I fist read it when I was about 13 (I'm 20 now). It was definitely extremely graphic, but it is still one of the best series I've ever read. I don't regret reading it at all when I was that young, and now, I have come to appreciate its complexities even more. I also relate to not liking Katniss at first, mainly because -- now that I am older -- I discovered that she reminds me too much of myself.
I’ve read the series over 9 times in the last 5 months. I’ve read “The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes” 6 times already and I’m starting to read it again for the 7th time.
*I first read the trilogy when I was 10 years old and I've been doing it evey year since. Everytime I re-read the books, a new meaning comes in place. It's pretty fantastic to realize something I never caught on before every year !*
I re-read every May for Katniss's birthday. Everyone finds it weird but 🤷🏻♀️ it's my favorite and has always grabbed me on another level , hard to describe but again 🤷🏻♀️
I first saw the movie when I was 7 and didn’t understand, then i saw catching fire and I started reading the books and then when mockingjay came out I didn’t understand the themes but just around a week ago I saw catching fire because why not( I hadn’t seen the movie in a long time) and I really understood it, I didn’t remember much about the movies or books so I read them all again and watched all the movies again and I really loved them yesterday my Ballad of Songbirds and snaked arrived and I finished it today, I really reccomend it although it’s very dark and has more moral, psychological themes and shows how twisted snow really is. (Btw I’m 15 now)
The very first time I read the trilogy I already knew that it wasn't a live story. It's a lesson it's trying to teach us about the CONSEQUENCES OF WAR. I was only 15 when I read it and I knew that its about reality, and that's why I LOVE the series so much bc it's realistic even though it's a fictional story
And when I first got the novels for my birthday when I was around 7 I was in my room reading them and I automatically widened my eyes at some points in the story like Peeta’s brainwashing and then Prim’s death and then when I found out Katniss was fake Pregnant in Catching Fire I was immediately into the story and needless to say I was super shocked and I thought that Katniss and Peeta would die but of course since their was a 3rd book I immediately picked the 3rd book after I finished the 2nd book
This makes me question myself, I read the series when I was 12-13 ( I’m nearly 15 now) I’m thinking of reading it again, but now I think I should wait a little longer
I've read it every year since I was 17 and learn/discover something new each time. So, I see no harm in reading it again at 15. :) You'll find as you grow, mature, and evolve throughout your life that your experience of the story will change with you. It could be cool to read it now at 15, then again at 20 and have two very different perspectives. :D
The more you know about the history of various countries, the more you will cherish the Hunger Games books and movies, because every little aspect of the politics of the trilogy already happened in some country. The trilogy is a summary of several thousand years of human history and reminds us to *not* repeat the same mistakes again.
I re read the series at 15, and it made me really open my eyes to the parallels between the book and our real world and the ways both worlds are ran. Having that deeper level of understanding affected me so much that I'm now in my first year of being a pre law student!
I understand you completely omg, I first read the books in 2012 when I’d just turned 14, about a month before the first movie came out. And my life changed forever after that, even though they were books I would usually never ever have picked up at that time in my life but pretty much all I focused on was how much I adored Everlark. Which as a 22 year old now it’s embarrassing for me to admit, almost too lmao. But also Katniss’s personality hit me so hard as I see a lot of my own traits in her, to this day. I definitely don’t remember taking much in as I was so young and I couldn’t fathom something so graphic. But again now in 2020 at 22 and especially after reading The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes also, I find them very difficult to read/watch cause they’re so violent and I’ve had to put the books aside when reading for a little while sometimes cause they’re so much at once because my god, they are LITERAL CHILDREN. Now they make me 100 times more emotional too but for different reasons. Suzanne Collins is a bloody exemplary author. It’s crazy how much I understand about the reality of it now I’ve matured so much over time and life experiences and to view them without an obsessive teenage fandom brain and without all the hype of the movies being released, if that makes sense. And how much I understand the other characters now, not just Katniss and how I understand how the other characters think and do things, rather than being like “ew all Gale does is get in the way” And after as you said, maturing with Katniss. (I’ll always have a piece of my heart that belongs with Everlark though, it just be like that. But again for totally different reasons. After delving deeper I now understand how they need each others personality elements and shared past to have that deep connection rather than viewing it like I was a member of the Capitol audience watching the ‘show’.) You’ve spoke my entire brain, pretty much! I love this video. I also wrote a novel comment, I’ve realised 😂
You just summarised my experience perfectly! I also read the books for the first time when I was 14, and am now 22. I'm rereading them for the first time since then and oh my god, the nuances my older brain is picking up on!! I also made my whole first read about Everlark - they're still my favourite fictional couple of all time, but I'll admit that 14 year old me did focus too much on the romance and some of the story's key messages were lost on me. What's funny is that now, I'm seeing characters in a whole new light, even Gale, whom I hated before but I still don't like. However, I empathise with him, Haymitch and Effie more as an older reader. I also now understand why I loved Everlark so much as a teen. It wasn't just that Peeta was a nice guy crushing on the girl next door. It's that when Katniss 'chooses' a guy, she's not choosing him but rather a set of ideals. War or peace. Fire or earth. Hate or love. God, I just love this series!
Catherine Taylor GIRL YES TO ALL OF THIS. And ofc everlark are just elite, no other fictional couple ever comes close to them or any male character even close to my love of Peeta. I love how you said that about Gale too like I surprised myself in parts by empathising with him when I used to hate the guy like especially when he first saw District 12 again in mockingjay after he’d tried to save everyone and get them out like that HURT. It’s genuinely like an entire new experience reading them now cause you notice so much and things hit my heart so so much harder that I’d never have really gave much thought 8 years ago. And omg I gotta stop talking about it cause once I start I ain’t gonna stop😂
@@Brittaanaay ahaha I feel the same, I could go on and on and on about this series - I've had to join the Hunger Games reddit page just so I can read and contribute to discussions 😂 And yes Everlark is the Elite™ YA pairing. The way their relationship develops slowly but surely and their personalities are so layered. I relate SO MUCH to Katniss's fear of romantic love, she literally lies to herself about feeling anything at all for Peeta even though the author tells you so clearly that she does care about him. Even after the CF Beach Kiss™, I noticed on reread that Katniss says she wakes up with a giddy feeling that's 'somehow connected to Peeta.'. Girl, that's called a crush lmaooo 😂 You have to read between the lines to understand Katniss. I've never felt as understood by anyone as I did her. 😭
I read them in my thirties and completely love the books. Yes, I loved The Ballad novel as well. I first saw the movies and thought they were okay, but the books blew my mind.
