Books: The Hunger Games

[the_moonmoth]

Well, having taken 9 or 10 months to crank my way through The Crimson Petal and the White, I managed to finish off The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins in under a fortnight.

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[the_moonmoth]

However I read the book in a day so I could see the movie after having finished the book. (I'm big on read first watch second.) And I cried so much while reading the first two books. The third not so much although it did have its emotional moments.

Yeah, I usually read first too, but I thought I would try it the other way around this time to try an avoid the kind of disappointment I've had at times with the GoT adaptation. But then that meant I was spoiled for all the major plot points. So it might have just been that.

As far as people of color, it wasn't really mentioned in the books

No, it was. Rue and Thresh are specifically mentioned several times as having dark brown skin, hair and eyes -- that says "black" to me. (I was looking out for it after the so called controversy over the casting).

Interesting what you say about Snow. I haven't seen enough of him yet to form a mental image, but having seen the film, I think he'll be forever Sutherland. (Funny how that happens more with some characters than others -- Lena Headey will always be my image of Cersei now, but much as I love Sophie Turner -- and I really really love her -- she will never be my mental image of Sansa).