The Biblomaniac Army (booklovers, UNITE!) v.2

[Lady Sabine]

Personally, I'm not a fan of romance, so that sort of ruined the Hunger Games for me. I thought that it could have been much better. I also agree that Katniss didn't seem to have a lot of clear motivations. Spoilers for the first book ahead.I did like Foxface, though. She just seemed so real to me. That would be me in that situation, which is why I liked her so much, I guess. She was somewhat-relate-able in a rather unrelate-able story. I was very upset when she died. My favourite characters always seem to die. In fact, by the end of Mockingjay, the only character I still liked was Prim's cat!

Haha, I feel you. We were forced to read THG for my preAP English II class (never forgave the teacher for that) and when my friends and I discussed who we would be, I always got Foxface. Looking back she totally should have won; Collins found a really lame way to kill her off and rooked her on giving her massive intelligence and zero kills.

[HeartOfCoal]

I agree on the Hunger Games trilogy. I was impressed with the first book, the second was a tad confusing, and the third was crap. It got to the point that she began killing off people for the sake of killing them. I honestly didn't think half of the characters needed to die. She didn't give any reasons for their deaths. But it seemed like she just threw it together to please the fans; it wasn't how she wanted it written. That's what it seemed to me at least.

[Lady Sabine]

I agree on the Hunger Games trilogy. I was impressed with the first book, the second was a tad confusing, and the third was crap. It got to the point that she began killing off people for the sake of killing them. I honestly didn't think half of the characters needed to die. She didn't give any reasons for their deaths. But it seemed like she just threw it together to please the fans; it wasn't how she wanted it written. That's what it seemed to me at least.

The only problem with that theory is that literally everyone hated the ending.
I think she wanted to try and make some big emotional impact about sacrifice and hardship and overcoming tragedy etc.
It didn't do it for me.

[Lady Ligeia]

Personally, I'm not a fan of romance, so that sort of ruined the Hunger Games for me. I thought that it could have been much better. I also agree that Katniss didn't seem to have a lot of clear motivations. Spoilers for the first book ahead.I did like Foxface, though. She just seemed so real to me. That would be me in that situation, which is why I liked her so much, I guess. She was somewhat-relate-able in a rather unrelate-able story. I was very upset when she died. My favourite characters always seem to die. In fact, by the end of Mockingjay, the only character I still liked was Prim's cat!

Haha, I feel you. We were forced to read THG for my preAP English II class (never forgave the teacher for that) and when my friends and I discussed who we would be, I always got Foxface. Looking back she totally should have won; Collins found a really lame way to kill her off and rooked her on giving her massive intelligence and zero kills.

I agree. It was a very lame way to kill her off. And I also really do agree that she should have won. I also agree that way too many characters were killed off by the end.

[HeartOfCoal]

I agree on the Hunger Games trilogy. I was impressed with the first book, the second was a tad confusing, and the third was crap. It got to the point that she began killing off people for the sake of killing them. I honestly didn't think half of the characters needed to die. She didn't give any reasons for their deaths. But it seemed like she just threw it together to please the fans; it wasn't how she wanted it written. That's what it seemed to me at least.

The only problem with that theory is that literally everyone hated the ending.
I think she wanted to try and make some big emotional impact about sacrifice and hardship and overcoming tragedy etc.
It didn't do it for me.

Okay, you have a good point. Whatever her purpose was, it didn't work. It really was a rather pathetic ending. Even the epilogue wasn't that great.

[Roonil Wazlib]

An annoying thing I've noticed in a lot of teen books is that the 'nice' characters are always labeled as boring. I mean, the male lead always chooses the ruder, headstrong female lead instead of the nice, boring other girl. I know everyone wants a 'feminist' main character, but a person can be nice and interesting.
Yeah. Just a pet peeve of mine >.<

[Lady Sabine]

An annoying thing I've noticed in a lot of teen books is that the 'nice' characters are always labeled as boring. I mean, the male lead always chooses the ruder, headstrong female lead instead of the nice, boring other girl. I know everyone wants a 'feminist' main character, but a person can be nice and interesting.
Yeah. Just a pet peeve of mine >.<

I know! Being quiet, polite, and to some extent subservient, is not a bad thing. Discretion is the finer half of valor, but everyone just wants hotheaded teens that run off and do crazy stuff. I don't get it.

[SilverBlade]

I agree on the Hunger Games trilogy. I was impressed with the first book, the second was a tad confusing, and the third was crap. It got to the point that she began killing off people for the sake of killing them. I honestly didn't think half of the characters needed to die. She didn't give any reasons for their deaths. But it seemed like she just threw it together to please the fans; it wasn't how she wanted it written. That's what it seemed to me at least.

The only problem with that theory is that literally everyone hated the ending.
I think she wanted to try and make some big emotional impact about sacrifice and hardship and overcoming tragedy etc.
It didn't do it for me.

Okay, you have a good point. Whatever her purpose was, it didn't work. It really was a rather pathetic ending. Even the epilogue wasn't that great.

I agree with all of you. She started to kill people with no reason and she tried to please the fans but failed -in my opinion.

An annoying thing I've noticed in a lot of teen books is that the 'nice' characters are always labeled as boring. I mean, the male lead always chooses the ruder, headstrong female lead instead of the nice, boring other girl. I know everyone wants a 'feminist' main character, but a person can be nice and interesting.
Yeah. Just a pet peeve of mine >.<

I know! Being quiet, polite, and to some extent subservient, is not a bad thing. Discretion is the finer half of valor, but everyone just wants hotheaded teens that run off and do crazy stuff. I don't get it.

I agree with it too. I'm quiet as well and it's annoying that in books they do not seem to appreciate the value of being kind and quiet.

[.:Alaska Young:.]

on the note of the hunger games spoiler the person whoms death in the last book was supposed to create mass hysteria ended up making me say yay they (she) was getting annoying and in the end i was happy she was dead

[Lupen]

Username: Lupen
Nickname (if any): N/a
Top Ten Favorite Books: Oh gosh.. Let's see... Promise of the Wolves, The Sight, Fell, Firebringer, Harry Potter (all books), Game of Thrones... I also remember reading the Fire Within series awhile back - was obsessed with those. I've read quite a few other books as well, but I don't think they really matched these. Probably a lot I don't even remember, sadly.
Average amount of time it takes you to finish a book: It varies. If the book is incredibly engaging and I can't wait to read what happens next, I can read 400+ pages in a day. Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix for example took me two days to finish I believe... 896 pages. I honestly don't keep track though.
How many of the above symptoms you regularly experience: Probably all but the first one. I take a lot away from stories - words, phrases, lessons, etc., but I don't really use quotes too often.