I can't even remember how young I was when I first read the series - but I had at least read the first book before the first movie and I was 12 when I went to the premiere. I've read the series many times since but it's been a while (I'm 21 now) and this video REALLY made me want to reread them. The prequel was so moving to me and I thought it was because of my obsession with the series but now I'm thinking its because of my age! Can't wait to reread and see what else I learn from them.
I read the Hunger Games when I was 13 and in my school the most novel Fans are 1: The Hunger Games 2 : Percy Jackson and pretty much the whole Riordan fandom 3 : Harry Potter 4: Shadow Hunter chronicles 5 : the Chronicles of Narnia 6 : Maze Runner 7 : Divergent
i read all three books and watched the films when i was eleven, and i reread it like a million times and rewatched the movies a million times too (may i gotta admit thats mostly because of my addiction to jlaw) and i juyst read the prequel,, what. A. Series. 🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆
I read the books when I was 13. I’m 19 now, rereading and see them from a much different perspective. To see you at 22 still discovering new things really hits me. I’m able to see stuff at 19 I didn’t see at 13. I can’t imagine what I’ll see when I’m even older
I read the original trilogy when I was 13 and, don’t get me wrong, I liked them like most people but as I got older I distanced myself from them. I didn’t even see the third and fourth movie. I’m now 20 and I recently reread the trilogy and just finished the prequel. These books are so hard to read now because I can see past the romance and truly see how scary the world is and how much is at stake in Mockingjay. I absolutely love these books now and keep recommending friends to reread them so I can talk about them with people. Love the video!
when I first read the first book I hated peeta and thought he was a big threat in the beginning and thought he was just tricking her into getting him out. I can’t believe I thought that😂
I first read the Hunger Games trilogy when I was 10 and I could totally relate to your 17 year old self (I re-read it a couple of times in the same year too), but I didn't fully understand the truth and messages behind the words, like your younger self, I loved the sweet and romantic moments, often squealing from the adorableness. But I didn't see through the darkness and corruption of the stories. I knew what the concept of the games were, the slaughtering of children, but I never viewed the books as the dark and gruesome tale that it truely was. Now I am 14 and I just recently re-read the books for the first time in 4 years and I now begin to realize and analyze the deeper meanings and can understand the dept and darkness of the books (especially the war).
I first read them when I was 10(last year) and I re-read them agin this year and I realized so many things I didn't before. Its horrific but meaningful. And its like so symbolic to right now presntly
For every saying that Katniss was too "unlikeable" in the 3rd book, I think it's because she just went two death games and a literal war. I'm pretty sure that if you almost starved to death, had people trying to literally kill you, and witness your loved ones die, you'd be a little prickly too. Forget hormones, I think she's just got a case of 'I've just been through a war and my sister died'.
I first read it when I was 15 and it was a difficult read for me. I didn't even have the nerve to read it again until this year and I'm 22, and it was as difficult as before. I love those books I really love them with all my heart but they are a bit dark
There is a similar book series that also deals with trusting the government too much, this is extremely in your face and is not as hidden as the hunger games (James Patterson ,Crazy House)
I read the trilogy in my mid/late 20s, then I suggested the books to my mum and then finally my grandma. They both loved the series (and movies) as well. While the writing style and length of the novels is meant for people in their teens and 20s, I don't think it's so unusual to see people of all ages enjoying them.
I've read the original trilogy 5 times already and I'm so excited about the new book coming out! There's so many theories, thoughts and expectations... I share some of mine on my channel.
I first read it when I was 9 when it first came out (I’m 21 now) and it’s still so interesting, I notice new things every time I read any of the book in the series, they’re so complex and are much darker than they first seem.
I have to say that in this video I finally had an understanding of how old you are and I must say you look a lot younger than what you must be. Please don't take that as a negative in any way. I myself have been one of those people that have looked younger throughout my whole life and when you get to be my age (which is nigh away from 45), it will come in handy. My stepdaughter is now just reading The Hunger Games 1st book. She is mentally advanced for her age so yes, I am allowing her to read it at 11 years old. Also, I just discovered that there is a hunger games exhibit here in Las Vegas, Nevada where I live, down at one of the casinos!! I have begged my husband to take me in a couple weeks for my birthday. I'm just debating if I want to take my stepdaughter too since she has not seen the movies yet and is still only 3/4 of the way through the 1st book. Anyway, I thoroughly enjoy your channel although I don't know anything about video games lol. However, my stepdaughter loves Zelda and I think that I'm going to have her subscribe to your channel once she gets through all The Hunger Games books and movies.😉 Take care and God Bless!
I just brought them online cos the last time i read the hunger games 15 or 16 now im nearly 22 im gonna read them for second time and ive already got the sequel but i can't read it till ive reread the first previous books.im really looking forward to seeing it from a completely different perspective.honestly was the same i loved peeta i thought he was really sweet and i was very similar to him.
I watched the movies at 10! And read the books at 11! Like yes it’s a violent concept but it’s so deep and interesting that the dark concept didn’t bother me. I think it depends on your maturity level when you read it.
I first read the first book at the age of 11. I didn't understand the real meaning or the messages in the books. I reread the books over 4 times and when I first started reading the hunger games for the 5th time, I was 15 and I started understanding the book. I know I was/am very young to understand that but I am very into reading and I knew a lot about books. So I was able to read and understand it very easily aftee rereading it.
Recently read it at 14. It’s truly amazing. Mockingjay however was not as good as the first 2 books by any means (which are 10/10) but it’s still a solid 7. Idk why but it just never bothered me its violence and dark themes and story. Probably because I just couldn’t relate to Katniss at all in terms of what she had to go through
I’ve always thought the hunger games was a very brutal series. When it first came out my parents refused to let me read or watch it and I do understand why now that I’m older. I do believe your point and it is honestly quite obvious if you think about it. However I believe that a large reason that we don’t take this story as seriously as we should due to the movies. Don’t get me wrong, the movies were a fantastic adaptation but because they aged up the characters so much, it took away from the horror of the games. Jennifer Lawrence was 22 in 2012, although she was an amazing actor and played katniss very well, I think because they didn’t get 16 year olds to play 16 year olds and so on, it took away from the terror of the story because they all look like adults. Amanda Stenburg ( who played rue) was 16! She was playing a 12 year old. I do get they wanted experienced actors and no one was at fault but it think they made it seem a little less terrible
I'm 17, turning 18 soon, and I haven't read the books in a year or two, but started to see so many different things about the trilogy open up in the prequel that helped me piece together things I didn't understand yet, and just now starting to grasp as I learn but politics. It was so hard for me to read it because the themes are so unsettling and I see elements of Padem here in America.
