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Non-Christian books Christian teens would enjoy
Hmmmm, I agree with both sides. I liked the first book, the second one not as much, and the third one I really disliked. The first one was interesting, had a good storyline, and wasn't innapropriate (except for some kissing scenes). The second one declined, the storyline was still good, but the love scenes got a little too detailed and I was dissapointed by that. The third one was even worse though and had some bad language. This surprised me because I thougt Veronica Roth was a Christian writer and I was expecting her to show some of that in her books. I also didn't like the storyline in the third one, it was boring, way to detailed, and disappointing. The only thing I liked was the ending which everybody else hated. It was the only realistic part aboit it (I won't give anytjing away). So, yeah, I wouldn't recommend them. And I jus got want to say this is all my own opinion and I totally respect whatever you guys think. :)
That's werid that a Christain writer would put bad language in a book. That just really confuses me.Some people say that Divergent is just ripping off Hunger Games. And what I've heard of the plot it seems so. It seems a lot like Hunger Games just not as good. So, instead of reading them, I thought I'd just re-read Hunger Games. ;) lol.
Yeah, I think The Hunger Games are better.
Has anyone read the Twilight series? If so, what did you think of them? If not, are you planning on reading them?
I haven't read them, but I absolutely no interest to either.
yeah, same here. my brother read them and said they were 'blah' so I never looked into them.What's your favorite series that isn't exactly Christain?
Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. It is not Christian but it is still very good!!
The movies are also AMAZING!! (So excited for Mockingjay part b to come out!!)
I just watched Catching Fire for the first time! It was AMAZING! And now I REALLY need to watch Mokingjay! lol :D
I LOVE The Tigers Curse series by Colleen Houck! There isn't any swearing in it but sometimes the romance is a little much.
I would probably say Matched by Ally Condie because I've read them all the way through. (I would say Uglies by Scott Westerfeld, but I'm only on the third book, and It hasn't been my favorite book series so far.) The Matched books are pretty clean except for some mild language in them, but other than that, I really liked them. If fact, they were my favorite books until I read the Anomaly books by Krista Mcgee (which I would've put, but they're christian).
The title of this chat is spelt wrong :$ it's supposed to be Christian not Christain.
I sometimes get the spelling mixed up too! Lol
I looked at it for a long time...like uhh how do you spell it...lol!
Is the Hunger Games really that good? It seems like everyone I know loves it...
Well its good but not one of my favorites. I wouldn't reccomend it. Its just a teen trend ya know. That's y everybody is so crazy about it. But honestly it will not help you in any way in life. Lol.
Hunger Games is one of my favorite series! It's totally clean too! Just my opinion though :)
It's not one of my favorites, but I thought it was pretty good. It was relatively clean too, better than Divergent in that sense. :)
But, yes, I agree with Mary Kate. It won't help you much in life. ;)
How violent is it? It just seems like kids killing kids...
Yeah, it pretty much is. :( It's more violent than the movies if you've seen the movies. It's detailed which is what makes it more disturbing, but though it didn't bother me personally, I would recommend younger teenagers to read it when they get older.
Yes that's the main reason why I don't have it on my favorites list. I kinda felt bad even having read it because of feeling immoral about all the killing. The 3rd one is the worst in violence level but the first one is more kids killing kids. That's why I wouldn't reccomemd it. on a level of books it'd b super good but the feeling you get from reading such makes it become a low number. And in my opinion it is lots more violent than the movies and reading gets you thinking about it much more easily...
For me it didn't really bother me...but I had to wait till I was 12 to read it. And then I was fine. I didn't really think about the kids killing kids part too much I guess. I don't know :) I'd say it all depends on the person.
Yea. Well I'm not one to b bothered too easily BC I love action and thrillers. Lol. But I just felt bad BC of thinking I was reading something wrong ya know. I didn't feel too good about it...
Yeah. Lol. But ya know its hard to find something clean with today's standards anyhow.
I don't know I mean I would probably be fine watching the movies, but reading the books would be different. It seems kinda interesting to me...but I'm not sure that I would like it. I do like the Divergent trilogy though, Allegiant was my least favorite, and not just because of the ending.
Hunger Games is pretty similar to Divergent. Except divergent gets a tad too romantic!
Has anybody read ANything by Sarah j Mass? Specifically her Throne of Glass series? I have heard people rave about it but they had read other books I would never read! Thoughts?
I have read Throne of Glass, I thought it was pretty good. I think there is some language in it, I know there is some in The Assassin's Blade. There is one other little thing but I can't really tell you because it would give some stuff away but it wasn't bad. I don't think there is anything else but it has been a little while since I have read it. I haven't finished the series so I can't tell you about the other books, but I enjoyed the first one :)
Queen Of Narnia wrote: "I have read Throne of Glass, I thought it was pretty good. I think there is some language in it, I know there is some in The Assassin's Blade. There is one other little thing but I can't really tel..."Thanks!!! That's great :) I didn't know whether or not to read them because her newest book had a uh. bad scene in it or so I heard!
yeah I'm not sure about her new book but I think I've heard that to so I've kinda stayed away from it.
Sierra wrote: "Queen Of Narnia wrote: "I have read Throne of Glass, I thought it was pretty good. I think there is some language in it, I know there is some in The Assassin's Blade. There is one other little thin..."Queen Of Narnia wrote: "yeah I'm not sure about her new book but I think I've heard that to so I've kinda stayed away from it."
It does. There's a very graphic sex scene that goes on for about 5 or 6 pages someone on Youtube said.
Well I'm defiantly not going to be reading that. Now I'm kinda nervous about the rest of the Throne of Glass series...has anyone read the other 2 books in the series?
I haven't ever even heard about the series...
Queen Of Narnia wrote: "Well I'm defiantly not going to be reading that. Now I'm kinda nervous about the rest of the Throne of Glass series...has anyone read the other 2 books in the series?"I haven't read her ToG series, but I do know there is some quite a bit of swearing, a friend of mine said.
I don't remember to much in the first book but I could be wrong, I started reading the Assain's blade and read 2 stories in it and it seemed like it had a lot.
My favorite non-Christain series is Hunger Games. They're pretty clean, and very exciting!
So, what do y'all think of Divergent? I actually haven't read them, and I've been reading a confusing pool of mixed reviews. Some people LOVE them, others say a lot of bad stuff about them. So, I want to know what you all think. Any thoughts?