Ok but this is so true 🤣😭 what do u thinkkkk?

Hello! Please no spoilers past Chapter 19 of The Hunger Games — this is my first time reading the trilogy!

I’ve always loved the movies and have considered myself a fan for years, but I finally worked up the courage to read the books because I was worried they wouldn’t live up to my expectations from the films.

I couldn’t have been more wrong.

The book is so much better so far. If I’d read the books first, I honestly think I would’ve been disappointed by the movie. I still absolutely love the films, and I understand they have a limited runtime, but I never realized just how much they left out.

The biggest difference for me is the characters. Peeta and Katniss feel so much more complex in the books. I don’t think I fully understood either of them from the movies alone, especially Katniss since we don’t get to hear all of her thoughts. Reading the book has completely changed how I see them, and it’s been a little strange trying to separate the movie versions from who they actually are on the page.

Also, this might be a slightly unpopular opinion, but I’m now convinced that people who say Katniss only loved Peeta because of trauma either haven’t read the books or are forgetting just how much is going on in her internal monologue. Even by Chapter 19, it feels pretty obvious to me that her feelings are much more complicated than “it’s just trauma.”

I still love the movies so much, but I’d definitely recommend reading the books as well because they add so much depth to the world and the characters. I’m already so excited to keep reading!

I’d love to hear your thoughts too?

I need a book and movie about the first quarter quell. hopefully she write another one or did she say she was done?

Todos los que han leído los libros y visto la saga de los juegos del hambre sabemos que al final de sinsajo 2 katniss y peeta forman una familia, es inevitable pensar, fue un buen final o fue demasiado cliché que ellos dos se quedarán juntos?

Hello!

I've been rereading The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes! I did enjoy the movie when it came out, but they obviously left so much out.

One thing that they left out that really upsets me is Clemensia coming back after the snake bites and continuing her mentor duties. It was such a standout moment in the book when Clemensia saw the snakes on the screen in the arena. The fact that she is just never seen again in the movie is very bothersome!!! What does everyone else think? What did you want to see in the movie that was left out?

Who’s the best at keeping secrets?

A.Katniss 🏹

B.Peeta 🍞

C.Haymitch 🍾

D.Plutarch 🎇

Like hear me out, like in the 21st century,the US fell down, collapse, government is gone,the constitution is gone and there is gilead and a century later,gilead ends with a inevitable rebellion happening around and then climate change happens and a nuclear war,a world war III happen destroying most areas or made areas unlivable and a family or maybe someone create Panem and then the dark days then the hunger games

It is not canon to the books,but it is my headcanon

Who does Haymitch love the most?

A. Katniss 🏹

B. Peeta 🍞

C. Maysilee 🦩

D. Louella ✨

Basically Snow's monologue through his lens of what happened and what he believes in .Check it out ! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XL_GKR38yIw&feature=youtu.be

Ok so I just finished watching the movie adaptation of T.B.O.S.A.S. and reading the book (I read the book first), And in my opinion, the movie was not the best.

let me start with the pro's first:

• the casting in my opinion was amazing! I loved how everyone portrayed their characters!
• the setting was fair, its not how I personally would have imagined it but it wasn't bad.
• in my opinion, the costumes were pretty good, except for the school uniforms, but ill talk about that later in my rant.
• the snake mutt design was amazing!
• the prop design's were actually quite good!

now the con's:

• the arena itself kind of bugged me, in the book it portrayed the arena as old and somewhat crumbling, even before the bombing, and that was barely portrayed in the movie. It looked so clean and too perfect and you would not think that it had been used as an arena for 10 years. also the significance of the arena wasn't portrayed in the movie.
• the school uniform's were fine but what was with the kilt detail? I don't remember if that was in the book, but I might be wrong.
• the pacing of the movie was honestly terrible, if you had never read the book than you wouldn't be given time to actually connect with the characters and really learn their stories. The cuts were also REALLY abrupt.
• To me, I feel like the plot was really diminished in the movie, idk how to explain that.
• I feel like you barely got background on most of the characters or their goals and such. you barely got any actual background on Coryo in the movie! WAIT ALSO CLEMENSIA'S STORY WAS NEVER RESOLVED IN THE MOVIE!! bro justice for Clemensia.
• Coryo's mother's compact wasn't really expanded on in the movie, when it played a big part in the book.
• so many things that were important to the plot were just not explained in the movie or just cut out completely, such as Coryo's life in the peace keeper's base.
• and why was movie Coryo so mean to Sejanus??? like the book described their relationship as practically brothers, whereas in the movie their deep relationship wasn't described in the movie and Coryo was mainly just a jerk to sejanus.

