I don’t have the internal narration, voice in my head, or whatever it is that most other people seem to experience when reading. I read quickly, I guess, but my retention suffers. The details of a book leave my brain when I’m done reading it, ha ha!

I love both Hunger Games and the Eragon/Inheritance series too ! Can't wait to re-read both.

Where do you live where the library has extremely limited hours?

There has been a huge increase in standardized testing from a very early age in a lot of countries across the developed world, so while I don’t actually know how reading is taught in different countries, it’s possible that part of the problem is similar.

Either five stars or nothing, and I tend to give five stars to less well-known authors, to try and support them somewhat. I find other ratings problematic, because I'm never going to finish a sub-4 book, and I suspect that my four stars would be more a reflection of my own biases than an actual, "objective" rating. Five stars, on the other hand, are a straightforward recommendation, so I'm good with that.

I'm looking forward to hopefully reading it over the summer. Snow was one of my favorite characters and I think a whole book dedicated to his early years sounds neat!

Ikr this is the first I'm reading these books aren't dark?! The one thing I will describe them as is dark. There is a dark undertone running through the entire series when you read it. The background music score captures that very well in the film adaptation too.

My now-10 year old reads a lot so 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

If you read, your kid probably will want to, too.

If you want a great example of how to establish your main character in a complex setting while driving you straight into the plot, all in 12 pages, read the HG first book, first chapter. It gets you into the world and action faster than books I've seen start in medias re (even decent ones).

YA and youth writing, when it's good, is excellent instructional material for learning essential brevity and active pacing. (The other things on that vein that I'd say is useful to practice with are soeechwriting, screenwriting, and newspaper journalistic writing -- all with some guidance, of course.)

I read fast enough for my own taste (I’ve never tested it—the big hurdle is finding time to read but I don’t think I’m much above or below average) and I like that I have an internal narrator! I’ve spent a lot of time reading poetry in French, Latin, and Greek and think that good writing should be “heard,” if that makes sense. I write casually and will delete if something would be difficult or awkward to say out loud, and I have to assume at least some of the people I am reading do the same. Good prose requires a good ear.

That's great. The book isn't advertised for children, it's advertised for teenagers and adults.

[removed]

I feel like THG would have been better if Katniss wasn't the protag the entirety of the trilogy. It would have been great if Haymitch or Johanna or Finnick had gotten some POV chapters.

Yeah, this one got a laugh out of me. Like some teenager's literary curiosity is killed for life, all because they couldn't read The Atlantic for free.

Redditors love bitching about paywalls because they are the exact people discussed in this article: they don't value quality writing or journalism, so the idea of paying for it is completely absurd to them.

The most popular book of a period of time stretching from 2007-2015, the definer of an entire subgenre, four high budget blockbuster movies, an obsessive fanbase at the time that it was popular, and not even close to the amount of backlash that other series like twilight or divergent have gotten.

Seems underrated.

The prequel is not bad but it is more psychological in some ways

I found the first two books engaging and fun to read; enjoyed the final one less for reasons some people have already commented on, though not to the point that I had to force myself to finish, just had to push through certain slow or filler sections. The best book imho was the prequel - the ballad of songbirds and snakes. She really did a great job of tricking you into routing for character development from a character you know doesn’t develop in that way.

Ultimately I think some people work too hard to dismiss popular fiction because it’s popular or easier to read.

Reading requires effort and concentration and most kids lack both qualities.

Kids aren’t really falling in love with reading because of less free time, technology, and being forced to read stuff they don’t want to

Strange books these days.

Because I don’t believe it adds to the depth of the depiction. If we want a more realistic name, would we get the backstory to that? Would it really add to anything or would it even be worth the effort or make sense to get a backstory to it? I don’t think it would.

[removed]

Yeah I’m with you on the 3 star rating, I definitely wouldn’t recommend someone a 3* book

[removed]

Sort of similar to the way you do it, but with exceptions. I rate my books a little harshly at times, so I rarely have 5 star reads. I don't rate them objectively, it's irrelevant how well written a book is if I hated it. My ratings are purely my enjoyment of it

5 = all time new fave, really affected me emotionally

4 = quality book, will definitely reread, just not in the top 10%

3 = I liked it, but not as memorable or interesting as I'd have wanted

2 = kinda bad, but there was something redeemable that kept it from being a 1

1 = I literally despise this book and enjoyed nothing