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murderpigeonsgobump's review against another edition
1.0
There is so much bad about this book it’s hard to find a place to start. The writing itself is pretty terrible, there’s so much repetition and the author directly addresses the audience and makes assumptions about their views, the whole thing reads like it was written by a middle schooler. The book also isn’t even about the Hunger Games, the author just rambles about vaguely related topic in far too much detail about things such as the nature of evil, what exactly the body does when it’s starving and how to use a variety of weapons. When the Hunger Games is brought up, the author will recap briefly and then make the stupidest comments that make me wonder if she has thought about the book once. My favorite example being the quote “For example, when the Gamemakers drool over feasting on a roasted pig, in a grand show of rebellious behavior, she shoots an arrow into the pig’s mouth. What a great moment in the book! Absolutely superb!” (pg 97). This isn’t even getting into the amount of times where the information in this book is just flat out wrong.
hollyj13's review against another edition
2.0
This book is not what I thought it was going to be at all. I expected it to further explain aspects of the Hunger Games trilogy. It did do this but it put them into today's society. It also was very similar to a textbook. I learned how to basically construct a nuclear bomb and how to properly throw a knife.
zbookandtea's review against another edition
2.0
It was confusing at times and was hard to understand on a middle school level. She went WAY to much into explaining things and it got boring.
avafritsch's review against another edition
It was not what I expected it to be. Unfortunately it seemed dated, but it has been over a decade since the Hunger Game Trilogy came out.
cityofstarlight_library's review against another edition
1.0
I couldn't finish it. Not what I thought when I brought it and found it very disappointing. Not a huge amount of it was actually about The Hunger Games, alot of history and comparisons to our world. Don't waste your time and money!
skyhazzard's review against another edition
1.0
I couldn't bring myself to finish this book. I got so incredibly bored. It's too much like a history class to me and I didn't pay attention in history, I zoned out and slept.
It's a good book if you want to learn all the different things that make up the Hunger Games: could the Hunger Games really happen, hunger in the world, repressive regimes and rebellions throughout time, weapons (which I still might check out cause that part sounds interesting), myths, gladiators, ect.
It's just not the book for me.
It's a good book if you want to learn all the different things that make up the Hunger Games: could the Hunger Games really happen, hunger in the world, repressive regimes and rebellions throughout time, weapons (which I still might check out cause that part sounds interesting), myths, gladiators, ect.
It's just not the book for me.
callsignsongbird's review against another edition
4.0
Read the twilight one and loved it. I loved this one all the same.
theincrediblesulk's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 ☆'s.
Though this book started off really interesting, it does not live up to its promises. The title, The Hunger Games Companion, i found was misleading as it was more a look into how there are pieces of The Hunger Games prevalent in our society even today. It was very interesting, no doubt, to see how certain elements of Panem might have been inspired, the chapter on Reality TV being one noteworthy example, as well as the scores of repressive regimes.
Parts of it were intriguing reads, while others dragged and became repetitive especially the ones guilty of overexplaining... like the details on weapons or water purification that had little to do with the Hunger Games or the plot itself. Perhaps if they had more to do with the characters of the book itself and their roles, i would have been more absorbed by them. As it was I found myself skimming through some of the later chapters as the details became more than I really wanted or needed. Sometimes its okay to let a fantasy story blur some of the detail and let you draw your own conclusions.
I will say however the portion of Appendix A: end-of-world scenarios which referred to pandemics and biological warfare struck a little too close to home (considering the state of the world right now).
In conclusion, I'd say this read was an interesting reminder that humans are capable of terrible acts of nightmarish proportions not just now, but throughout history. Each era of time had its own set of challenges and horrific events, to the extent that even YA and its villains are plausible enough. It does not delve with as much depth into THG or its characters as i would have expected or liked, but is a decent read.
Though this book started off really interesting, it does not live up to its promises. The title, The Hunger Games Companion, i found was misleading as it was more a look into how there are pieces of The Hunger Games prevalent in our society even today. It was very interesting, no doubt, to see how certain elements of Panem might have been inspired, the chapter on Reality TV being one noteworthy example, as well as the scores of repressive regimes.
Parts of it were intriguing reads, while others dragged and became repetitive especially the ones guilty of overexplaining... like the details on weapons or water purification that had little to do with the Hunger Games or the plot itself. Perhaps if they had more to do with the characters of the book itself and their roles, i would have been more absorbed by them. As it was I found myself skimming through some of the later chapters as the details became more than I really wanted or needed. Sometimes its okay to let a fantasy story blur some of the detail and let you draw your own conclusions.
I will say however the portion of Appendix A: end-of-world scenarios which referred to pandemics and biological warfare struck a little too close to home (considering the state of the world right now).
In conclusion, I'd say this read was an interesting reminder that humans are capable of terrible acts of nightmarish proportions not just now, but throughout history. Each era of time had its own set of challenges and horrific events, to the extent that even YA and its villains are plausible enough. It does not delve with as much depth into THG or its characters as i would have expected or liked, but is a decent read.
bookishbookseller's review against another edition
1.0
I couldn't finish it. Not what I thought when I brought it and found it very disappointing. Not a huge amount of it was actually about The Hunger Games, alot of history and comparisons to our world. Don't waste your time and money!