struggle,
My son said the same thing - that it seems on the same lines as Battle royale. Although I haven’t read that one yet, and he hasn’t read Hunger games yet. So we will see!
6ppc,
Read it! My daughter brought it home last week since she decided to read this book for a project at school. I was not crazy about reading it since I get hooked to easy if I like a book. Well, let me tell you...... I finished that book in 1 day and then ran to the store to buy book 2. UGH - finished that in a day and ran back to the store to buy book 3.
3 days I finished the books - I absolutely can’t wait to see the movie. Unfortunately I need to find the time where my husband and I both will have the opportunity to see it together, but it was an awesome story. Definitely rings true to what we seem to be heading for. Not the sacrifice part, but generally speaking!
Hubby got these on audio books (very good btw).
I don’t know why he chose them, but he told me kind of sheepishly “they’re young adult books, I didn’t realize that.”
I said “I don’t know, the Ace of Spades guys have mentioned them, so I think they must be OK for grown ups.”
Well, we loved them. Like you we rushed right through them.
He’s even dying to go see the movie, he never wants to see any movie except at home. He’s a fan, it’s very cute, actually. He feels like he was really “on the pulse” with his book choice!
I thought they were pretty conservative and I really pride myself on having a bloodhound’s nose for sneaky lib propaganda.
But, in all reality I think I can see being a liberal and finding the story sympathetic too.
Like I said on another thread, I think this is part of the author’s genius, I also admire the way she wrote a story that appeals to boys and girls. I don’t know how many YA books are really like that. I only know when I was a kid, despite being a compulsive reader, I really didn’t read any “boys” stories. Just a few of my brother’s Hardy Boys when there was NOTHING else.