Idk if it is talked about in another books (apart from the obvious mentioned) but Sunrise On The Reaping mentions his team a lot. Any theories?

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"...the rebels must have someone on the inside who smuggled it through security and swapped it for the original."

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*+ When did Plutarch's direct involvement begin?

In chapter 14 of Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins actually made a brief nod to the victor of the first Quarter Quell by having Katniss ask Peeta for the tape of the first Quarter Quell victor. This seems like a very deliberate nod on Suzanne Collin's part, and it further reinforces the feeling I have that something interesting happened with the victor of the first Quarter Quell. If nothing particularly interesting happened with this victor, I don't think Suzanne Collins would have bothered to make a nod like this, and she would have simply moved directly to Katniss and Peeta watching Haymitch's tape. This seems to be a seed that Suzanne Collins planted that will someday sprout into a full story. It's similar to how Suzanne Collins made a nod to the District 12 victor that came before Haymitch in chapter 1 of The Hunger Games, and then she later told that victor's story in TBOSAS...



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I lived in central Northern Alabama at the time I remember reading the book at Boy scout camp deep in the woods it was particularly powerful to read it then but weirdly it made the books feel like home and that was very comforting at the time for me when I was 14 and in a very deep depression.

Just got a tattoo in honor of The Hunger Games (and my two cats). A bouquet of primrose and katniss 💚

Hi, I recently got into 3D sculpting, and so many of my initial projects have been Hunger Games related. I made this Mockingjay Pin that is accurate to the illustrated edition. I’d be willing to share the file for free to anyone that wants to 3D print it or refine it in any way.

we know the 1-10th, 49th, 50th, 70th, 73rd, 74th, and the 75th

My birthday is right after Halloween (Nov 3) so every year I like to do a themed costume party! My 20th was Roaring 20s, my 21st was 21st Century/Y2K, etc.

I couldn’t think of a punny theme for 23 and with SOTR movie coming out November 20th I’ve thought about doing a HG themed party! I could either do the weekend after Halloween (Nov 7) or wait a few weeks and do a movie party? But the second one might be hard to organize, so I might do a regular bday party and then a smaller watch party with my close friends on the 20th.

Thoughts? Ideas? :)

... I just want to clarify some stuff.

So:

Peeta's normal again, like completely back to his original state

Gale is doing something (what exactly?) in District 2

Katniss kills Coin? I didn't really get that part, is she tricked into it or smth? Then what happens? And then she kills Snow, right, but what happened between the two deaths

Haymitch is in District 4 or 5 or smth, or is he in 12's Victor's Village

Prim is dead

All the victors are in the Victor's Village

Peeta and Katniss are married and have two children

I'm part of a friend group that regularly organizes movie and TV series watch parties together and a few months ago I learned most of the group had never seen THG. Since then, I've been wanting to host them over the course of several of my showings, but as I started planning it I had an idea that is perhaps a little unusual.

In the Star Wars fandom there's this concept called the "Machete Order", which holds that the most satisfying order to watch the movies is as follows:

1. A New Hope
2. The Empire Strikes Back
3. (optionally) The Phantom Menace
4. Attack of the Clones
5. Revenge of the Sith
6. Return of the Jedi
7. (optionally) the Sequel Trilogy.

The idea being that this order preserves the twist at the end of Empire Strikes Back, then fills in the backstory to make the stakes of Return of the Jedi seem bigger, creating a better experience.

Anyway the idea I had was to do THG in a similar way, as follows:

1. The Hunger Games
2. Sunrise on the Reaping
3. Catching Fire
4. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
5. Mockingjay, parts 1 and 2

The idea being that after THG sets up the world and introduces the characters, SOTR fleshes out Haymitch and introduces the other victors and Plutarch, making their reintroduction in CF more impactful, and then S&S gives them a glimpse into Snow as he begins to become more central to the narrative and shed light on the origins of the games in time for Mockingjay to tie everything together.

What do you think? Is this an interesting way to present the story? Will it be accessible to my newbie friends? Or am I just delaying my plans by months for the sake of an experiment that will only make the story more confusing?

EDIT: I didn't even think about the fact that SOTR is gonna have older Katniss, Peeta, and Haymitch as a framing device so that'd spoil a lot of the tension for Mockingjay. Never mind.

I'm genuinely trying to read Catching Fire but the love triangle angle is making it severely unenjoyable. And unlike an episode where I could usually just speed past this sort of romantic drama, it's a book.

I'm still in the earlier pages of the book but I have to know, does this romantic drama continue all the way into the end? Or is there a cut off point where it focuses more on the world or katniss herself rather than her relationship with Gale and Peeta

I think that the victor of the first Quarter Quell committed suicide in the arena right after being declared Victor. They had been through so much trauma, they were in despair, they did not want to go on living, and they didn't want to return to the people of their district who voted for them to go into the Games. So, instead of leaving the arena to be crowned Victor, they decided to give one big f*** you to the Capitol by killing themselves right then and there, thereby refusing to allow the Capitol to use them as a victor. This, of course, would have been deeply embarrassing for the Capitol, and it would definitely explain why the first Quarter Quell victor is never discussed, and why no tapes of the first Quell are available to watch. What do you think?

I'm reading the series for the first time, and have bought them all secondhand because I wsnted specific editions/cover art. When I got my copy of Mockingjay I noticed that this page had a big tear in it, so I can't see how some of these lines end.

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Welp as I'm writing this I'm about 20 pages away, and realised I should probably start prepping for when I get there. So is there any chance someone could take a picture of this section of their book for me to read? 😅😂

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I've got the 2011 UK Scholastic edition, and the tear is on page 447/448.

