The Hunger Games

[Tom4784]

I'm obsessed with this series, I got the last two books yesterday and I read Catching Fire in two sittings. I'll start and finish the last book tomorrow I think.

For people who have never read or heard of it before it's set in the future in a country called Panem which is essentially a future America. Panem's run by the Capitol which is this luxurious city that lords it over the twelve districts which is where the lower class citizens live and work. After a failed rebellion the Capital creates the Hunger Games as which involves taking two kids from each district and pitting them against each other in a battle to the death in an ever changing booby trapped arena. The main character is a girl called Katniss Everdeen who volunteers for the games in place of her younger sister who was originally picked. It's quite similar to Battle Royale but with a very interesting Reality TV twist.

I can't recommend it enough, I think it's a brilliant series.

[Ninastar]

I've heard loads about this series. I kinda want to read it but im not sure if its my type of book

[Novo]

They are making a film of this

[GypsyGoth]

I'll look for it next time I'm shopping.

[Tom4784]

I've heard loads about this series. I kinda want to read it but im not sure if its my type of book

I'm obsessed with it, it's a very addictive series.

They are making a film of this

Yeah it's being released next year, I'm cautiously optimistic about it.

[Ninastar]

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a334138/the-hunger-games-jennifer-lawrences-action-movie-in-pictures.html

[Niamh.]

I got the trilogy to read for holidays

[Callum]

Need to read these books, heard nothing but good stuff about them.

[Tom4784]

I can't wait for the film adaptation now although I do fear it being a bit ****.

[Niamh.]

Read the 3 of them in 5 days, fantastic.

[nicole_burks]

I got the first one for Christmas.. I didn't read though.
But I've heard great things about it!

[Niamh.]

I got the first one for Christmas.. I didn't read though.
But I've heard great things about it!

Read it!!! It's brilliant

[Smithy]

I'm mid almost 400 pages into Catching Fire, they keep killing my faves :bored:

[Shaun]

I just bought the set of three today (for only £6 :amazed:), shall give them a read when I can

[Lee.]

I just bought the set of three today (for only £6 :amazed:), shall give them a read when I can

Tsk! I bought the first one for 7.99 :mad: a few weeks ago!

Haven't started it yet though.

[Shaun]

They're in "The Works" if you have one of those stores nearby :laugh:

[Tom4784]

I reckon you'll like them Shaun, the writing style is a bit peculiar at first but they're a pretty good set of books once you get past that.

[Smithy]

I finished catching fire :amazed:

I think I preferred The Hunger Games coz I found this one, slightly predictable (At the beginning it was anyway)

Gonna start Mockingjay tomorrow :D

[Tom4784]

Mockingjay is good, probably the worst one of the lot though.

[Smithy]

Imo

The Hunger Games > Mockingjay > Catching Fire

The ending of mockingjay seemed really, idk, flat? It all ended within the space of about 3 pages I was expecting more

[Niamh.]

Imo

The Hunger Games > Mockingjay > Catching Fire

The ending of mockingjay seemed really, idk, flat? It all ended within the space of about 3 pages I was expecting more

I think it had no other choice but to end flatly to keep it true to itself. An up lifting ending would have ruined the whole point of the story imo

[Tom4784]

Mockingjay has it's moments but i think it's the worst one in the series, It's still good don't get me wrong but I think parts of it were very lazily written.

Like how every few chapters Katniss would black out or suffer an injury so that the author could explain away large chunks of the story. Plus the whole Peeta issue never really went anywhere, one chapter he wanted to kill her and in the next he was back in love with her again. It felt like an unneccesary obstacle just to spice things up really.

[Smithy]

Yeah, I kinda agree with the latter point, it did seem kinda pointless

omg and whenPrim died, she may as well have not volunteered for the games :joker:

[Niamh.]

Yeah, I agree with both of those points

That Peeta bit was a bit strange and not properly explained at all. And Prim dying was so sudden and quick :/

[Niall]

I really want to read this omg gekerjgkjsdnsdngljn

[Lee.]

I've just finished Catching Fire and am just about to start Mockingjay. :amazed:

I can't wait for th film now!

OgssLmsOa2s

[Niall]

I've just started the first book and I'm really enjoying it! :amazed:

[Shaun]

-might as well post what i posted on tumblr-

I’ve only read 5 chapters so far and I’m aware that none of the action has happened yet, but…

the writing’s a bit simplistic. Is this aimed at young teenagers or something? Because without wanting to sound like a literary snob (and God knows, as an eng.lit. student I’m entitled to be) there’s a very fine line between short, sharp sentences and a glaring lack of vocabulary. I understand that a lot of the time this is just a narrative device to make the main girl all angsty and uncommunicative, but for a long time I was left with little impression of what District 12 was like.

eh, maybe I’m judging too soon. Maybe my inner Battle Royale fan isn’t even giving it a chance.

[Lee.]

Shaun, I agree with you. I bought the books thinking they were adult fiction, bit on reading them, I reckon they are aimed at teenagers/young adults. My mum and I were just discussing this yesterday funnily enough.

However, its easy reading and a good story... I just hope they don't aim the film at kids and hope they give it at least a 15 rating.

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

started the first book last night i love et

[Niall]

Finished the first book yesterday. I never expected to finish it so quickly. I enjoyed it sfm.

[Tom4784]

The writing style is a bit awkward to get used to, it's very....I'm not sure how to explain it. It's very straight foward and the tense it's in takes a bit of getting used to.

[MeMyselfAndI]

I might get the book because of Taylor Swift

[Niall]

The writing style is a bit awkward to get used to, it's very....I'm not sure how to explain it. It's very straight foward and the tense it's in takes a bit of getting used to.

