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Azure-TheBlueOne
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I finished it this weekend, I thought it was actually a pretty epic read and couldn't put it down. That doesn't happen for me very often with books.
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Sinlock
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Jaedence posted:
You heard correctly about book 2 and 3. Each was worse than the last.
This is true - the third one was plain ridiculous.
That said, I thought they did such a good job on translating the first book that I actually have hope for the films. I expect them to be better than the books.
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Seething199 posted:
i read the book on the way to italy last week. the book was written at a 3rd grade level, was ridiculously predictable, and was a pretty heavy rip-off of battle royale.
I've heard comparisons to a lot of movies including battle royale, but I've never seen that so I dunno. Still, it isn't new ground in any way so it is really similar to lots of other stories. I think the simplistic style and small words are part of its mass appeal, like I said I read it on a freaking three hour plane flight. I thought it might be more middle school level than third grade though. 
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imaloon1
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Registered: 2003-9-15 07:19:53
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I understand the politics behind it, but what I don't understand is the technology. If you have the tech to create animals out of thin fucking air there is no need to rule by starvation, just turn 1.5 billion of those dogs against the populations.
It's the plot hole of all plot holes to me and totally ruined the story.
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imaloon1 posted:
I understand the politics behind it, but what I don't understand is the technology. If you have the tech to create animals out of thin fucking air there is no need to rule by starvation, just turn 1.5 billion of those dogs against the populations.
It's the plot hole of all plot holes to me and totally ruined the story.
Gotcha. In the book, the dog(s) and the wasps and the mocking jays and other stuff are biotech developed during the rebellion and used to keep the people down at the time, then left loose to keep the people either within their districts or dead and not a problem. Although the dogs specific to the climax of the battle were specially manufactured for that fight, I got the impression that they were taken from an existing template.
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I was entertained by the movie, but it certainly had it's flaws.
The dogs kind of pissed me off. And the fireballs. Who would want to watch that crap? Can you imagine UFC where the guy is obviously winning, so the ref pulls out a knife and slices him a few times?
Plus, the girl never successfully defended herself. They recycled the harrowing struggle with someone obviously about to kill her and then they start monologuing before a random person saves her. Once, ok. But twice? Come on.
How does a baker learn camouflage from putting frosting on cake?
Kids killing smaller kids is what passes for entertainment? Or maybe creates riots when their twelve year old is murdered by a pyschopath. You'd think they'd have put adults convicted of stealing food into this game. Or not put little children in the game due to that sector rioting every god damn year.
Those schools that the I's and II's go to must really suck. They should win every year. Every year. They're volunteers for craps sake. They should be taught game theory, healing techniques, hunting/tracking, leadership, treachery, and every skill that win the previous 74 games. Instead, they're mighty awesome at sword play and being arrogant dillhole crybabies.
How does a baker learn camouflage from putting frosting on cake??
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Yeah, I think I mentioned the story has the expected amount of stupid in it, but my standards were fairly low as I've already gotten a sense of how craptastic the Eclipse series is and how horribad the writing and plotting is and yet that series has pulled down insane profits and generated huge amounts of fame and popularity in the general public, so my guess is that this is a huge step up in every way to that.
In other news, Frodo should have just ridden an eagle to Mount Doom.
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Kamdar
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Seething199 posted:
i read the book on the way to italy last week. the book was written at a 3rd grade level, was ridiculously predictable, and was a pretty heavy rip-off of battle royale. i think it's funny that so many critics talked about how gruesome it was. it was like disney level violence.
it was a fast read and was somewhat entertaining. but it doesn't deserve really any of the hype it got. seems that fat 40 yr old women just need a teen romance book series to squawk about and they picked this one. i have no interest in reading the next two book. the end of the first one left me not wanting to know more.
Wait till book 2 and 3.
The violence ramps up a TON.
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Seething199 posted:
i read the book on the way to italy last week. the book was written at a 3rd grade level, was ridiculously predictable, and was a pretty heavy rip-off of battle royale. i think it's funny that so many critics talked about how gruesome it was. it was like disney level violence.
it was a fast read and was somewhat entertaining. but it doesn't deserve really any of the hype it got. seems that fat 40 yr old women just need a teen romance book series to squawk about and they picked this one. i have no interest in reading the next two book. the end of the first one left me not wanting to know more.
This is what I've assumed about the writing style, which no one seems to say anything about. I couldn't make it through Harry Potter because the writing was so juvenile.
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Jorrdan
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Registered: 2001-10-19 07:31:24
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This thread is cracking me up. You guys can suspend disbelief enough to play an MMO but not enough for fiction. I don't think the plot holes were that enormous.
Such as in Twilight as pointed out so correctly in Cracked I think it was. When Edward thinks Bella is dead...he goes to kill himself. But he doesn't bother to, oh, I dunno...call her? Check Facebook? Twitter? I mean, hello, this is the age of social media. Call his sister.."Hey, is Bella dead? Just checking before I off myself." Now that's a enormous plot hole.
As for writing style/level...well, yes. It is a young adult novel. Most books for adults these days are even written at lower language levels. And, sadly, they have to be.
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