I read the trilogy for the first time when I was 12 or 13 and re-read the books several times up until the release of the last movie. It sort of scarred me seeing those traumatic moments all play out and I haven't touched the books since. As much as I want to have as much fun with a series I treasured so much the way it happened with the Twilight renaissance, I just can't bring myself to revisit THG too much, it is very dark and the ending is very bittersweet.
I always knew what the Hunger Games were but I never wanted to expose myself to it before I was actually able to understand the meaning of this book. I was helping at a school fundraiser and saw someone selling the books I bought them but didn't read them till 6 months later when I was 13-14. I'm happy I waited and I understood a lot. Even now everytime I reread the books I find more things I never noticed and am able to find more meaning to the books. I'm still just a teen and am so excited in the future to understand more and more.
Dang, that's an intense introduction to this video. But totally appropriate for the rest of the video. I love it! I do wish I could read the books. I had a really hard time with the writing style, and couldn't really get into the story because of it. Which makes me really sad! I've heard from multiple sources that they're phenomenal, and that I really should read them. But unfortunately I'm just going to have to stick to the movies. Which were also phenomenal, of course. Thanks for the share!
Sean Van I can understand that! It’s written how she thinks, which can be difficult for some. I don’t think the movies do too great a justice honestly, but they’re better than most book adaptations...except the first film imo lol
You could always try listening to the audio books. The narrators performances for audio books can really help you understand exactly what tones, emotions and meanings the author was trying to get across. The narrator for The Hunger Games is pretty good for what she's got to work with but is a little lacking in some characters voices, especially Peta's voice. She makes him sound sorta like he has a mental problem, as if he's kinda slow or something. In all, she does a good job though. I work completely alone at my job so I listen to a lot of audio books and discovered how amazing they are and how incredible some of the narrators are. It's like going on epic adventures in my head while I work lol
Honestly my first true, (actually reading and watching the series rather than getting the basics from passing comments and stuff like that), exposure to the story of the Hunger Games was Mocking Jay part 1, when my middle school class somehow convinced our small Christian Academy to let us go see the movie because we were “reading” it in class. (I think I was 12-maybe 14....?..then....regardless it was in between that time frame.) After that I watched the previous films and then Mocking Jay part 2 when it came out. But I read the books in their entirety when on a family vacation in Georgia and boy did I love it. Though it was one of the few series I’ve read, where I remember that I felt so shaken up and honestly scared to some extent when I finished it. (It honestly reminded me of when I had previously read through the entire book of Revaluation in the Bible.....twice....back to back....because it was the topic of discussion and I was encouraged to read it and all.....) It was put together so well and I ended up loving the movies more despite all their flaws. Anyway......I like how realistic it is and that it doesn’t sauger coat anything. It was quite the story and one I still love. Also great video! 👍 (^ ^)
I so agree with you! It was terrifyingly true as how evil the government can get with too more power over its peoole. That is far from fiction! Such an amazing series!
Compared to the other YA dystopian books it inspired (i.e. Divergent and The Maze Runner), The Hunger Games has been standing the test of time rather well. :)
I think if you liked them the first time you read them I truly think you would benefit from rereading them in a couple of years. I hated them the first time I read them when I was 12 but now as a 20 year old, rereading them for the first time is truly amazing. I'm so engulfed in the story and in how the world came to be this way. You will keep on missing things especially when you reread them in your teens but as you get older you will discover new things again and again. So don't worry about missing things. I missed a lot of it when I read them for the first time too.
I read the full trilogy for my first time at 20 after being suggested to me by my at the time girlfriend. Now with Ballad and Snakes under my belt I do plan on reading the trilogy again to also put the information from Ballad into context. I just finished a rewatching of the films today. Want to get through Cursed though before that drops to Netflix.
I first read it last year when I was twelve. I’ve re read some of it and I’m currently re reading The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes and watching all the movies with my mom. I love THG
Wow. For some reason I thought we were both the same age or close to it! (I’m 17) I guess you’re quite ahead of me... 😅 Well, great video. I totally understand why your views of this series changed.
I read the first book around 6th grade for the pizza book club and I'm very sure if I read it now as a 24 year old the themes of the book and the movies would hit me a lot harder. I'm from a small community in the Appalachian foothills and now live in Kentucky, Middle School Mac was just happy and absolutely over the moon with the idea of a competent, tough Appalachian as the main character in a popular book when a lot of the time it's the exact opposite
You just knew that the hunger games is dark? I get to watch hunger games when I was 9 and already knew it was dark I don't know that there's a hunger games book but when I watched the hunger my thoughts were why thesee kids (The hunger games) kill each other and it's sad that no one can stop the games
I just mean I realized it was far deeper and darker than just "kids killing kids." There's far more to it than that, but my 16 year old brain didn't quite grasp that yet cause I had not experienced the real world.
@@TheGeekApprentice facts like the prostitution about the winning tributes and how they are still a slave to Snow there's a lot of things that are way too dark in the hunger games
I definitely agree that the world of the hunger games is really not far off the world today - the nation of panem simply being a microcosm of global society as a whole. You can really start to understand this if you think of the whole of western europe/north america as being like the capitol - we all live relitavely priveliged lives never need to worry about not having enough to eat and just like the citizens of the capitol many ppls lives are consumed by silly materialistic consumerism like fashion trends ect. Poor nations like africa, the middle east , india and south east asia being like the districts - ppl in these countries live an almost slave like existence paid tiny amounts often to provide resources for the rich western countries all contributing to the consumerist lives we lead. Countries like china are almost exactly like panem - incredibly authoritarian government run by a single party that maintains a tight grip on power through intensive control of information and total surveillance of its citizens using facial recognition cameras almost everywhere that use AI algorithms to constantly monitor ppl movements.. ect .. china has become the cheap labour source of the world with the elite at the top basically getting rich off the backs of millions of ppl basically working in sweatshops and factories producing clothes and goods which can be sold to the west cheaply .. the big american companies that use china as a source of cheap labour sort of turn a blind eye to how the whole thing is managed as long as they can make money.. So yeh the world is like the hunger games world but the reason most ppl dont realise it is because they are already living in the capitol and not living in africa south america or the middle east.. the US even sends its army all over the world to these poorer countries (there are like hundreds of us army bases all round the world) under the pretext of the world needing its presence to maintaini 'peace'... sounds very similar to the idea of peacekeepers doesnt it...