It's the sheer simplicity of it. That's what I thought anyway.

[Niall]

I might get the book because of Taylor Swift

You should just get the book because it's awesome! :tongue: It's a really good read. :)

[Black Dagger]

I'm currently in an ongoing war with somebody for the trilogy on Ebay, it ends at 5pm, I swear to god if the ******* sends them to like £20 because he wants to beat me I'l eat him.

[Jessica.]

I can't wait for the film to come out. *dies*

[Shaun]

*cries violently because of*

Rue

[Niamh.]

*cries violently because of*

Rue

I know, that bit was so sad :bawling:

[Shaun]

finished the first book :worship:

I think the death of Foxface was too rushed. She wouldn't have been that stupid. No way. I'd also have liked the whole mutts-tributes thing explained - why Katniss thought she saw the dead's eyes and features.

But the thing that most annoyed me is how attached to Gale she is :bored: she didn't appear to have any idea of romance prior to going into the games and it just left her coming across as cold and calculating, which, whilst in those circumstances helped them survive, seems a bit of a major character flaw.

[Jessica.]

finished the first book :worship:

I'd also have liked the whole mutts-tributes thing explained - why Katniss thought she saw the dead's eyes and features.

The capitol engineered the "mutts" to mess with the tributes heads basically. She wasn't just seeing things.

[Niamh.]

finished the first book :worship:

I think the death of Foxface was too rushed. She wouldn't have been that stupid. No way. I'd also have liked the whole mutts-tributes thing explained - why Katniss thought she saw the dead's eyes and features.

But the thing that most annoyed me is how attached to Gale she is :bored: she didn't appear to have any idea of romance prior to going into the games and it just left her coming across as cold and calculating, which, whilst in those circumstances helped them survive, seems a bit of a major character flaw.

What Jessica said for the Mutts. I don't think Fox face was being stupid, she'd been stealing their food all along, she knew katniss knew her plants so why would she doubt her?

Also, I don't think it's a character flaw in Katniss. She is quite cold and I don't think she really thought about romance in general until this thing with Peta happened which in turn made her think about Gale in that way

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

im only 250 pages into the book but you can tell they have cut things out of the book for the film

like how she just grabs the backpack and runs, in the book she ends up wrestling some guy who then vomits blood all over face because hes had a knife launched into his back

they better not cut all the gory stuff out :nono: i looking forward to seeing the tracker jacker stuff

[Niamh.]

im only 250 pages into the book but you can tell they have cut things out of the book for the film

like how she just grabs the backpack and runs, in the book she ends up wrestling some guy who then vomits blood all over face because hes had a knife launched into his back

they better not cut all the gory stuff out :nono: i looking forward to seeing the tracker jacker stuff

I understand they'll have to cut some things out but I hope they don't ruin it to make it child friendly either. Do you know what rating it's going to have?

[Smithy]

There isn't one yet niamh, it better be a 15

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

18 hopefully :hmph:

if its anything below a 15 i wont even watch :nono:

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

http://www.fansshare.com/news/what-rating-will-the-hunger-games-be/

Fortunately for the younger fans, director Gary Ross has confirmed that it will be a PG-13, to accommodate the younger fans of the book. Gary explained, “It’s not going to be an R-rated movie because I want the 12 and 13 and 14-year-old-fans to be able to go see it.”

:bored:

[Niamh.]

There isn't one yet niamh, it better be a 15

It should be

It's a gruesome story, watering it down to make it suitable for 12 year olds or younger will ruin it

[Niamh.]

http://www.fansshare.com/news/what-rating-will-the-hunger-games-be/



:bored:

PG? ffs :bored:

[Smithy]

PG 13 niamh, thats like a 12A here

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

i think PG 13 is the US equivalent of 12 but thats still not good enough -bangs fist on table-

[Niamh.]

PG 13 niamh, thats like a 12A here

Oh right, not as bad I suppose but 15s would still be better, I think it's going too be way to watered down :bored:

[Shaun]

hmm, 12 isn't too bad. Suckerpunch was a 12 here. But it'll probably be so watered down :(

scott don't read
I doubt they'll show Cato breaking the District 3 boy's neck with his hands, or Trench using a rock to bash in District 2-girl's skull, if it's a 12

[Tom4784]

They could still make it brutal without needing to resort to buckets of blood. I reckon most of the violent scenes will be kept but they'll just be more creative in how they present it.

Sounds and implied violence can be just as effective as showing the gore in all it's glory.

[Jessica.]

They could still make it brutal without needing to resort to buckets of blood. I reckon most of the violent scenes will be kept but they'll just be more creative in how they present it.

Sounds and implied violence can be just as effective as showing the gore in all it's glory.

I agree, I think 12 rating could work really, PG is a different story.

[Niall]

They could still make it brutal without needing to resort to buckets of blood. I reckon most of the violent scenes will be kept but they'll just be more creative in how they present it.

Sounds and implied violence can be just as effective as showing the gore in all it's glory.

I suppose this is true.

It kinda makes me glad tbh, because I can't take gore in films or tv shows. It makes me feel ill. :laugh:

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

just finished part 2 of the first book

i want to kill myself

[rk3388]

one of my favorite series! :D IS it bad that i always found effie funny ? :S

[rk3388]

hmm, 12 isn't too bad. Suckerpunch was a 12 here. But it'll probably be so watered down :(

scott don't read
I doubt they'll show Cato breaking the District 3 boy's neck with his hands, or Trench using a rock to bash in District 2-girl's skull, if it's a 12

suckerpunch ? :D

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

effie reminds me of nicki minaj sm

[rk3388]

effie reminds me of nicki minaj sm

Gale reminds me of dumbledore :conf2:

[Smithy]

;/

[Niall]

Effie is so fierce in the trailer

[Niamh.]

