THE HUNGER GAMES
So I read all three Hunger Games books in five days last week, which, for me, is insane. THAT'S THE SAME AMOUNT OF BOOKS AS I READ ALL LAST YEAR. IN FIVE DAYS. And now I am so overflowing with feelings that I'm not even sure how to start coherent commentary. I think I'm actually going to try starting with Mockingjay and working my way backwards
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And I think we represent the every other person in my f-list who read the books in record time. The majority state they did it in 48 hours-ish. I did, too. It took me a sleepless night and some bus rides. My eyes were sore for the whole week after - guuuh. It's only been a week and I'm thinking about writing meta and fiction non-stop.
Peeta is the best thing that happened to me, fictionally speaking, in a long time. In a tricky way, his existence and the /Katniss story made me get over my own screwed-up personal life easier; or at least, I'm trying to. Thinking that there might be Peetas out there makes me hope. And now I understand why people say that his film interpretation was weak; yet Josh Hutcherson seems like a good choice, and he'll have all the time in the world in the sequels.
Ah well.
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I love that you feel that way about Peeta and that their love inspired you in your own life. I totally agree with Suzanne Collins's final assessment of their relationship and of love in general. I don't think that two people who are a lot alike should necessarily be together; I think partners should complement each other and bring out a little bit of themselves in the other, like Yin and Yang. Katniss and Peeta are actually opposite in many ways - he's warm where she's cold, he's timid where she's fierce, he's hopeful where she's cynical - but they find what they're missing in each other, and at the same time they share experiences that only the two of them can understand, and that similarity bridges all the gaps.
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