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hope_calaris

Book list

Nov 11, 2011 14:00

I decided to start a list of all the books I've read for no other reason than that I feel like it XD.

(Beware of book spoilers in the comments!)

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tuppeny November 11 2011, 14:37:58 UTC

I adore book lists!

Definitely agree about The Hunger Games... apparently Suzanne Collins tried to get it published as an adult novel, but editors told her no and suggested she try it as a YA novel because its characters are teenagers. That makes me less upset with the author but reconfirms my opinion that parents need to be careful what they let their children read and make sure to be ready to have conversations about these books. Oh, and yeah, I think Mockingjay was unnecessarily brutal, too.

hope_calaris November 11 2011, 15:27:53 UTC

I didn't know that about her publisher's decision, but it's a bit stupid to classify it as YA only becvause the characters are teenagers. *eyeroll of doom*

What I'm most upset about in Mockingjay is that all these deaths were totally pointless. They didn't help in any way to achieve the main goal.

tuppeny November 11 2011, 15:30:32 UTC

ITA. Especially Prue. Was that really necessary? No.

hope_calaris November 11 2011, 15:32:13 UTC

This may be stupid, because I've just read the books and should remember, but who's Prue?

tuppeny November 11 2011, 15:40:28 UTC

Prim! Whoops. It's Prim, right? I think I was mixing up the little girl who dies in the arena with the little sister...

hope_calaris November 11 2011, 15:44:00 UTC

(I love your icon.)

Oh, Prim. Yes. That was totally uncalled for and basically killed the reason for the books as well. She didn't save her in the end, so it was all for nothing. And it's not like Collins needed further proof that everyone is fair game in the books, she'd already killed nearly everyone else (Finnick! ;__;)

tuppeny November 11 2011, 15:53:20 UTC

YES! I'd already gotten the point that war is brutal, people are awful, life isn't fair, blah blah blah. Katniss was damaged enough already; killing off Prim was just gratuitous pain. And honestly, Finnick didn't need to die, either; it was frustrating that she developed him just enough for you to like him in order to make it hurt when she killed him off. Hmph.

hope_calaris November 11 2011, 16:10:12 UTC

Exactly! I wouldn't have cared so much for Finnick if she hadn't bring in the stuff with Annie (who turns out to be pregnant? Collins is an evil, evil woman) and what he had to endure even after winning the Games.

And how Katniss was still alive after all of this is beyond me.

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