Effie is so fierce in the trailer

From what I've seen of the cast so far, they did a pretty good job. Not far off what I had pictured in my head while reading the books

[Niall]

From what I've seen of the cast so far, they did a pretty good job. Not far off what I had pictured in my head while reading the books

Yeah, I thought the same.

Effie was a spitting image of the woman I had in my head. So were Katniss and Peeta.

I'm just praying that the plot line doesn't deviate from the books too much. :suspect:

[Tom4784]

From what I've heard they've stuck to the books quite religiously.

[Niamh.]

Yeah, I thought the same.

Effie was a spitting image of the woman I had in my head. So were Katniss and Peter.

I'm just praying that the plot line doesn't deviate from the books too much. :suspect:

Yeah, Peta especially was spot on for me, I did have a picture of Saoirse Ronan in my head for Katniss but Jennifer lawerence is good too.

And yeah, me too, although something I wouldn't mind them changing is :

Seeing it from other peoples perspectives not just Katniss', that way they could add in bits that we didn't see in the book, like them rescuing Peta and what actually happened to him while he was kept a prisoner and stuff

[Niall]

From what I've heard they've stuck to the books quite religiously.

I hope they have. I don't want it to turn out the way the Twilight series did. The books (in my opinion at least) were pretty damn good, but then Summit got their hands on them and messed around with the plot lines and characters. :bored:

Yeah, Peta especially was spot on for me, I did have a picture of Saoirse Ronan in my head for Katniss but Jennifer lawerence is good too.

And yeah, me too, although something I wouldn't mind them changing is :

Seeing it from other peoples perspectives not just Katniss', that way they could add in bits that we didn't see in the book, like them rescuing Peta and what actually happened to him while he was kept a prisoner and stuff

Same. They've gotten everything perfect so far. And from what I saw of the Capitol in the trailer, that was spot on too.

The only thing that didn't match my imagination was the snippet of District 12 they showed. I imagined it to be a lot more dreary, and nowhere near as green and lush as it was. :laugh:

I know what you mean but...:

... unless they talk to Suzanne Collins about what to add in and how to do the scenes it'd probably go really wrong.

I like the mystery of what Peeta was doing too. I think it would help to endear the audience towards him.

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

finished the first book last night :worship:

i really do not see how they can pull off catos death with a 12 rating :/ it was so gruesome

loved foxfaces death and the suicide pact at the end but i wonder if they really would have done it :suspect:

and :sad: @ peeta at end, earlier in the book i really did think he was playing a game but obviously not :sad:

[Niall]

The third trailer is out now! :amazed:

http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/the-hunger-games/

It looks so amazing omfg -dead-

[Niall]

The characters all look so perf omg. ;lfdgjssdgasda

[rk3388]

TBSDFUIBMISTVDFJVf... so excited!!!
And i love the way they did effie, more of a grim character than i imagined

[rk3388]

i dont like the actor for peeta tho :( the one whos in all the crap movies ( Race to witch mountain :bored: )

[Shaun]

he's in The Kids Are All Right and that's an amazing movie :hmph:

[Niamh.]

Also The Bridge to Taribithia :amazed:

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

alexander ludwig is playing cato :amazed:

[Niall]

Ikr omg slkjagh

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

look at foxface the shady little bitch

http://www.jackieemerson.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/jacqueline-emerson-official.jpg

[Niall]

She's creepy D:

She looks like she could kill me with a twig D:

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

i really hope theres a good stream online as soon as its released coz i dont wanna go to the cinema that would involve social interaction :nono:

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

omg Kaya Scodelario for katniss :eek:

[Shaun]

the girl who was Esther in Orphan plays Clove :suspect: -can't remember who Clove is-

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

she was catos bitch

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

and omfg D:

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

omgomgomgomgomgomgogmogmgomgo

http://cdn.buzznet.com/media/jjr/headlines/2011/05/hunger-games-cato-clove.jpg

:amazed:

[Shaun]

oh the girl who

Thresh bashed in the head with a rock?

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

yeah that bitch

rue looks so adorable :love:

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

which gets me thinking why didnt thresh team up with rue in the first place :nono:

[Shaun]

he seems to have been just hiding in a field the whole time :suspect:

also the book never mentions any of them needing the toilet
I WANT TO KNOW WHETHER GLIMMER HAD CONSTIPATION GODDAMNIT

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

omfg i was thinking that all the way through the book :joker:

apart from the bit where it says katniss was so dehydrated her piss was a dark brown color

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

bump coz i just started catching fire and everybody needs to know this

[Lee.]

Im pissed off that the film has been given a 12 rating!

[Smithy]

has it?

[Lee.]

I dunno.. I'm just going by what was said on the last couple of pages.

[Smithy]

Don't jynx it, it might end up a PG or something D:

[Niamh.]

I'm sure no one wants to read about them peeing, stop nit picking Shaun and Scott :nono:

[Shaun]

well i'm sorry but if I was in the wilderness for over a fortnight I'd probably be dying for a piss :hmph:

[Niamh.]

well i'm sorry but if I was in the wilderness for over a fortnight I'd probably be dying for a piss :hmph:

Yes but we don't need to hear about :nono:

[Niall]

well i'm sorry but if I was in the wilderness for over a fortnight I'd probably be dying for a piss :hmph:

JK Rowling never described Harry Potter's trips to the toilet so why should Suzanne? :hmph:

[Shaun]

because THAT VEST WAS DISGUSTING

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

catching fire is amazing :amazed:

-is only 3 chapters in-

[Niamh.]

JK Rowling never described Harry Potter's trips to the toilet so why should Suzanne? :hmph:

:worship: Niall

[Smithy]

She totally did

Remember when he went into the girls bathroom and locked himself in a cubicle?

