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Evan Vitale asked this question about The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1):
I recently watched the movie (I know... why would you ever watch the movie without reading the book first!?!). I was just curious - how different is the book from the movie? I want to read this book, but I have a long list of other titles that I am considering reading as well. Just wanted to know if I'll be blown away by it.
Emma I've only seen catching fire but I've read all the books several times, even rereading them again atm. I didn't see the first one bc my sister was so …moreI've only seen catching fire but I've read all the books several times, even rereading them again atm. I didn't see the first one bc my sister was so dissapointed by the movie that I didn't want to ruin all my invented images of the arena and the characters (that's one of the biggest reasons). But I liked the second one, the arena was a lot like I had imagened it while reading it, though the characters weren't but I get that it is realy hard to find actors that suit the role to play them and to look like them. I had imagened Haymitch a lot fatter tbh :p . But I was dissapointed that they let 2 realy big parts out that make you want to fight the capitol even more and make you very curious about the next book. I'm talking about the Avox people and the people Katniss saw in the forrest. Not gonna say anything more about them bc I don't want to spoil it for the people who haven't read it yet. Also in the book you get a much closer connection to characters like mags, beetee and wiress. In the movie I couldn't even feel really sad abaut SPOILER mags walking into the gass bc it just happened so fast. SPOILER OVER So I would really recommend you to read the book because it's great.(less)
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The Hunger Games
by Suzanne Collins
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