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Great idea for this review, Mark. Love it.
Stephanie, read it! read it soon!
thanks Stephen. you should steal my idea for one of your own reviews. i'm sure i've stolen many of yours, so it'll just be payback!
Thanks, I may just take you up on that.
Haha, I made the same joke with Gale and Peeta's names, except I did Oprah's BFF instead of weather.
LOL, Mark! Very apt review, especially your analysis of Gale's function in the novel. Other than being the foil to Peeta's constant change and evolution (which I think is clearly illustrated just by Collins's characterization alone), as well as the third side of the love triangle, Gale's purpose in the novel and how his character adds substance to the story is something I've yet to determine. To me, he pales in comparison to Haymitch and Cinna.
i agree, Gale's characterization pales in comparison to Katniss & Peeta, and even supporting characters like Haymitch & Cinna. right now i am seeing him purely as an interesting plot device; my sympathies are entirely with Peeta.
but i am hoping that the third novel will allow him to grown into his character and become a lot more interesting. i guess i'll find out!
Very creative review, Mark! I've read all three books, can't wait to see how you feel about the ending.
thanks Eileen! i may have to move my timetable up in reading Mockingjay - i usually wait many months in between books when reading series. i first read Hunger Games last year and just read Catching Fire. not sure if i can wait til next summer to read Mockingjay!
Wow, outstanding, Mark. I enjoyed your review more than my entry into the series. I am not a HG fanboy. When looking for new reads, I use other Goodreaders' reviews and rankings of HG as one of my acid tests for whether or not I buy into their reviews of other books. They like and rank HG highly, I look askance at their other highly rated choices. It's maybe dumb, I know. However, I have run controlled experiments and it has worked for me most of the time [insert smiley face here]. Your intelligent review has renewed my interest and I just might have to read book II.
PS, no review will EVER get me to read another Stephenie Meyer.
thank you Robert.
and i am very happy to support your lifelong ban on Stephenie Meyer!
Have just read this one Mark and you capture it beautifully
thanks! i'm looking forward to reading what you think about it. just read your nice review of Hunger Games.
Every single one of your reviews is a masterpiece!!
wow, thank you! that is an awesome thing to read. much appreciated!
Mark, I just finished the first one, and I loved it. Katniss is such a great character. This review is wonderful. What a great idea.
now keep in mind that this is coming from a person who has only played d&d once when he was 12 (although i did pore over the monster manual about a thousand times)... but i thought the max was 25 hit points? and so Katniss actually gets the max.
katniss also has the ability to piss of the capitol,get saved by the capitol and fall for gale and peeta JUST PICK ONE! and did I mention her ability to complain?!!!! great review mark(^_^)
thank you! are you reading or re-reading this trilogy now?
OH MY GERALD BIG SPOON!
And finally someone mentioned Cinna.
glad you liked that. he's such a big spoon, it's adorable.
Cinna! one of my favorite characters.
Awesome review, mark! Your focus on the main characters allowed you to write about Collins' writing techniques without giving away any spoilers. Of course, as a long-term role-player in my teens and twenties I appreciated the D&D-style stats too. I recall how some people made up stat sheets or collectible card game cards of themselves and their friends/partners and posted them to forums back in the 2000s. Does anyone do this now, I wonder?
You mentioned in a comment that you only ever played a single session of D&D - when you were 12 - yet it sounds like you wanted to play it more because you dipped into the Monster Manual so often. What happened?
I'm late to the game in reading The Hunger Games series, having only read the first book in November and Catching Fire this month (finished today). I was turned off by all the hype in the early 2010s. However, considering the current political trajectory of the US, it seems especially apt to read these books now. I wonder where America's District Thirteen might emerge in the coming months....
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I just got my copy of this yesterday. I haven't read the first one yet in the series. But I will soon. I can't wait!
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Great idea for this review, Mark. Love it.
Stephanie, read it! read it soon!thanks Stephen. you should steal my idea for one of your own reviews. i'm sure i've stolen many of yours, so it'll just be payback!
Thanks, I may just take you up on that.
It's on my Janurary TBR list. I can't wait to talk about it.
Haha, I made the same joke with Gale and Peeta's names, except I did Oprah's BFF instead of weather.
LOL, Mark! Very apt review, especially your analysis of Gale's function in the novel. Other than being the foil to Peeta's constant change and evolution (which I think is clearly illustrated just by Collins's characterization alone), as well as the third side of the love triangle, Gale's purpose in the novel and how his character adds substance to the story is something I've yet to determine. To me, he pales in comparison to Haymitch and Cinna.
i agree, Gale's characterization pales in comparison to Katniss & Peeta, and even supporting characters like Haymitch & Cinna. right now i am seeing him purely as an interesting plot device; my sympathies are entirely with Peeta.but i am hoping that the third novel will allow him to grown into his character and become a lot more interesting. i guess i'll find out!
Very creative review, Mark! I've read all three books, can't wait to see how you feel about the ending.
thanks Eileen! i may have to move my timetable up in reading Mockingjay - i usually wait many months in between books when reading series. i first read Hunger Games last year and just read Catching Fire. not sure if i can wait til next summer to read Mockingjay!
Wow, outstanding, Mark. I enjoyed your review more than my entry into the series. I am not a HG fanboy. When looking for new reads, I use other Goodreaders' reviews and rankings of HG as one of my acid tests for whether or not I buy into their reviews of other books. They like and rank HG highly, I look askance at their other highly rated choices. It's maybe dumb, I know. However, I have run controlled experiments and it has worked for me most of the time [insert smiley face here]. Your intelligent review has renewed my interest and I just might have to read book II. PS, no review will EVER get me to read another Stephenie Meyer.
thank you Robert.and i am very happy to support your lifelong ban on Stephenie Meyer!
Have just read this one Mark and you capture it beautifully
thanks! i'm looking forward to reading what you think about it. just read your nice review of Hunger Games.
Every single one of your reviews is a masterpiece!!
wow, thank you! that is an awesome thing to read. much appreciated!
Mark, I just finished the first one, and I loved it. Katniss is such a great character. This review is wonderful. What a great idea.
now keep in mind that this is coming from a person who has only played d&d once when he was 12 (although i did pore over the monster manual about a thousand times)... but i thought the max was 25 hit points? and so Katniss actually gets the max.
katniss also has the ability to piss of the capitol,get saved by the capitol and fall for gale and peeta JUST PICK ONE! and did I mention her ability to complain?!!!! great review mark(^_^)
thank you! are you reading or re-reading this trilogy now?
rereading but going through reviews I haven't seen while I'm at it :)
OH MY GERALD BIG SPOON!And finally someone mentioned Cinna.
glad you liked that. he's such a big spoon, it's adorable.Cinna! one of my favorite characters.
Awesome review, mark! Your focus on the main characters allowed you to write about Collins' writing techniques without giving away any spoilers. Of course, as a long-term role-player in my teens and twenties I appreciated the D&D-style stats too. I recall how some people made up stat sheets or collectible card game cards of themselves and their friends/partners and posted them to forums back in the 2000s. Does anyone do this now, I wonder? You mentioned in a comment that you only ever played a single session of D&D - when you were 12 - yet it sounds like you wanted to play it more because you dipped into the Monster Manual so often. What happened?
I'm late to the game in reading The Hunger Games series, having only read the first book in November and Catching Fire this month (finished today). I was turned off by all the hype in the early 2010s. However, considering the current political trajectory of the US, it seems especially apt to read these books now. I wonder where America's District Thirteen might emerge in the coming months....