[Niamh.]

She totally did

Remember when he went into the girls bathroom and locked himself in a cubicle?

That's one time Smithy, surely they would have wee'd a myriad of times in all those years :suspect:

[Smithy]

well he obviously did it in the bath in the goblet of fire, and probably had a fear wee in the lake in deathy hallows :rolleyes:

[Niamh.]

well he obviously did it in the bath in the goblet of fire, and probably had a fear wee in the lake in deathy hallows :rolleyes:

Yes but they're private wees that we don't need to know about, like in the hunger games :hmph:

[Shaun]

niamh if you don't drop this i'll pee on you :mad:

[Niamh.]

You would too, dirty bastard :bored:

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

kmt get your harry potter filth out of the thread

thg > hp

-stopped reading harry potter when i was like 12-

[MeMyselfAndI]

Is the film just the first book?

[MeMyselfAndI]

I read the whole book today D:

[Niamh.]

Is the film just the first book?

yeah but they'll be making films out of the other books too

[MeMyselfAndI]

Only look If you've read Book 1
I'm really sad about Rue, I don't know how they'll be able to show her death on a 12A. Also poor Peetra D:. Also I started the next book & its not in the same place?

[Smithy]

*Peeta :p and the second one follows on from the first

[MeMyselfAndI]

*Peeta :p and the second one follows on from the first
How come it talks about Gale not being the same & Hunting being different. Is there a time gap between 1 & 2

[Smithy]

How come it talks about Gale not being the same & Hunting being different. Is there a time gap between 1 & 2

only a few months, it explains it the more you read

[Niamh.]

How come it talks about Gale not being the same & Hunting being different. Is there a time gap between 1 & 2

there's a couple of months time gap iirc

[MeMyselfAndI]

Thanks

[Niall]

Catching Fire & THG are equally amazing so far omg.

The whole cleverness of the arena and how it's built in Catching Fire is such a good plot twist. I'm about 3/4 through Catching Fire and I love it sfm. :lovedup:

[Smithy]

Catching Fire & THG are equally amazing so far omg.

The whole cleverness of the arena and how it's built in Catching Fire is such a good plot twist. I'm about 3/4 through Catching Fire and I love it sfm. :lovedup:

wat

[Niall]

wat

I meant like the whole structure of the arena and how it works. I said "how it's built in Catching Fire" to differentiate between the one from THG. c:

[Smithy]

Ohhh :joker:

Yeah i get it now

[Niall]

:tongue:

[Smithy]

How far into it are you, like what happened last time you read?

[Niall]

Oh I'm quite far actually. I haven't read as much in the past couple days as I'd have liked (family were here ugh ugh) but I've still read a fair bit:

I'm at the bit where Katniss realises the arena is a clock and is making everyone move. They were just heading to the cornucopia and Katniss was thinking about killing everyone and that she'd have to draw Finnick into a battle to get rid of him and stuffs.

[Smithy]

Oh I'm quite far actually. I haven't read as much in the past couple days as I'd have liked (family were here ugh ugh) but I've still read a fair bit:

I'm at the bit where Katniss realises the arena is a clock and is making everyone move. They were just heading to the cornucopia and Katniss was thinking about killing everyone and that she'd have to draw Finnick into a battle to get rid of him and stuffs.

Oh right, I can't remember if the bit I was gonna ask you about is before or after that so ill leave it incase it's after :suspect:

[Niall]

Oh right, I can't remember if the bit I was gonna ask you about is before or after that so ill leave it incase it's after :suspect:

Okay :suspect:

[Smithy]

oh wait no,

what parts of the clock have they found out about?

[Niall]

oh wait no,

what parts of the clock have they found out about?

Oh that.

Um they've had the blood rain, the fog, the monkeys, and the wave (and I think there was one other thing?).

[Smithy]

oh right
When Mags died :bawling: omg She didn't even speak but old people dying isn't right -sobs- and yeah the mockingjays wasn't the other one?

[Niall]

oh right
When Mags died :bawling: omg She didn't even speak but old people dying isn't right -sobs- and yeah the mockingjays wasn't the other one?

I know omg skfjdhg

When she died I felt so bad for her. :sad: She was so cute. :sad:

And omg mockingjays. :suspect: I haven't read about them turning up yet. :suspect:

[Smithy]

oh.. awkward ;o

[Niall]

It's okay. I don't mind. :laugh:

I was gonna look up the whole clock thing later anyhow. :laugh:

[MeMyselfAndI]

I'm obsessed D:
I'm trying not to Rush Catching Fire & only read 150 pages today.
Gale is my favourite character & I like Peeta & Katniss

[Shaun]

Finished the first part of Catching Fire last night.

I like the political direction it's taking, but I still prefer Peeta to Gale :(

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

I still prefer Peeta to Gale :(

[2]

[Shaun]

i just finished part 2 OH MY GOD ah/

Okay so loads has happened. Gale was tortured. Sucks for him.
The other uprisings with the two escapees from D8... yay <3
BUT OH MY GOD THE GAMES ah/ ah\ ah/ ah\ ah\ ah\ ah\ ah/

and Cinna :bawling: (it's not been said he's dead yet but he might as well be)

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

i cant remember which chapter im on but

i just finished the bit where gale gets whipped and hes on the kitchen table and katniss says shes gonna stay and cause all kinds of trouble

the whipping though omg omg

[Niall]

I just finished Catching Fire

It was so much more amazing than THG. :worship:

The Games, the plot twists and the ending omfg. I can't believe they blew up District 12 sjkdfhg.

AND PEETA OMG WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM.

Such a good book tho. :worship:

Right now ima start Mockingjay before I pee myself in anticipation.