Your comment is golden and needs more likes !! Yes everywhere USA has army bases in the name of helping these third world countries is exactly like peacekeepers 🤯
3:59 I had my texts on. When she said: "Oh yay, Peeta and Katniis together" my texts writed: "oh yay, peanut and Katniss togethee". But seriously, I'm 12 years old, I've read Hunger Games, I mean it affected me but I'm sure that in few years if I read Hunger Games again, I will feel really amazed. I've also read the balladi of snakes and songbirds. It didn't really hit me, and now I get it why. But if I'll read it again in ten years, I really hope I can feel the book, the songs, the love.
I watched the first movie, then read the first book, then watched the second and third movie, and then after a couple of years I decided to basically binge them over the course of two days. Now, 9 years after I read the first book, I'm finally reading all the books and annotating them and writing reviews for them. I'm halfway through the last book. For me it was just a matter of giving it more time, they skip over so much detail in the movies so just because you watched them first doesn't take anything away from the books in my opninion.
"I resisted because I kinda thought it was just gonna be no different than the Twilight saga... you know, some [...] story with no real depth". If you allow me to be a nuisance one last time, my Christmas wish this year is that you blindly watch the Avatar animated series... From watching your videos I know it's perfect for you. I won't insist again, but if you ever do watch it you'll see why I think it's right up your alley, it's not what it looks like, and it's definitely not anime, it's a western cartoon, I know you'll love it. Welp, I wont bring it up again ;)
Heyyyy! I just found your channel yesterday and watched a few videos, but the was the first. (I also subscribed) I was just wondering if you were going to make a reaction video in May for The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. I just recently read the whole Hunger Games trilogy, and I have yet to watch the movies (but I really want to!!!) and I'm super excited for this new prequel lol.
At first I didn't like Mockingjay. However, having grown with age and knowledge I understood more on the writing of the books. Just like you Geek Apprentice, I truly wouldn't appreciate the complexities of the final book of the trilogy until later on.
Geek Apprentice, you said at the end you’d never think the idea of the movies could come true and I’m wondering if you still think that same way? For me, I’d say I don’t think that they could “never” be a reality bc just like the capitol erased history that is slowly starting to happen in the world. Tearing down statues, removing parts of schools bc of “offensive” names, changing science to fit narratives. Sadly to me, things are only pointing in the direction of this dystopian world, and we need some serious rocking to get it turned around. Bc you said if we keep learning from our past which means learning from our mistakes. We aren’t allowed to do that anymore bc things like the horrors of the civil war and slavery will soon be forgotten as all the statues of figureheads from the war are being removed. We are nearing an age where generations will never know that there was once slavery and that brave men had to fight to end it. Maybe people will think of the idea of slavery and start it up again not knowing what devastation it caused in the past. It’s truly scary the amount of information we are throwing out the window
I am 12 I read the books a year ago I re read the hunger games book 3 times the second and third time I skipped the first 2 chapters but yeah I love the books I think the first book is a good reread able I think it is different for catching fire and mockingjay but they are good books it’s just I can’t reread them I tried
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CORRECTION: I was 21 (not 22) when I first reread the trilogy with no film coming out
I fist read it when I was about 13 (I'm 20 now). It was definitely extremely graphic, but it is still one of the best series I've ever read. I don't regret reading it at all when I was that young, and now, I have come to appreciate its complexities even more. I also relate to not liking Katniss at first, mainly because -- now that I am older -- I discovered that she reminds me too much of myself.
I read them when I was 11
Laura Kelly I read it when I was 10
I’ve read the series over 9 times in the last 5 months. I’ve read “The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes” 6 times already and I’m starting to read it again for the 7th time.
ninja proskills007 Wow
ninja proskills007 I thought the pacing was slow at the start but then it’s really good
*I first read the trilogy when I was 10 years old and I've been doing it evey year since. Everytime I re-read the books, a new meaning comes in place. It's pretty fantastic to realize something I never caught on before every year !*
I re-read every May for Katniss's birthday. Everyone finds it weird but 🤷🏻♀️ it's my favorite and has always grabbed me on another level , hard to describe but again 🤷🏻♀️
I don't find it weird
@@alicewillow8881 I find it weird because I reread it every day and I found Katniss to be a good person with her philosophy’s and values she holds
I started reading the book at 12 and didn't pick up the meaning because I'm not even near the age of being in my late teens nor am I a teen.
I read the books when I was 11.
I’m still 11
I started at 10 (maybe too young) but I kinda surprised myself how much I understood
I started at 7 👀
I first saw the movie when I was 7 and didn’t understand, then i saw catching fire and I started reading the books and then when mockingjay came out I didn’t understand the themes but just around a week ago I saw catching fire because why not( I hadn’t seen the movie in a long time) and I really understood it, I didn’t remember much about the movies or books so I read them all again and watched all the movies again and I really loved them yesterday my Ballad of Songbirds and snaked arrived and I finished it today, I really reccomend it although it’s very dark and has more moral, psychological themes and shows how twisted snow really is. (Btw I’m 15 now)
I read them for the first time in 5th grade and I understood it :)
The very first time I read the trilogy I already knew that it wasn't a live story. It's a lesson it's trying to teach us about the CONSEQUENCES OF WAR. I was only 15 when I read it and I knew that its about reality, and that's why I LOVE the series so much bc it's realistic even though it's a fictional story
And when I first got the novels for my birthday when I was around 7 I was in my room reading them and I automatically widened my eyes at some points in the story like Peeta’s brainwashing and then Prim’s death and then when I found out Katniss was fake Pregnant in Catching Fire I was immediately into the story and needless to say I was super shocked and I thought that Katniss and Peeta would die but of course since their was a 3rd book I immediately picked the 3rd book after I finished the 2nd book
Amazing analysis. It is honestly such a complex story.
