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murderpigeonsgobump's review against another edition
2.0
Pretty much just a recap of the movie with a lot of pictures, there wasn’t any new information besides some mildly interesting Suzanne Collins quotes.
annettebooksofhopeanddreams's review against another edition
3.0
I don't even remember when I bought this book. A very long time ago, I guess. But this month I'm trying to clean out my TBR, I read this book on the bus to work this morning. I didn't even make it to the train station with it, because it was more picture than text, but as a short introduction to the Hunger Games world it actually manages to summarize the world and the book quite well.
The book presents a mixture of the story we see in the movie, the extra storylines we get in the book and the views and meanings from Collins behind her writing and world. What I like is how the book clearly explains the roots of this story (in ancient Rome, Greece and the contemporary reality shows we all watch) and that it's not even a far stretch from where we are today, although some people might feel it is.
For me the text sometimes was a little too simple, almost phrased like a children's book and the pictures and the text didn't always completely line up. But it's a nice little booklet to have on the shelf with the rest of my collection.
The book presents a mixture of the story we see in the movie, the extra storylines we get in the book and the views and meanings from Collins behind her writing and world. What I like is how the book clearly explains the roots of this story (in ancient Rome, Greece and the contemporary reality shows we all watch) and that it's not even a far stretch from where we are today, although some people might feel it is.
For me the text sometimes was a little too simple, almost phrased like a children's book and the pictures and the text didn't always completely line up. But it's a nice little booklet to have on the shelf with the rest of my collection.
floralfox's review against another edition
2.0
I read this digitally on my Paperwhite so I wasn’t mesmerized by photos or photo quality. It was a quick read, which I did because I’m teaching a Dystopian Film elective course. I was able to grab a couple quotes that I can use to probe my students’ thinking, but wish it had more behind-the-scenes info about the author’s, director’s, and costume department’s choices. This felt pretty surface level, but then again, it only took about 15 minutes to read.
zbookandtea's review against another edition
3.0
It was okay, but I basically already knew everything in it. It was mostly pictures. Some of them were interesting and others I had seen before. It was a super duper uper quick read.
sqeeker's review against another edition
4.0
- This is a companion book for the movie.
- I already knew most of it, but it did have some fun new facts from the author in it. I really like where the name Panem came from! It is so fitting!
- The book is filled with great pictures from the movie. I got to look at the different scenes and moments for longer than a split second.
- Sometimes Peeta looks hot and other times he is eh.
- This made me REALLY excited for the Catching Fire movie!! SQUEE!!
- This also brought back memories of the first time I met some of my favorite blogger people!
- I think this is a worthwhile read for Hunger Game fans.
- I already knew most of it, but it did have some fun new facts from the author in it. I really like where the name Panem came from! It is so fitting!
- The book is filled with great pictures from the movie. I got to look at the different scenes and moments for longer than a split second.
- Sometimes Peeta looks hot and other times he is eh.
- This made me REALLY excited for the Catching Fire movie!! SQUEE!!
- This also brought back memories of the first time I met some of my favorite blogger people!
- I think this is a worthwhile read for Hunger Game fans.
jennifermreads's review against another edition
1.0
Disappointing. There wasn’t anything new in this volume and the snapshots from the movie were not even really ones I was excited to see. I continue to long to see the parade costumes from the non-District-12 tributes. This is purely a companion book and not a movie guide. In comparing it to the Twilight movie companion books, this falls far, far short; at least those books provided insight into the filming process and actors’ thoughts. All-in-all, I’m super glad I didn’t buy this and it isn’t even one I would encourage HG fans to borrow much less buy.