[Smithy]

-books therapy sessions for you all-

[Shaun]

Also finished Catching Fire this morning :lovedup: preferred it to THG in general.

Even if the games were a bit rushed :p
WIRESS ah/
CINNA ah\

[Shaun]

Just finished Part 1 of Mockingjay...

I'm gonna assume they haven't killed off Peeta...yet :suspect: what with the blood splat thing at the end.
Haymitch has turned into a bitch :hmph:
Coin is fierce, though. And the bit with Octavia at the dinner table with the little girl (Posy?) complimenting her appearance :love:
Kinda assumed Cinna would be dead. :(
Oh and the most moving bit so far was the avox, Pollux, realising he could communicate with the mockingjays by whistling :bawling: bless him.

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

i just finished chapter 13 (i think -cba to check-) of catching fire

OH EM ****ING GEE

i cant believe they are going back into the games i was so not expecting that ah\

and shaun i dont wanna click the spoiler but is mockingjay as amazing as thg/cf?

[Shaun]

it's pretty good so far. more political. but more frustrating... and I can tell more bad things are going to happen :tongue:

[Smithy]

Im sure you can guess :idc:

[Shaun]

finished part 2.

Nothing's really happened. So Peeta's alive but crazy. Johanna's afraid of water. Delly is qt. Gale's being a mess.

I'm struggling to like any of the characters in this book :shrug: I have to think of someone kinda obscure, like Boggs, to find someone I like. And he'll probably die anyway.

Sad about Portia + her team though :( and how quickly they just got rid of one of the Leeg girls.

[Smithy]

Just wait shaun, im sure youll need therapy at the end :idc:

[Shaun]

:( I know what happens to at least one of the characters, because I read one of the spoilers somewhere :bored:

(Prim btw)

but idk.

I get a feeling one of the boys will die. Peeta maybe now that he's all distant. And I reckon Katniss might die a martyr too. Snow has to, he's the bad guy. Some other irrelevant ones will probably go... Plutarch and Boggs maybe.

[Smithy]

omg, I read that spoiler too :bawling: it ruined the book coz I didn't see it coming :sad:

[Tom4784]

At the end of Mockingjay, I was all like

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/xgoldnglitterx/a%20bunch%20of%20gifs/tumblr_lq0h58JFJs1qk9pir.gif

It was just so grim, I just wanted to go to bed with a bottle of Vodka and weep. Prim s0b, FINICK ah/ and the fact that no one ever recovers from the war.

It was like all the joy in the world had died.

[Shaun]

I've just finished the book.

I want to kill myself.

I've actually been sobbing LOL. I'm not sure what it is... the acknowledgment at the end to her late father... he has the same name as mine LOL so that didn't really help.

But I agree with Dean. There was just absolutely nothing happy about the ending. The fact she has children, maybe. That she ended up with Peeta, sure. But being cut off from her mother, losing Prim, and the saddest part was when she burst into tears as Buttercup came back.

I'm so glad she killed Coin... but I'm not sure why she'd have agreed to a new Hunger Games just before it. Maybe to throw Coin off, make her think they're on the same side...

But I can't even begin with the list of the dead. Everything seemed so senseless, like Messala's and Castor's... and Finnick's :bawling:
I actually misread Prim's death at first. All I saw was Effie's name and assumed it was her. I'm glad Effie and the prep team survived. They're fierce <3
omg and Tigris, what a fierce bitch <3

but yeah. I was gonna have Uni this morning. **** that.

[Niamh.]

I've just finished the book.

I want to kill myself.

I've actually been sobbing LOL. I'm not sure what it is... the acknowledgment at the end to her late father... he has the same name as mine LOL so that didn't really help.

But I agree with Dean. There was just absolutely nothing happy about the ending. The fact she has children, maybe. That she ended up with Peeta, sure. But being cut off from her mother, losing Prim, and the saddest part was when she burst into tears as Buttercup came back.

I'm so glad she killed Coin... but I'm not sure why she'd have agreed to a new Hunger Games just before it. Maybe to throw Coin off, make her think they're on the same side...

But I can't even begin with the list of the dead. Everything seemed so senseless, like Messala's and Castor's... and Finnick's :bawling:
I actually misread Prim's death at first. All I saw was Effie's name and assumed it was her. I'm glad Effie and the prep team survived. They're fierce <3
omg and Tigris, what a fierce bitch <3

but yeah. I was gonna have Uni this morning. **** that.

I know the ending was a bit bleak but I think it needed to be like that, otherwise the whole message of the book would lost. Prims death was horrible though and so sudden and quick :( Finnicks death was worse for me as he was my favourite character

[Smithy]

Poor Annie </3

[Niamh.]

Poor Annie </3

I know :(


I can't wait for this to come out! I haven't been looking forward to seeing a film so much in ages!

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

hello

[Niamh.]

hello

:amazed::amazed::amazed::amazed::amazed::amazed:

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but srsly

i just finished the bit where

katniss hangs that dummy thing and writes seneca crane on it or however his name is spelled

I ****ING LOVE NUTS AND VOLTS AND MAGS SO MUCH

and finnick too but for different reasons

and omfg @ darius :sad:

[Shaun]

now i understand why smithy was all "umg you're going to have to into rehab".

scott, he was right ;_;

[Tom4784]

now i understand why smithy was all "umg you're going to have to into rehab".

scott, he was right ;_;

IKR, I developed a crack habit after finishing Mockingjay.

