I liked both but they are very different beasts: The Hunger Games is a Y/A-crossover work of dystopic realism while the Harry Potter series begins with books for 8-12ers that become Y/A by the time the series ends; throughout, the Potter books are flat-out fantasy. The two series don’t really don’t have much in common other than their immense popularity. I’m glad you enjoyed at least one of them.
Hunger Games! I’ve already read it and loved it.
I also read Harry Potter and loved it, but my husband thought Harry Potter was just okay. If I can stay married to him after his crazy-ass declaration, I suppose I can manage to continue liking you after yours. 😉
I’ve not read either.
I know.
It’s a bit of a self-righteous protest against the overcommercialization of kids lit. (I told you it was self-righteous.)
I will have to read it at some point (much to the chagrin of my very conservative relatives) so I can discuss it intelligently with the boys when they read it.
I was looking at the cellulite cover yesterday and all I could think was “who gives a flying fig?”
What Sue said. I loved Harry Potter because it was good fun. I loved the Hunger Games because it was something a little more, in both story and character. You’re allowed to have an opinion — I actually think reading it and not liking it is a better protest than just refusing to read it. Sometimes over-commercialized stuff is crap and sometimes it’s just over-commercialized.
I don’t do post-apocalyptic anything, so I’ve no interest in The Hunger Games. Also the last 2 really popular books I read were both HORRIBLE: Twilight and The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.
Hope you’re soon feeling better, having a cold is no fun at all!! I’m participating in the Canadian Charisma blog hop and I’m now your newest follower of your great site. Hope you have a chance to check out my blog, have a look around and maybe follow me back!!
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I hope you feel better soon. I promise not to make any comment about your dislike of Harry Potter.
LisaDay
My friends have subjected me to twilight novels…psha if you can even call that shit a novel. Three pages in I wanted to claw my eyes out and I didn’t even have a head cold. Oh le sigh
I LOVED Hunger Games – all 3 of them in fact. I also have to admit that I love Harry Potter & the Twilight series.
One thing that really stood out for me about Hunger Games was how horrified I was by what was going on in the book, and in turn, by how fascinated I was by it all!
Great, easy, fun read, for sure!