This makes me question myself, I read the series when I was 12-13 ( I’m nearly 15 now) I’m thinking of reading it again, but now I think I should wait a little longer
I've read it every year since I was 17 and learn/discover something new each time. So, I see no harm in reading it again at 15. :) You'll find as you grow, mature, and evolve throughout your life that your experience of the story will change with you. It could be cool to read it now at 15, then again at 20 and have two very different perspectives. :D
The Geek Apprentice thanks for the advice😁
The more you know about the history of various countries, the more you will cherish the Hunger Games books and movies, because every little aspect of the politics of the trilogy already happened in some country. The trilogy is a summary of several thousand years of human history and reminds us to *not* repeat the same mistakes again.
Sammme! I think I’m going to pick it up again because I just finished ballad of songbirds and snakes
I re read the series at 15, and it made me really open my eyes to the parallels between the book and our real world and the ways both worlds are ran. Having that deeper level of understanding affected me so much that I'm now in my first year of being a pre law student!
Cinna is perfect 👌
I agree!! I saw on another comment how it really shows that no matter what your talents and interests are you can still make a positive difference!
I understand you completely omg, I first read the books in 2012 when I’d just turned 14, about a month before the first movie came out. And my life changed forever after that, even though they were books I would usually never ever have picked up at that time in my life but pretty much all I focused on was how much I adored Everlark. Which as a 22 year old now it’s embarrassing for me to admit, almost too lmao. But also Katniss’s personality hit me so hard as I see a lot of my own traits in her, to this day.
I definitely don’t remember taking much in as I was so young and I couldn’t fathom something so graphic.
But again now in 2020 at 22 and especially after reading The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes also, I find them very difficult to read/watch cause they’re so violent and I’ve had to put the books aside when reading for a little while sometimes cause they’re so much at once because my god, they are LITERAL CHILDREN. Now they make me 100 times more emotional too but for different reasons.
Suzanne Collins is a bloody exemplary author. It’s crazy how much I understand about the reality of it now I’ve matured so much over time and life experiences and to view them without an obsessive teenage fandom brain and without all the hype of the movies being released, if that makes sense. And how much I understand the other characters now, not just Katniss and how I understand how the other characters think and do things, rather than being like “ew all Gale does is get in the way” And after as you said, maturing with Katniss. (I’ll always have a piece of my heart that belongs with Everlark though, it just be like that. But again for totally different reasons. After delving deeper I now understand how they need each others personality elements and shared past to have that deep connection rather than viewing it like I was a member of the Capitol audience watching the ‘show’.)
You’ve spoke my entire brain, pretty much! I love this video. I also wrote a novel comment, I’ve realised 😂
You just summarised my experience perfectly! I also read the books for the first time when I was 14, and am now 22. I'm rereading them for the first time since then and oh my god, the nuances my older brain is picking up on!! I also made my whole first read about Everlark - they're still my favourite fictional couple of all time, but I'll admit that 14 year old me did focus too much on the romance and some of the story's key messages were lost on me. What's funny is that now, I'm seeing characters in a whole new light, even Gale, whom I hated before but I still don't like. However, I empathise with him, Haymitch and Effie more as an older reader. I also now understand why I loved Everlark so much as a teen. It wasn't just that Peeta was a nice guy crushing on the girl next door. It's that when Katniss 'chooses' a guy, she's not choosing him but rather a set of ideals. War or peace. Fire or earth. Hate or love. God, I just love this series!
Catherine Taylor GIRL YES TO ALL OF THIS. And ofc everlark are just elite, no other fictional couple ever comes close to them or any male character even close to my love of Peeta. I love how you said that about Gale too like I surprised myself in parts by empathising with him when I used to hate the guy like especially when he first saw District 12 again in mockingjay after he’d tried to save everyone and get them out like that HURT.
It’s genuinely like an entire new experience reading them now cause you notice so much and things hit my heart so so much harder that I’d never have really gave much thought 8 years ago. And omg I gotta stop talking about it cause once I start I ain’t gonna stop😂
@@Brittaanaay ahaha I feel the same, I could go on and on and on about this series - I've had to join the Hunger Games reddit page just so I can read and contribute to discussions 😂 And yes Everlark is the Elite™ YA pairing. The way their relationship develops slowly but surely and their personalities are so layered. I relate SO MUCH to Katniss's fear of romantic love, she literally lies to herself about feeling anything at all for Peeta even though the author tells you so clearly that she does care about him. Even after the CF Beach Kiss™, I noticed on reread that Katniss says she wakes up with a giddy feeling that's 'somehow connected to Peeta.'. Girl, that's called a crush lmaooo 😂 You have to read between the lines to understand Katniss. I've never felt as understood by anyone as I did her. 😭
I read them in my thirties and completely love the books. Yes, I loved The Ballad novel as well. I first saw the movies and thought they were okay, but the books blew my mind.
I can't even remember how young I was when I first read the series - but I had at least read the first book before the first movie and I was 12 when I went to the premiere. I've read the series many times since but it's been a while (I'm 21 now) and this video REALLY made me want to reread them. The prequel was so moving to me and I thought it was because of my obsession with the series but now I'm thinking its because of my age! Can't wait to reread and see what else I learn from them.
I just read the book last year when I was 16. I've never been so invested in a story. EVER.
I read the Hunger Games when I was 13 and in my school the most novel Fans are
1: The Hunger Games
2 : Percy Jackson and pretty much the whole Riordan fandom
3 : Harry Potter
4: Shadow Hunter chronicles
5 : the Chronicles of Narnia
6 : Maze Runner
7 : Divergent
Pranit Pawar I didn’t know people actually liked Percy Jackson oops
Hi Lily which is your favorite fandom ?
Pranit Pawar thg
i read all three books and watched the films when i was eleven, and i reread it like a million times and rewatched the movies a million times too (may i gotta admit thats mostly because of my addiction to jlaw) and i juyst read the prequel,, what. A. Series. 🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆
Pretty much exactly me. And the last chapter in the ballad of songbirds and snakes shook me to my core. Suzanne is something else.
brittany she is on a WHOLE another level. The series has had me coming back time and time and time again. I just can’t stop. I LOVE IT!