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im frightened

[Niall]

MY FRIEND MADE ME MOCKINGJAY CAKES FOR MY BIRTHDAY LKJFHG:

http://i1021.photobucket.com/albums/af335/PhotoNiall/IMAG0212.jpg

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only got a few chapters of catching fire left to read

mags :sad:

and wiress :sad:

and even the smackhead one who jumped infront of the mutt to save peeta :sad:

I CANT HANDLE MUCH MORE OF THIS

i do love these books sm but they are so depressing its unreal

[Niall]

It gets worse Scott :3

[Smithy]

only got a few chapters of catching fire left to read

mags :sad:

and wiress :sad:

and even the smackhead one who jumped infront of the mutt to save peeta :sad:

I CANT HANDLE MUCH MORE OF THIS

i do love these books sm but they are so depressing its unreal

:bawling:

I was gutted

[Shaun]

[2].

Although I really doubt she'd have even lasted that long :/

[Smithy]

Old people shouldn't die in books :hmph:

That woman too who had kids -forgot her name- :sad:-

[Shaun]

Cecilia :( died the first day too

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

finished catching fire and started mockingjay :amazed:

[Shaun]

oh ok don't mention THE MAJOR CLIFFHANGER then

[Shaun]

but srsly scott stock up on whiskey and tissues

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

the twist was amazing buttt

why did they only have 1 hovercraft :nono:

and finnick was quiet a bit away from katniss and beetee so how come he managed to get onboard but not peeta :nono:

i love johanna btw

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*quite ha3

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SHAUN

getting my hopes up saying there was a homoerotic moment between peeta and finnick kmt i was expecting one of them to lick whipped cream from the others torso or something NOT CPR

[Tom4784]

You'll just have to keep reading those slash fictions in future Scott.

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

i dont even know what that is :hmph:

[Shaun]

:hmph: you'll still fap over it in the movie so shut up

[Smithy]

hopefully not in the middle of the cinema tho

[Niall]

Ahh Ahh Ahh Ahh

I just got to the bit where Peeta came on e telly for the second time.

Omg I hope he's okay. FJDHDJHDF

And that when they went to District 8 my God that was terrible. Those poor people. :sad:

[Smithy]

it's k niall, it gets better

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

im gonna read lots of MJ tomorrow :amazed:

[Shaun]

stop reading Michael Jackson and read this!!!!!

lol x

[Niall]

it's k niall, it gets better

It did. You were right. :hugesmile:

They all be in the bunker now. :3

[Shaun]

it's k niall, it gets worse

[Niall]

I know. I just found out. :bored: :bored: :bored:

[Shaun]

:( i'd just murder peetasbread if i were you

[Niall]

I would but she's insane about THG too. She's the one that made me Mockingjay cakes for my birthday. :lovedup:

I might like turn Josh Hutcherson gay or something instead cause she has a massive crush on him.

[Niall]

Finnick just died omg. :bawling:

[Niamh.]

Finnick just died omg. :bawling:

-holds Niall-

[Black Dagger]

THE GAMES HAVE FINALLY STARTED. :amazed:

[Niall]

-holds Niall-

When this book ends I'm just going to lose the plot omg. But seriously why Finnick and omg poor Annie. :bawling:

[Niamh.]

When this book ends I'm just going to lose the plot omg. But seriously why Finnick and omg poor Annie. :bawling:

-Books you in for some therapy sessions- you will need it:bawling:

[Niall]

-Books you in for some therapy sessions- you will need it:bawling:

Thanks I think I'm gonna omg :bawling:

[Niall]

I just finished Mockingjay

Those last few chapters were so despairingly sad. I thought it would never end. The whole last offensive in the Capitol was awful. That little girl in the yellow coat that got shot omfg. :sad:

And Prim. Oh sweet Jesus that was horrible.

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxgsp1RSyg1qivdhm.gif

I'm happy that Katniss pretty much got Peeta back in the end tho. That made the whole thing slightly less sad and more bearable. That was just one of the saddest things ever tho omg. :bawling:

-phones therapists-

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

i finished mocking too :amazed:

it ended a lot better than i thought it would, i mean happier not better if that makes sense

i was sad when prim died but it was nowhere near as upsetting as rues death :nono: neither was finnicks tbh even though i love him

the saddest bit for me was when buttercup found his way back to 12 and katniss threw the pillow at him and was screaming 'SHES DEAD' at him and he was just howing :sad:

the epilogue was lovely though and im so glad she ended up with peeta in the end :love:

[Niall]

i finished mocking too :amazed:

it ended a lot better than i thought it would, i mean happier not better if that makes sense

i was sad when prim died but it was nowhere near as upsetting as rues death :nono: neither was finnicks tbh even though i love him

the saddest bit for me was when buttercup found his way back to 12 and katniss threw the pillow at him and was screaming 'SHES DEAD' at him and he was just howing :sad:

the epilogue was lovely though and im so glad she ended up with peeta in the end :love:

But Prim's death, and Finnick's death were so sad. :bawling:

And omg ik. When Buttercup came back it was so ****ing sad omfg I can't. :bawling:

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

kmt how was finnicks death sad :nono: there was no emotion involved whatsoever it was just him being ripped to shreds :nono:

[Niall]

kmt how was finnicks death sad :nono: there was no emotion involved whatsoever it was just him being ripped to shreds :nono:

But think of Annie. :sad: She was pregnant. :sad: I think it was just cause he died that it was so sad. :bawling:

[Smithy]

what niall said

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:idc:

although

how ****ing fierce is tigris :amazed:

[Niall]

Quite ****ing fierce, yes :amazed:

[Smithy]

could be played by

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_faHfrrBaPqM/SMNUloocQlI/AAAAAAAAD3I/F34S34PAhuQ/s400/catman.jpg

:amazed:

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:joker:

[Smithy]

Thats actually who i pictured when I read it

[Niall]

