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The Hunger Games Trilogy
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bookshelves: adventure, fiction, feminism, strong-smart-female-protagonist, war, challenged, scifi, romance, p-o-c, social-issues, dystopian
Apr 16, 2014
bookshelves: adventure, fiction, feminism, strong-smart-female-protagonist, war, challenged, scifi, romance, p-o-c, social-issues, dystopian
Read 2 times. Last read April 9, 2020 to April 11, 2020.
30 March 2012
After completing this re-reading of the trilogy, all together, I'd like to pull up something profound. They are, of course, thrilling stories, full of clever traps and slick evasions. They are also deeply moving stories, about the desperate people on the outside of rich society. As well, it is the story of one girl, deeply wrapped up in her own small community, who is forced to taken a broader view of her society and what it means. It's a story about how to stage a rebellion. Even more, it's a story about the high cost of war, and how none of the survivors ever stop paying. It's a reminder to not just question authority, but to question everything.Reading it has left me sad, in a good way.
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1 March, 2020
Yesterday I found out a prequel was coming. Today the (old enough to vote Tuesday!) kid had a lot to say about how amazing Catching Fire was. He never read Mockingjay: he got the impression his sister and I didn't like it.
Anyhow, another reread is clearly in order.
Personal copy
After completing this re-reading of the trilogy, all together, I'd like to pull up something profound. They are, of course, thrilling stories, full of clever traps and slick evasions. They are also deeply moving stories, about the desperate people on the outside of rich society. As well, it is the story of one girl, deeply wrapped up in her own small community, who is forced to taken a broader view of her society and what it means. It's a story about how to stage a rebellion. Even more, it's a story about the high cost of war, and how none of the survivors ever stop paying. It's a reminder to not just question authority, but to question everything.Reading it has left me sad, in a good way.
***
1 March, 2020
Yesterday I found out a prequel was coming. Today the (old enough to vote Tuesday!) kid had a lot to say about how amazing Catching Fire was. He never read Mockingjay: he got the impression his sister and I didn't like it.
Anyhow, another reread is clearly in order.
Personal copy
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Reading Progress
March 27, 2012
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42.0%
March 27, 2012
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44.0%
March 28, 2012
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54.0%
"It's not just a compelling novel. It's an instruction manual in how to create a rebellion."
March 28, 2012
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60.0%
March 28, 2012
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63.0%
March 29, 2012
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66.0%
"I'm finished Catching Fire and am into Mockingjay now. this is a book about PTSD."
March 29, 2012
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71.0%
March 29, 2012
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73.0%
Started Reading
March 30, 2012
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78.0%
March 30, 2012
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79.0%
March 30, 2012
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80.0%
March 30, 2012
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82.0%
"I"m mildly vexed that the trilogy will only count as one book for my 2012 reading challenge."
March 30, 2012
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Finished Reading
April 16, 2014
– Shelved
January 15, 2016
– Shelved as:
to-read
April 17, 2017
– Shelved as:
adventure
April 17, 2017
– Shelved as:
feminism
April 17, 2017
– Shelved as:
fiction
April 17, 2017
– Shelved as:
strong-smart-female-protagonist
April 17, 2017
– Shelved as:
war
April 17, 2017
– Shelved as:
challenged
April 17, 2017
– Shelved as:
scifi
April 17, 2017
– Shelved as:
romance
April 17, 2017
– Shelved as:
p-o-c
April 17, 2017
– Shelved as:
social-issues
April 17, 2017
– Shelved as:
dystopian
April 9, 2020
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Started Reading
April 11, 2020
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Finished Reading
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Apr 17, 2017 09:51AM
So very well-said, Kaethe! I agree. Above and beyond the entertainment, the hype, the films: the basic story of a girl learning to fight for what is precious to her, and all of the complications that ensue. These books moved me.
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read them when they first came out
:) and old enough to vote Tuesday! yay! (right? LOL)
This review said it all for me. Same Same. I really enjoyed your focus on how the book teases out the ideas through the entertaining narrative.