To wrap this up, alot of what happened in the books was just cut out or not explained, we didn't get much clarity, movie Coryo wasn't really that similar to himself from the book, the pacing was bad, and the plot was explained poorly.

2/5 stars, sorry :/

I’ve been rereading the books and Katniss is obviously the spark that lights the fire. But so much of the path of her fire comes from Peeta. From the last night of the games when he tells her he wants to show them he’s more than a part of their games and slowly it sinks in and she starts doing the rebellious actions like singing for Rue. Of course she has these sentiments before but it seems she channels it best through Peeta and if not she could’ve ended up thinking like Gale (morally gray character, I’m neither for or against).

I think he’s the wrench in the plan for Snow and Coin in such an interesting way and is so in line with the character of Lucy. They play the games their way and play the crowds their way and won’t play the game as it’s supposed to be played. Snow thinks he’s weak because he won’t turn to cruelty but even through the hijacking in the end of Mockingjay he won’t let her go when she shoots Coin meaning the alterations to his memories don’t work (proving exceptional strength) and obviously Coin underestimated how he’d fight against the hijacking and ultimately didn’t want to kill Katniss. I think because everyone in this country has seen the worst of humanity they underestimate the genuinely good Peeta and can’t see how much of a role he plays in lighting the fire that is Katniss. I also think because he represents more traditional feminine values he’s counted out.

Just wanted to discuss if anyone else had thoughts on it.

I was very confused as to why Gale got the scapegoat Arc. I thought it was weak, making him the “bad guy” to make the Peeta choice easier. But then, then, I looked up his character in the book, and it’s clear his character evolved into the kind who would make double bombing weapons.

So the problem is Liam Hemsworth. No problem with the guy, but throughout the movies I had no idea he was a guy who goes through a radical character development into a sort of ruthless person willing to do anything to defeat the Capitol. Liam played him as a typical honorable, almost romance lead, not as a guy who becomes completely battle hardened. Hence the confusion and frustration. The problem there wasnt the writing, but the casting. Just my opinion. They needed someone harder.

You can only save one, the other three die (SOTR edition)
Lenore Dove 🍬

Maysilee🦩

Wyatt 💫

Louella 🚐

Are the Covey supposed to be like the historical equivalent of the romani people (gypsys)

We know that Snow eventually inherited the Plinth munitions empire, and it’s probably safe to bet that he acquired many other valuable assets along the way after that. Then, of course, he became the president of Panem, gaining complete control over the entire nation. I don’t think it’s that far out of the realm of possibility that his net worth eventually surpassed a trillion dollars. He might have even put Elon Musk’s net worth to shame. What do you think?

double depression, gimme some hunger games memes, your absolute best, so i can have a laugh when i'm back.

Hello! I originally read the first two books of the series, The Hunger Games and Catching Fire over a decade ago in middle school. I'm pretty sure I never read Mockingjay for some reason or another. (I think maybe it was around when the Mockingjay movie was coming out so it was impossible to find a copy at the library and eventually I just kidn of forgot about it.) I think I saw maybe the first movie years later in 2018. And I definitely watched the last 3 movies sometime during COVID era in 2020-2022.

I recently have gotten back into reading and I'm rereading the original trilogy because I want to read the 2 newer books Ballad or Songbirds and Snakes and Sunrise on the Reaping as well as watching the movie.

I'm about halfway through Mockingjay at the moment and as I've been reading these books, the whole time I've been thinking "Wow, I can't believe I never realized Katniss was autistic when I read these as a kid! It's so obvious now." This was mainly due to a few main reasons: she completely misses hints/implications/innuendo/euphemisms like 80% of the time, has very black and white thinking and takes things literally a lot, and sometimes seems to not be able to read facial expressions/social cues and is often confused about people's feelings or what reasons people have for doing things. A lot of these of course don't necessarily mean she's autistic, but the fact that she's the only one missing these things even when every other character around her, including younger children, and even the reader, can pick up on what's happening while she's lost and has to have it spelled out for her, makes me think it's neurodivergence.

So I'm wondering, how common is that reading of Katniss in the fandom? As a neurodivergent person myself (diagnosed ADHD but possibly AuDHD) it really feels like the natural explanation for me. I was never part of the Hunger Games fandom back in it's heyday in the 2010s and not caught up enough to be part of the recent resurgence from the new books/movies, so I was just wondering what the general fandom consensus is. Or even if Suzanne Collins herself has said anything about it!