I read the books when I was 13. I’m 19 now, rereading and see them from a much different perspective. To see you at 22 still discovering new things really hits me. I’m able to see stuff at 19 I didn’t see at 13. I can’t imagine what I’ll see when I’m even older
I read the original trilogy when I was 13 and, don’t get me wrong, I liked them like most people but as I got older I distanced myself from them. I didn’t even see the third and fourth movie. I’m now 20 and I recently reread the trilogy and just finished the prequel. These books are so hard to read now because I can see past the romance and truly see how scary the world is and how much is at stake in Mockingjay. I absolutely love these books now and keep recommending friends to reread them so I can talk about them with people. Love the video!
when I first read the first book I hated peeta and thought he was a big threat in the beginning and thought he was just tricking her into getting him out. I can’t believe I thought that😂
I first read the Hunger Games trilogy when I was 10 and I could totally relate to your 17 year old self (I re-read it a couple of times in the same year too), but I didn't fully understand the truth and messages behind the words, like your younger self, I loved the sweet and romantic moments, often squealing from the adorableness. But I didn't see through the darkness and corruption of the stories. I knew what the concept of the games were, the slaughtering of children, but I never viewed the books as the dark and gruesome tale that it truely was. Now I am 14 and I just recently re-read the books for the first time in 4 years and I now begin to realize and analyze the deeper meanings and can understand the dept and darkness of the books (especially the war).
Was I the only person who thinks Rue was referring the slave era
I think the most scary part was thinking that if snow hadn’t surrendered they could have wiped out the human race
I first read them when I was 10(last year) and I re-read them agin this year and I realized so many things I didn't before. Its horrific but meaningful. And its like so symbolic to right now presntly
For every saying that Katniss was too "unlikeable" in the 3rd book, I think it's because she just went two death games and a literal war. I'm pretty sure that if you almost starved to death, had people trying to literally kill you, and witness your loved ones die, you'd be a little prickly too. Forget hormones, I think she's just got a case of 'I've just been through a war and my sister died'.
I first read it when I was 15 and it was a difficult read for me. I didn't even have the nerve to read it again until this year and I'm 22, and it was as difficult as before. I love those books I really love them with all my heart but they are a bit dark
There is a similar book series that also deals with trusting the government too much, this is extremely in your face and is not as hidden as the hunger games (James Patterson ,Crazy House)
I read the trilogy in my mid/late 20s, then I suggested the books to my mum and then finally my grandma. They both loved the series (and movies) as well. While the writing style and length of the novels is meant for people in their teens and 20s, I don't think it's so unusual to see people of all ages enjoying them.
I've read the original trilogy 5 times already and I'm so excited about the new book coming out!
There's so many theories, thoughts and expectations... I share some of mine on my channel.
Wait what??? There's a new book coming out?
I rage quit after Prim died
I’m 14 I read it and it’s fine unless you easily are unnerved but violence it should not be a issue
Agreed!
I first read it when I was 9 when it first came out (I’m 21 now) and it’s still so interesting, I notice new things every time I read any of the book in the series, they’re so complex and are much darker than they first seem.
Catching Fire is my favorite book in the series too! My family always says that they dont even remember that one, but for me, it just hit different.
I have to say that in this video I finally had an understanding of how old you are and I must say you look a lot younger than what you must be. Please don't take that as a negative in any way. I myself have been one of those people that have looked younger throughout my whole life and when you get to be my age (which is nigh away from 45), it will come in handy. My stepdaughter is now just reading The Hunger Games 1st book. She is mentally advanced for her age so yes, I am allowing her to read it at 11 years old. Also, I just discovered that there is a hunger games exhibit here in Las Vegas, Nevada where I live, down at one of the casinos!! I have begged my husband to take me in a couple weeks for my birthday. I'm just debating if I want to take my stepdaughter too since she has not seen the movies yet and is still only 3/4 of the way through the 1st book. Anyway, I thoroughly enjoy your channel although I don't know anything about video games lol. However, my stepdaughter loves Zelda and I think that I'm going to have her subscribe to your channel once she gets through all The Hunger Games books and movies.😉 Take care and God Bless!
I just brought them online cos the last time i read the hunger games 15 or 16 now im nearly 22 im gonna read them for second time and ive already got the sequel but i can't read it till ive reread the first previous books.im really looking forward to seeing it from a completely different perspective.honestly was the same i loved peeta i thought he was really sweet and i was very similar to him.
I watched the movies at 10! And read the books at 11! Like yes it’s a violent concept but it’s so deep and interesting that the dark concept didn’t bother me. I think it depends on your maturity level when you read it.
I first read the first book at the age of 11. I didn't understand the real meaning or the messages in the books. I reread the books over 4 times and when I first started reading the hunger games for the 5th time, I was 15 and I started understanding the book. I know I was/am very young to understand that but I am very into reading and I knew a lot about books. So I was able to read and understand it very easily aftee rereading it.
Recently read it at 14. It’s truly amazing. Mockingjay however was not as good as the first 2 books by any means (which are 10/10) but it’s still a solid 7. Idk why but it just never bothered me its violence and dark themes and story. Probably because I just couldn’t relate to Katniss at all in terms of what she had to go through
I’ve always thought the hunger games was a very brutal series. When it first came out my parents refused to let me read or watch it and I do understand why now that I’m older.
I do believe your point and it is honestly quite obvious if you think about it. However I believe that a large reason that we don’t take this story as seriously as we should due to the movies. Don’t get me wrong, the movies were a fantastic adaptation but because they aged up the characters so much, it took away from the horror of the games. Jennifer Lawrence was 22 in 2012, although she was an amazing actor and played katniss very well, I think because they didn’t get 16 year olds to play 16 year olds and so on, it took away from the terror of the story because they all look like adults. Amanda Stenburg ( who played rue) was 16! She was playing a 12 year old. I do get they wanted experienced actors and no one was at fault but it think they made it seem a little less terrible
Gregor the Overlander, by Suzanne Collins, is REALLY good. I would recommend it. She wrote it before The Hunger Games.
Really I might check it out
I'm 17, turning 18 soon, and I haven't read the books in a year or two, but started to see so many different things about the trilogy open up in the prequel that helped me piece together things I didn't understand yet, and just now starting to grasp as I learn but politics. It was so hard for me to read it because the themes are so unsettling and I see elements of Padem here in America.
Dude I’m 19
I first read the trilogy when I was 10-11 loved it and I’m currently re-reading now!
I read the trilogy for the first time when I was 12 or 13 and re-read the books several times up until the release of the last movie. It sort of scarred me seeing those traumatic moments all play out and I haven't touched the books since. As much as I want to have as much fun with a series I treasured so much the way it happened with the Twilight renaissance, I just can't bring myself to revisit THG too much, it is very dark and the ending is very bittersweet.
