be really tough on movies adopted from books he likes.

I love them :D

I listened to them on audiobook and really enjoyed them. My main quibble with them is that they're obviously written for a YA audience -- no big deal but I found the story to be kind of clunky and predictable. Not as well-written as say, Harry Potter, but a really enjoyable story.

I didn't like the ending to the Mockingjay. I thought it was abrupt, like the author ran out of time before a deadline and stumbled quickly through the rest of the story. I did like the first two a lot though.

I'm reading Mockingjay right now. But I'm sure any ending will be better, in my eyes, than the ending to Breaking Dawn (which I thought was abrupt and like WTF was this).

I'm with adpi*violet. My sister recommended the series to me right before Mockingjay came out. Loved the first two books and couldn't wait to read the last. Unfortunately, the last book was poorly written and stumbled through several key plot points. My sister and I were very disappointed with the way it all ended but would still recommend the series.

Grad school has been kicking my butt and I haven't had much time for leisurely reading. Can someone write a general synopsis? Sure, I'm going to google the series once I close this thread but I want to hear from people who've read them. Once I finish school (graduation Dec 18, woot woot!!), I plan to start reading for entertainment again.

Just finished Mockingjay. I guess my biggest complaint would be the whole Peeta and Katniss storyline. I love the ending with them but it was like "bam" here it is. I would have loved a bit more about them. But the reality is the story was over, the war was over. Either way I did enjoy the series, just like I didn't like the ending of Breaking Dawn, but love the series overall.

I didn't like how she finished the story of her sister, either. It was like, and so it is. Ta da. The Peeta storyline sucked. I wanted my Peeta from the first two books back. Totally agree about the Twilight series, too.

I missed the Peeta from the first two books as well. I wanted him back as well. He never truly got "better" and that kind of annoyed me.

A summary.
Post-apolcalyptic America: 13 (well 12) Districts ruled by 1 Capital. Due to a rebellion in the past, the Capital enforces discipline on the districts by making them provide 2 Tributes in the form of children between 12 and 18 to participate in The Hunger Games every year. The children are then thrown in the arena and forced to kill or be killed for the entertainment of the Roman, I mean... Capital citizenry. It's like Survivor done by Caligula. How much more horrifying is it because you could see a TV show like this existing and people watching it? The books follow Katniss who will end up in The Hunger Games because that's how books like this work.

Government is predictably corrupt and Big Brother-esque, there's a huge divide between the Capital citizens and those of the districts. (At least of the ones we see the most of, there are some seen as suck-ups/collaborators) I find the characters interesting though ones that I'd liked early on in the series became seriously grating later on. Then I remember that they are teenagers after all. Katniss isn't particularly a hero, she's just in the right (wrong?) place at the right time and her ability to survive is based in large part due to her ingenuity but also some dumb luck and the guidance and help of others.

Also along for the ride are her mother and sister, her co-Tribute Peeta, their alcoholic mentor, her best friend and sometimes-cousin, and an assortment of other characters ranging from vicious and cruel to tragic to absurd.

Unlike others, I didn't find Mockingjay particularly bad, but I kind of liked the fact that she wasn't entirely capable of handling everything. She's capable, but she's not invincible.

I enjoyed the whole series.

Thanks! Hmmm...sounds interesting. I'm not sure why because it doesn't sound like the same story, but the summary makes me think of The Giver. Did anyone read that in elementary? Anyway, I'm always looking for new books to read so I'm definitely looking forward to checking out this trilogy.

The Giver also fits into Post-Apoc/Dystopian genre.

If you liked The Giver there are two sequels out there too. Not quite as good, but still enjoyable.