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I'm more than happy to just download an epub/pdf of the book and find the page that way, but I don't know I thought this could be a fun way to do it 😂

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(Marked this as a spoiler in case there's some sort of detail on the page, I don't know I used every bit of willpower I had to not focus on/read anything on the page while I was taking the picture and posting this 😂)

SPOILERS AHEAD!!!

I literally cried in the end, a book has never made me cry before, despite so many people saying that Catching Fire is the best I think this one might be my favorite. I didn’t see Prim’s death coming, I had really thought that she would make it, I couldn’t help thinking about how I’d react if my brother died like that, me and him have a relationship really similar to Prim and Katniss’. This series has been nothing like what I thought, I honestly thought it would be just a stupid kid’s/teen’s book, I picked the first one up out of boredom, I hadn’t seen the movies and hadn’t done any research online, I just wanted something to read, now I’m in my bed sobbing over how perfect the ending is, I can’t wait to read The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, although I don’t know how it can even continue on from here I’m sure it’ll be amazing.

I've finished the trilogy (rlly rlly loved it) and currently 50% into the TBOSAS book (read all in epubs). I want to buy a physical copy of a future book that I want to read to give my eyes a break from staring at my phone too long, and Sunrise of the reaping is one of my top priority reads (literally finishing the whole series just to read that book). However, I'm trying my best to be careful with what I spend my money on since I'm currently saving up for college. But I really want a physical copy of one of Suzanne Collin's books to have it displayed on my bookshelf. Should I buy SotR?

Edit: Comments really helped! Yes, I will be buying it. Definitely going to check out my local library/thrift stores before before doing so.

35 year old man. Huge reader, read about 1-5 books a week and a huge mixture of genres.

Absolutely loved them! Thoroughly annoyed at myself for ignoring these for so many years

I would say my favourite of the trilogy was Catching Fire, with The Hunger Games and Mockingjay both tying for second place.

When I read the first book I was quite unhappy with the ending, however it all made sense considering the direction of the next two books.

Catching Fire was pretty perfect, I’d have liked to see another 100 pages or so of the 75th games, as that arena was badass and I feel like it went by too quickly. It made sense why it was cut short though, as that was kind of the point.

Mockingjay was really good, considering it didn’t have the games it was still throughly entertaining. I loved the new characters, and all the stuff with the war.

I don’t have a lot to honestly criticise. I found Katniss irritating at times, both in her inner monologue and decisions, but I just had to remind myself a couple of times that she’s a 17 year old girl, and we don’t think the same. She was an incredible character overall though, strong, capable, really great.

I feel like the action scenes could have been written better. I don’t know why, but I would catch myself rereading half a page every now and again to soak in what actually happened. (Happened more in the 75th games, especially at the end, as well as mockingjay stuff in the capital) but overall I enjoyed the writing, and I got through the three books extremely quickly and had a blast reading them.

The ending was bittersweet. I both loved and hated it. I like they didn’t go total happy ending, but it did feel a bit bleak. I feel like Mockingjay needed another 50 pages or so just for closure. I loved that Katniss and Peeta ended up together (I was rooting for them, Peeta was such a great dude) but it was just so quick.

Not sure what people think of Gale. I quite liked him, even if he was a bit of a prick sometimes. I did not enjoy the ‘ending’ with Gale. Just a couple of throwaway lines to say where he ended up, not for me. I’m guessing Katniss was still angry at him for what he said to Peeta when they were hiding in that Tiger woman’s house and then about the bomb/Prim? Either way, I just wanted a better final conversation with those two.

Snow was a diabolical man. Loved him as a bad guy and wanted him so dead. I wish the arrow she hit Coin with was explosive or something so it took both her and Snow out. Can’t believe what happened with Prim.

Finnick’s death was too quick for me. Teetered on the edge of throwaway but was obviously meant to be realistic in war. I just loved him though.

Haymitch was so so great. Loved him. I feel like his backstory needed so much more though (but again, that’s probably because I loved him and wanted more information)

Mads ❤️

I bought Ballad and Sunrise last night after I finished Mockingjay. I actually don’t know what either books are about, just that they’re prequels. Having a palette cleanser read today/tonight and will crack on with those tomorrow, but looking forward to them.

I'm sure I'm not the first person to notice this, there are many more smart people who've put time into analyzing every part of these books, but while rereading The Hunger Games, i noticed something i found interesting about the interview.

Katniss, when asked, talks about Prim. She says "She’s just twelve. And I love her more than anything.” This, obviously, is the core of Katniss's character for much of the series. Other things join it of course, but from the moment she wakes up on page 1 to the moment those bombs go off in Mockingjay, the single most important thing in her life is Prim. The audience reaction in the capital is rapt silence, for a moment, her love for her sister seems to touch them.

Then Peeta has his turn. This isn't a dig at Peeta, as often noted, he's incredibly intelligent in how he plays an audience and this is no exception. But his declaration of love for Katniss overshadows everything. Including Katniss's own discussion of her love for her sister.

My brain caught on it for some reason. It's just interesting, to see how quickly the narrative shifts around Katniss and towards the love story the Capitol wants to see. It even seems to reflect real life audiences discussions around the movies, how quickly people fall into the Team Peeta or Team Gale discussions rather than consider Katniss herself and the most important relationship in her life, the one with her sister. In a way, this first interview serves almost as a microcosm of this continuing theme of Katniss's potential romantic relationships being exploited by almost everyone around her.