I always knew what the Hunger Games were but I never wanted to expose myself to it before I was actually able to understand the meaning of this book. I was helping at a school fundraiser and saw someone selling the books I bought them but didn't read them till 6 months later when I was 13-14. I'm happy I waited and I understood a lot. Even now everytime I reread the books I find more things I never noticed and am able to find more meaning to the books.
I'm still just a teen and am so excited in the future to understand more and more.
Dang, that's an intense introduction to this video. But totally appropriate for the rest of the video. I love it!
I do wish I could read the books. I had a really hard time with the writing style, and couldn't really get into the story because of it. Which makes me really sad! I've heard from multiple sources that they're phenomenal, and that I really should read them. But unfortunately I'm just going to have to stick to the movies. Which were also phenomenal, of course. Thanks for the share!
Sean Van I can understand that! It’s written how she thinks, which can be difficult for some. I don’t think the movies do too great a justice honestly, but they’re better than most book adaptations...except the first film imo lol
You could always try listening to the audio books. The narrators performances for audio books can really help you understand exactly what tones, emotions and meanings the author was trying to get across. The narrator for The Hunger Games is pretty good for what she's got to work with but is a little lacking in some characters voices, especially Peta's voice. She makes him sound sorta like he has a mental problem, as if he's kinda slow or something. In all, she does a good job though. I work completely alone at my job so I listen to a lot of audio books and discovered how amazing they are and how incredible some of the narrators are. It's like going on epic adventures in my head while I work lol
Honestly my first true, (actually reading and watching the series rather than getting the basics from passing comments and stuff like that), exposure to the story of the Hunger Games was Mocking Jay part 1, when my middle school class somehow convinced our small Christian Academy to let us go see the movie because we were “reading” it in class.
(I think I was 12-maybe 14....?..then....regardless it was in between that time frame.)
After that I watched the previous films and then Mocking Jay part 2 when it came out.
But I read the books in their entirety when on a family vacation in Georgia and boy did I love it.
Though it was one of the few series I’ve read, where I remember that I felt so shaken up and honestly scared to some extent when I finished it.
(It honestly reminded me of when I had previously read through the entire book of Revaluation in the Bible.....twice....back to back....because it was the topic of discussion and I was encouraged to read it and all.....)
It was put together so well and I ended up loving the movies more despite all their flaws.
Anyway......I like how realistic it is and that it doesn’t sauger coat anything.
It was quite the story and one I still love.
Also great video!
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I so agree with you! It was terrifyingly true as how evil the government can get with too more power over its peoole. That is far from fiction! Such an amazing series!
Compared to the other YA dystopian books it inspired (i.e. Divergent and The Maze Runner), The Hunger Games has been standing the test of time rather well. :)
I read these when I was 12 (i still am) and I now realized how much I missed
I think if you liked them the first time you read them I truly think you would benefit from rereading them in a couple of years. I hated them the first time I read them when I was 12 but now as a 20 year old, rereading them for the first time is truly amazing. I'm so engulfed in the story and in how the world came to be this way. You will keep on missing things especially when you reread them in your teens but as you get older you will discover new things again and again. So don't worry about missing things. I missed a lot of it when I read them for the first time too.
I read the full trilogy for my first time at 20 after being suggested to me by my at the time girlfriend. Now with Ballad and Snakes under my belt I do plan on reading the trilogy again to also put the information from Ballad into context. I just finished a rewatching of the films today.
Want to get through Cursed though before that drops to Netflix.
I readed trilogy first time when i was 10 (yeah 10) and i still loved it
I first read it last year when I was twelve. I’ve re read some of it and I’m currently re reading The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes and watching all the movies with my mom. I love THG
Wow. For some reason I thought we were both the same age or close to it! (I’m 17)
I guess you’re quite ahead of me... 😅
Well, great video. I totally understand why your views of this series changed.
and now in august 2020 the US is getting closer to panem than ever before.....
I’m twelve and i recently first read it and I thought I understood the book and now I’m questioning everything about the book
I read the first book around 6th grade for the pizza book club and I'm very sure if I read it now as a 24 year old the themes of the book and the movies would hit me a lot harder. I'm from a small community in the Appalachian foothills and now live in Kentucky, Middle School Mac was just happy and absolutely over the moon with the idea of a competent, tough Appalachian as the main character in a popular book when a lot of the time it's the exact opposite
Think about North Corea and the hunger people feel there. The Hunger Games is not a far reality. It kinda already happens.
But we already kind of like that with the election in 2016 and the consequences of unchecked power
You mean the fraud election of 2020😉 We leave our differences at that, shall we.
Love your take on this and I totally agree with a lot of what you said!
You just knew that the hunger games is dark?
I get to watch hunger games when I was 9 and already knew it was dark I don't know that there's a hunger games book but when I watched the hunger my thoughts were why thesee kids (The hunger games) kill each other and it's sad that no one can stop the games
I just mean I realized it was far deeper and darker than just "kids killing kids." There's far more to it than that, but my 16 year old brain didn't quite grasp that yet cause I had not experienced the real world.
@@TheGeekApprentice facts like the prostitution about the winning tributes and how they are still a slave to Snow there's a lot of things that are way too dark in the hunger games
Her: finding the Hunger Games difficult to read
Me : try reading the husky and his white cat Shizhun.
I definitely agree that the world of the hunger games is really not far off the world today - the nation of panem simply being a microcosm of global society as a whole. You can really start to understand this if you think of the whole of western europe/north america as being like the capitol - we all live relitavely priveliged lives never need to worry about not having enough to eat and just like the citizens of the capitol many ppls lives are consumed by silly materialistic consumerism like fashion trends ect. Poor nations like africa, the middle east , india and south east asia being like the districts - ppl in these countries live an almost slave like existence paid tiny amounts often to provide resources for the rich western countries all contributing to the consumerist lives we lead. Countries like china are almost exactly like panem - incredibly authoritarian government run by a single party that maintains a tight grip on power through intensive control of information and total surveillance of its citizens using facial recognition cameras almost everywhere that use AI algorithms to constantly monitor ppl movements.. ect .. china has become the cheap labour source of the world with the elite at the top basically getting rich off the backs of millions of ppl basically working in sweatshops and factories producing clothes and goods which can be sold to the west cheaply .. the big american companies that use china as a source of cheap labour sort of turn a blind eye to how the whole thing is managed as long as they can make money.. So yeh the world is like the hunger games world but the reason most ppl dont realise it is because they are already living in the capitol and not living in africa south america or the middle east.. the US even sends its army all over the world to these poorer countries (there are like hundreds of us army bases all round the world) under the pretext of the world needing its presence to maintaini 'peace'... sounds very similar to the idea of peacekeepers doesnt it...
