So I've found a lot of things that I'm kind of in love with lately. I've decided to make a list of them.
First off: Hunger Games. Thar be spoilers ahead.. Arrg.
Woah man, do I love these books. I mean, this series has occupied my thoughts a little more than they probably should have. I don't get it, though. For a series that made me as mad as this did, it doesn't make sense that I should love it as much as I do. First of all, the writing style didn't float my boat for a long time. It's written in present tense, whic is crazy-hard to read, and I swear Suzanne Collins takes joy in replacing commas periods. It's like a hobby of hers. But the actual events of the books should cause me to really cast the whole series aside for naught. For starters, when I read in Catching Fire that another Hunger Games was being held, I think I might have had a little fit. Like a physical fit of anger. There may also have been some justified "UGGHHHHHRAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!! SAMI SMASH!!!"s. No lie. Not to mention the fact that she turned Peeta against Katniss, because NOTHING is allowed to work out the way it should! She leads you on for umpteen zillion pages (that's what it felt like) waiting for Peeta to come back and when Katniss is running to Peeta you're waiting for the embrace and the downpour of emotion when he freaking chokes her. Darn you, Suzanne Collins. Darn you all to heck. Also, there was absolutely no need to kill off Prim. I was never attached to her as a character or anything, but she was the catalyst of the whole series! She was the motivation! If Prim hadn't been chosen for the Games, Katniss wouldn't have needed to volunteer and none of it would ever have happened. And then after Katniss had sacrificed everything to save Prim and so many people had died in the name of the revolution Katniss kicked off, Prime is killed off. LAME. But above all, what made me the most angry, was when she KILLED FINNICK. I don't think I'll ever get over that. I mean, HONESTLY! Why on EARTH would she make such a charismatic character, allow him to revenge President Snow for turning him into what is pretty much a male prostitute, and reunite him with his long lost love Annie just to have his head ripped off by muttations?!?! I was seriously livid when he died. And people can say, "But it's only a book!" all they want, I don't care. I'm fairly certain there's some chunk of my brain that's purpose is to distinguish real life and fiction because I'm 99% sure I don't have that filter. Oh, and I'm 99% sure that's not the real Benjamin Franklin.
Still, those books are awesome. I've recently decided that I love books that are set in the future and whose central conflict is that the government has become corrupted or incorporates a sci-fi theme. It's a pretty consistent theme. But anywho, Hunger Games. First of all, Peeta is my official literary husband. I mean, seriously, he has wavy hair, he's sweet and sensitive, he's an artist, he's a baker (CARBS AND BREAD SMELL OM NOM NOM), and- wait for it-...he decorates cakes. REALLY, Suzanne Collins? Were you looking at my list of husband-qualifying qualities, you cheeky monkey??
Also, the last six pages of Mockingjay are the best in the whole series. Say what you will about by what means the end was met, to me what matters above all else is that the end was met. Peeta and Katniss got married and had chillins. Who doesn't love THAT?? And I seriously think I have a small heart attack at the last line of the book before the epilogue. So cute I can't even. The last line of the epilogue was pretty epic too. I admit, I kinda geeked out about it.
Speaking of which, here are some of my favorite lines!
Hunger Games
"To this day, I can never shake the connection between this boy, Peeta Mellark, and the bread that gave me hope, and the dandelion that reminded me that I was not doomed. And more than once, I have turned in the school hallway and caught his eyes trained on me, only to quickly flit away."
-Katniss, Pg. 32
“'I’m sure they didn’t notice anything but you. You should wear flames more often,' he says. 'They suit you.' And then he gives me a smile that seems so genuinely sweet with just the right touch of shyness that unexpected warmth rushes through me." -Katniss, Pg. 72
"'Handsome lad like you. There must be some special girl. Come on, what’s her name?'
'Well, there is this one girl. I’ve had a crush on her ever since I can remember. But I’m pretty sure she didn’t know I was alive until the reaping.'
'She have another fellow?'
'I don’t know, but a lot of boys like her.'
'So, here’s what you do. You win, you go home. She can’t turn you down then, eh?'
'I don’t think it’s going to work out. Winning… won’t help in my case'
'Why ever not?'
'Because… because… she came here with me.'"
-Caesar & Peeta, Pg. 130
"Yes, icing. The final defense of the dying." -Peeta, Pg. 252
"I can see why that day made you happy.'
'Well, I knew that goat would be a little gold mine,' I say.
'Yes, of course I was referring to that, not the lasting joy you gave your sister you love so much you took her place in the reaping,' says Peeta drily."
-Katniss & Peeta, Pg. 273
'Yes, of course I was referring to that, not the lasting joy you gave your sister you love so much you took her place in the reaping,' says Peeta drily."
-Katniss & Peeta, Pg. 273
Catching Fire
"'Peeta, how come I never know when you're having a nightmare?' I say.
'I don't know. I don't think I cry out or thrash around or anything. I just come to, paralyzed with terror,' he says.
'You should wake me,' I say, thinking about how I can interrupt his sleep two or three times on a bad night. About how long it can take to calm me down.
'It's not necessary. My nightmares are usually about losing you,' he says. 'I'm okay once I realize you're here.'
'I don't know. I don't think I cry out or thrash around or anything. I just come to, paralyzed with terror,' he says.
'You should wake me,' I say, thinking about how I can interrupt his sleep two or three times on a bad night. About how long it can take to calm me down.
'It's not necessary. My nightmares are usually about losing you,' he says. 'I'm okay once I realize you're here.'
-Katniss & Peeta, Pg. 85
ou care about him." -Finnick, Pg. 154
I'm such a sucker for romance :B
So. Books? Awesome. MOVIE, on the other hand...
FAIL. Absolute FAIL.
So help me if Alex Pettyfer isn't Finnick.
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