Well, I liked Harry Potter and I even liked the first book Twilight so there you go. I have no idea whether you'd like this one or not, Holby.
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I suspect you'll like it, though.
Teremia, I too have read a piece about the movie-makers' struggle to translate the violence to the movie in a sensitive manner that doesn't traumatize all the young viewers but all the same doesn't remove the punch of the book. I read that they've done it with editing--the camera doesn't linger, it's seen in quick flashes, etc. Since I'm taking my 11 year old, I'm glad that it seems like (from the movie reviews) they've handled it pretty well.
Interestingly, the author's father was in the military, and he was in Vietnam (I think?) Her father also took his children around various battle sites. She grew up informed of war and of the effects of war on people. So I think that her depiction of some of the reactions of Katniss to what she had been through, is informed by this exposure she had as a kid.
Well, it seems almost a given at this point that we're going to see the second and third books translated to the movie screen, so it'll be interesting to see how that works out. I do think the first book has most of the punch, but I like the interesting set up between spoiler/
District 13 and the Capitol, how the two are opposed in every superficial way but underneath are a lot alike /spoiler.