Your comment is golden and needs more likes !! Yes everywhere USA has army bases in the name of helping these third world countries is exactly like peacekeepers 🤯
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I had my texts on. When she said:
"Oh yay, Peeta and Katniis together" my texts writed: "oh yay, peanut and Katniss togethee".
But seriously, I'm 12 years old, I've read Hunger Games, I mean it affected me but I'm sure that in few years if I read Hunger Games again, I will feel really amazed.
I've also read the balladi of snakes and songbirds. It didn't really hit me, and now I get it why. But if I'll read it again in ten years, I really hope I can feel the book, the songs, the love.
I'm sad since i was born in 2005 I didn't know there were books so I watched the movies first D: and like I didn't know since like 4th or 5th grade D:
I watched the first movie, then read the first book, then watched the second and third movie, and then after a couple of years I decided to basically binge them over the course of two days. Now, 9 years after I read the first book, I'm finally reading all the books and annotating them and writing reviews for them. I'm halfway through the last book. For me it was just a matter of giving it more time, they skip over so much detail in the movies so just because you watched them first doesn't take anything away from the books in my opninion.
"I resisted because I kinda thought it was just gonna be no different than the Twilight saga... you know, some [...] story with no real depth".
If you allow me to be a nuisance one last time, my Christmas wish this year is that you blindly watch the Avatar animated series... From watching your videos I know it's perfect for you. I won't insist again, but if you ever do watch it you'll see why I think it's right up your alley, it's not what it looks like, and it's definitely not anime, it's a western cartoon, I know you'll love it. Welp, I wont bring it up again ;)
I agree. I think you'd like it, Ilia. Also, this reminds me, I really need to rewatch the series lol
Heyyyy! I just found your channel yesterday and watched a few videos, but the was the first. (I also subscribed) I was just wondering if you were going to make a reaction video in May for The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. I just recently read the whole Hunger Games trilogy, and I have yet to watch the movies (but I really want to!!!) and I'm super excited for this new prequel lol.
I read it at age 10- one of my favorite series ever. Still is, and I watched the movies a few years later- and one of my favorites movies too.
Oh my god I love your voice no accent or anything
At first I didn't like Mockingjay. However, having grown with age and knowledge I understood more on the writing of the books. Just like you Geek Apprentice, I truly wouldn't appreciate the complexities of the final book of the trilogy until later on.
I have been binging your videos I love them all omg
I’m a die hard Twilight fan my mom is a Twilight fan but she enjoys the hunger games like me
I saw the movie when I was 11 I read the books when I was 12. Now I’m 19 and I don’t know if I read it again I will find it different
I just read the books and watched the movies for the first time but im 16 and I absolutely love it. I can't wait for the new book to come out tomorrow
Such a good review! Good job!
I hate the fact that they didn't even mention peeta losing his leg on the 74th hunger games in the movies 5:49
I read them at 11 and I knew all the meanings of everything.
*knew
@@greenleyg9373 thanks
Okay?? Lmao
I read them at twelve and I died
I read them when I was still in the womb
*Starts crying whenever she mentions Cinna*
I read them when I was 11, the only one I couldn’t read for a while was MockingJay.
I was about 13 years old and i knew it but now reading the prequel, it reminds me of now and that’s scary
Is it really scary? I’m 12 years old and I’m thinking of buying the books but after seeing this I’m kind of not sure if I want to anymore.
Ok, I think probably will. Quarantine is driving me crazy and this could be a really good and fun way to pass time.
Rue is twelve too so you'll be fine.
Well.. I mean she was twelve. When she was alive.
I’m 12 and I read it this year. 10/10 series. I would totally recommend it. The violence didn’t really bother me either
I read it when I was 10 🤷♂️😂 I kinda got what it was trying to say but again... I was 10!!
Geek Apprentice, you said at the end you’d never think the idea of the movies could come true and I’m wondering if you still think that same way? For me, I’d say I don’t think that they could “never” be a reality bc just like the capitol erased history that is slowly starting to happen in the world. Tearing down statues, removing parts of schools bc of “offensive” names, changing science to fit narratives. Sadly to me, things are only pointing in the direction of this dystopian world, and we need some serious rocking to get it turned around. Bc you said if we keep learning from our past which means learning from our mistakes. We aren’t allowed to do that anymore bc things like the horrors of the civil war and slavery will soon be forgotten as all the statues of figureheads from the war are being removed. We are nearing an age where generations will never know that there was once slavery and that brave men had to fight to end it. Maybe people will think of the idea of slavery and start it up again not knowing what devastation it caused in the past. It’s truly scary the amount of information we are throwing out the window
I watched them when I was 8 now I’m reading the books I’m 10 in a few weeks I’ll be 11and obsessed with the hunger games
First read the trilogy and prequel at 30 (this year)🤣🤣. However, i've been watching the movies at the very least, once a year since I was 23.
As a Twilight fan I forgive you
I just love your videos!!! ❤
I read them at 11 and they were not that dark just the deaths of prim canna Finnic and rue
Excellent analysis !
I first read the Hunger Games Trilogy when I was 10.......
literally read it when i was 11 and understood all of it
The moment when you have read it 3 times-
14:45 in the words of Eren Yeager...
I hope u know that there is a new book
I have several videos about it:)
Dat Game of Thrones influence.
So I’m 11.......... and I read the books when I was 10...........
Stella Bella ok? Did anyone ask
Read the books first before seeing the movies.
I am 12 I read the books a year ago I re read the hunger games book 3 times the second and third time I skipped the first 2 chapters but yeah I love the books I think the first book is a good reread able I think it is different for catching fire and mockingjay but they are good books it’s just I can’t reread them I tried
Cinna's a saint ;]
I just finished the book 📚 mockingjay and I’m 12
Oh to be this idealistic about our country (LOL)
Oh 4 th one you'll get a kick
You need to work on your thumbnails if you want to get to 1M subs, everything else is pretty decent
I read it when I was 10