I pictured:

http://www.tvbabble.com/userimages/user2448_1165288201.jpg

[Smithy]

thats got fur though

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i wonder who will play coin

IM SO GLAD THAT BITCHED DIED

i never liked her and she basically murdered prim :bored:

i even quite liked snow towards the end especially when he was laughing when katniss shot coin

snow >>> coin

[Niall]

thats got fur though

Ik but its what I saw in my head

i wonder who will play coin

IM SO GLAD THAT BITCHED DIED

i never liked her and she basically murdered prim :bored:

i even quite liked snow towards the end especially when he was laughing when katniss shot coin

snow >>> coin

This. I hated Snow but Coin is such a ***** bitch. :bored:

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i was actually gobsmacked when

she suggested another hunger games with the capitol kids

stupid bitch deserved a slow painful death a bow and arrow is too good for her

[Shaun]

I kinda didn't like the ending because it felt like a rushed conclusion to the love triangle. Like Collins didn't really have any solution other than to suddenly make Gale this heartless idiot who "accidentally" killed her sister. Overall I thought Gale and Peeta weren't really full characters at all...

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

the ending was so perfect

'you love me.. real or not'

'... real'

[Jessica.]

the ending was so perfect

'you love me.. real or not'

'... real'

:amazed: Ikr

[Niall]

i was actually gobsmacked when

she suggested another hunger games with the capitol kids

stupid bitch deserved a slow painful death a bow and arrow is too good for her

Ifkr

Bitch should've gone in the clock arena and had to deal with the monkeys imo :hmph:

I kinda didn't like the ending because it felt like a rushed conclusion to the love triangle. Like Collins didn't really have any solution other than to suddenly make Gale this heartless idiot who "accidentally" killed her sister. Overall I thought Gale and Peeta weren't really full characters at all...

Same, but I thought she should've resolved the seeming animosity between Katniss and Gale. I felt so sorry for Gale. :sad:

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

also also also

it was so sad how all of this only happened because she replaced prim in the games, and even after everything that happened, prim still ended up dead which makes everything seem even worse like it all happened for nothing :sad:

ik it had to happen or the games would have carried on as normal but katniss did it all from prim imo, she would have never volunteered for somebody else and without her the rebellion wouldnt have happened

[Niall]

also also also

it was so sad how all of this only happened because she replaced prim in the games, and even after everything that happened, prim still ended up dead which makes everything seem even worse like it all happened for nothing :sad:

ik it had to happen or the games would have carried on as normal but katniss did it all from prim imo, she would have never volunteered for somebody else and without her the rebellion wouldnt have happened

:worship:

[Shaun]

the whole book is available here: http://www.epubbud.com/read.php?g=VR5SQAAB&p=2

if you cba buying it / don't mind reading it on a screen

[Jessica.]

the whole book is available here: http://www.epubbud.com/read.php?g=VR5SQAAB&p=2

if you cba buying it / don't mind reading it on a screen

Yeah and epub format works on ipods/ipads too I think. :D I use that site all the time.

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i dont know any of those

[Niall]

Ima get ePub versions and put them on my iPad later I think.

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oh i meant to put that in the other thread after the post about the soundtrack

[GypsyGoth]

I finished these last night. (The following contains spoilers)



I loved the end. At one stage I thought it was heading towards some unbelievable standoff between Katniss & Snow. I couldn't see a way for her to break into his building to try and assassinate him. And I was a bit disappointed when it tuned out he was accepting refugees into his compound. It seem too convenient to me. But that being a ploy so he could get kids as a human shield, I thought that was clever, very Snow-like.

Another part I loved about the finale was when she was hanging onto pavement or road and below her were creatures killing all who fell. When she called for help, I was dreading that Gale or Peeta would come to her rescue. But like a true hero she saved herself.

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

coin was worse than show imo :hmph:

well they are both as bad as eachother but coin is worse for trying to cover up the fact that she murdered those kids with the capitol seal :nono:

atleast snow didnt hide the fact that he was a cold blooded killer

and when she suggested one final hunger games with all the capitol kids i was like OH HELL NO SHE DID NOT

[GypsyGoth]

coin was worse than show imo :hmph:

well they are both as bad as eachother but coin is worse for trying to cover up the fact that she murdered those kids with the capitol seal :nono:

atleast snow didnt hide the fact that he was a cold blooded killer

and when she suggested one final hunger games with all the capitol kids i was like OH HELL NO SHE DID NOT

Yep I agree, and I was surprised how many of the remaining victors would have been happy with them being held.

And I think Johanna was one of my fave characters, I'd love if there was a follow up book about what happens to her.

Also Gale turned out to be very cold hearted, being happy to murder loads in that mountains base, and the way he spoke about Katniss to Peeta.

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

johanna was one of my favs too :lovedup:

more so in catching fire than mockingjay she had more sass in cf

the bit where she wouldnt go out in the rain in mj was really really sad and even after everything the capitol did she still wanted to go :love:

and yes gale was a prick he indirectly killed prim and didnt even apologize about it :hmph:

idk if i want anymore books tbh everything was resolved nicely for me :suspect:

[GypsyGoth]

johanna was one of my favs too :lovedup:

more so in catching fire than mockingjay she had more sass in cf

the bit where she wouldnt go out in the rain in mj was really really sad and even after everything the capitol did she still wanted to go :love:

and yes gale was a prick he indirectly killed prim and didnt even apologize about it :hmph:

idk if i want anymore books tbh everything was resolved nicely for me :suspect:

:worship:

Yep Johanna was more fierce in cf :love: Also when she was refused permission to go on the mission to the Capitol in the last book, in a way I was delighted as I was sure she'd survive.

And maybe in a year or two I'd like another book, not about the hunger games, but just what happens to Johanna next :D but yea I agree, the story did come to a great ending.

