tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post7468627833089934425..comments2024-01-08T14:21:37.465-08:00Comments on Infinite Art Tournament: Bookish: The Must-Read Young-Adult Novel of 2009!Michael5000http://www.blogger.com/profile/10148584819327475239noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-240285766563906162012-06-02T18:50:10.573-07:002012-06-02T18:50:10.573-07:00You'll do well to read just the first as the b...You'll do well to read just the first as the books get progressively worse. The great idea she had was the Hunger Games itself. I wish it had never been a trilogy because I ended up just disliking the second two books. The movie was OK though.Jennershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08044537551139633301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-13916306594041488722012-06-01T10:07:55.458-07:002012-06-01T10:07:55.458-07:00No discussion of Hunger Games would be complete wi...No discussion of Hunger Games would be complete without a discussion of the Popular Japanese novel Battle Royale by Koushun Takami published in 1999, which was made into a movie in 2000. The movie acheived both domestic and international success, though was deemed rather controversial at the time. It's premise? A totalitarian government, as a form of punishment picks a class of high school students each year who fight each other to the death in a tournament on a secluded island set up for the purpose over the course of three days until there is only one left standing.<br /><br />Both the book and the novel are neat in that they switch up the points of view and follow a number of different characters, allowing their ultimate death to strike the viewer that much more poignently.<br /><br />I highly recommend checking out at least the movie (I have not read the book).Voron Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10926495951830978833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-26601333069715040932012-06-01T07:31:11.078-07:002012-06-01T07:31:11.078-07:00I couldn't agree more with most of your points...I couldn't agree more with most of your points. I should point out if you choose to read the second book or maybe the first part of the third they flow smoothly together so can't remember off hand, it does address in more detail the bad and good guys and moral and ethical dilemas associated with the killing aspect of "The Games" I have not finished the third book yet and can only assume I have hit the weak not towards the end Elizabeth mentioned. <br /><br />As I read them I do have to admit I thought these are good but there no Snow Crash.Yankee in Englandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12801047649293188238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-77327791911238977152012-06-01T06:58:05.792-07:002012-06-01T06:58:05.792-07:00I enjoyed it, but that might have in part been bec...I enjoyed it, but that might have in part been because I was so pleasantly surprised with a YA book having a flawed narrator. <br /><br />The movie is also one of my favorite book adaptations, because it managed to encompass all of the plot points I thought were important and it was also paced well. However, I've heard that it was hard to follow if you hadn't read the book first, so it fails on that measure of success.Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01475862386179357634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-58682383179560085232012-06-01T06:12:53.523-07:002012-06-01T06:12:53.523-07:00I enjoyed them all, but thought the series ended s...I enjoyed them all, but thought the series ended somewhat on a weak note. That said, you might actually like the second and third books. Quick reads for the summer when you're tired of gardening.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12772824060632731065noreply@blogger.com