[Smithy]

claudia

when prim died :sad:

[GypsyGoth]

claudia

when prim died :sad:

yep :(

I don't know how a writer can do that, and when Buttercup showed up, and they both mourned her, and then she rang her mom. It was devastating. Also I was pretty sad when Finnick died.

[Smithy]

yep :(

I don't know how a writer can do that, and when Buttercup showed up, and they both mourned her, and then she rang her mom. It was devastating. Also I was pretty sad when Finnick died.

I know it was so shocking, I wasn't really too upset about Finnick's death, it just happened so fast, same as everyone else in her party, I just felt bad for annie :(

[GypsyGoth]

I know it was so shocking, I wasn't really too upset about Finnick's death, it just happened so fast, same as everyone else in her party, I just felt bad for annie :(

Yea I didn't care about him too much until Annie, he was all she had.

But yea after Rue was murdered, I knew Suzanne Collins was heartless. So in a way I was expecting the likes of Katniss's mom & Prim to die, also I was sure someone would die out of Katniss, Peeta & Gale (so I was happily surprised that I was wrong)

[Shaun]

After dwelling on it for a while now I think Mockingjay was really lazily written. The ending was far too rushed and convenient and I think took the book's message in completely the wrong direction. The first two books seemed to build up Katniss as a rebel figure and a revolutionary, and then to use her as a pawn and make Gale suddenly turn all evil was just really rushed and lazy. She went from being lifelong childhood friends (and perhaps lovers) with him to "OH I KILLED YOUR SISTER? NVM IT WAS WORTH IT".

I appreciate it ended dramatically and emotionally but what kind of message does that leave children reading it? Fight totalitarianism and then fail and have everyone die and your friends turn against you and even the resistance are bad and you'll have a mangy cat and some brainwashed baker to live in a bombed city for the rest of your life.

[Smithy]

Yeah, thats the message I got when I read it

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrjdy2U42w1qao508.gif

[Niamh.]

After dwelling on it for a while now I think Mockingjay was really lazily written. The ending was far too rushed and convenient and I think took the book's message in completely the wrong direction. The first two books seemed to build up Katniss as a rebel figure and a revolutionary, and then to use her as a pawn and make Gale suddenly turn all evil was just really rushed and lazy. She went from being lifelong childhood friends (and perhaps lovers) with him to "OH I KILLED YOUR SISTER? NVM IT WAS WORTH IT".

I appreciate it ended dramatically and emotionally but what kind of message does that leave children reading it? Fight totalitarianism and then fail and have everyone die and your friends turn against you and even the resistance are bad and you'll have a mangy cat and some brainwashed baker to live in a bombed city for the rest of your life.

I disagree. It sends the message that war is brutal, it destroys lives and changes people.That's a truthful message rather than a glossy Hollywood one. It's not a childrens book so I don't see why she should have been sending children any message in it.

[Shaun]

You're confusing me for saying it's propaganda when it's pretty much common knowledge that all books should have a message. They're clearly politically motivated, so why shouldn't there be one? And I understand that war is brutal and everything but she had her lifelong friend (and implied romantic interest) turn against her so suddenly and it made no sense that he'd do it without a second thought.

[Niall]

You're confusing me for saying it's propaganda when it's pretty much common knowledge that all books should have a message. They're clearly politically motivated, so why shouldn't there be one? And I understand that war is brutal and everything but she had her lifelong friend (and implied romantic interest) turn against her so suddenly and it made no sense that he'd do it without a second thought.

Maybe the incident with Gale was her trying to highlight how war changes people. :shrug:

[Niamh.]

You're confusing me for saying it's propaganda when it's pretty much common knowledge that all books should have a message. They're clearly politically motivated, so why shouldn't there be one? And I understand that war is brutal and everything but she had her lifelong friend (and implied romantic interest) turn against her so suddenly and it made no sense that he'd do it without a second thought.

I never said that it shouldn't have a message, I said that the message shouldn't necessarily be one that's acceptable for kids, as it's not a kids book. I don't think Gale turned against her, he just changed due to the war and the things he had to do which I think is a pretty realistic idea.

[Black Dagger]

Just started Catching Fire :amazed:

I expect to cry a tad at this one, no idea, but I know it's going to be worse than Hunger Games =(.

[Smithy]

It's not

[Black Dagger]

It's not

Oh is it not? Oh that's good then... I don't think I could tolerate another.

Rue

[Smithy]

yeah, thats the worse out of all 3 books imo

[Niall]

yeah, thats the worse out of all 3 books imo

He's wrong.

Mockingjay will crush you Lucas.

[Smithy]

I'm not :idc:

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

WELL ACTUALLY

i think catching fire was equally as upsetting as thg :nono:

LUCAS DNT READ AH/

i didnt cry like i did with rue but mags death :sad:

[Smithy]

yeah that was the saddest one from cf but still

It was only coz she was old

[Smithy]

yeah that was the saddest one from cf but still

It was only coz she was old

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

no cuz

the morphling addict who drew a flower on peetas face in her own blood as she dying

:hmph:

[Shaun]

AND ANOTHER THING

I wanted to find out what happened to those two random gurls who trekked through the forest on their way to D13... like it's implied that they died but that seems a bit random.

[Shaun]

AND ANOTHER THING

I wanted to find out what happened to those two random gurls who trekked through the forest on their way to D13... like it's implied that they died but that seems a bit random.

[Smithy]

They obvs died, Im sure she mentions them again in MJ :suspect:

[King Gizzard]

trolley

[Shaun]

yeah she does smithy but it's never confirmed :p

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

OMG

http://www.cbsnews.com/i/tim/2011/11/02/hunger-games-vanity-fair_610x458.jpg

:amazed: