VLOG: things i noticed while rereading the hunger games | reading vlog + discussion

[@hannah.kate.n]

This is so funny, I just re-read the Hunger Games last week. The biggest thing I forgot before I re-read it was how great of a character Peeta is? Don't get me wrong, Josh Hutcherson is a great Peeta, but in the book he's so much more sarcastic and clever and witty. In the movie he comes off as more of an injured puppy, but in the book he's actually doing much more strategy than Katniss and he shows more rebellion against the capitol than Katniss does. It was funny how much I forgot about him because of the movies.

[@lucamara6424]

I knoww! As someone who has only read the books, I love the character😁 Kind of sad that people don’t recognize it as much Bc of the movies😅

[@All-ze9cl]

i agree, but hes not doing more strategy tan katniss. She does much more than him in the arena

[@isabellas5447]

I watched the the first 3 movies before reading the books then rewatched those 3 movies and finally the last one. Before i read the books i was rooting for gale over peeta because peeta ready did come off as an injured puppy in the movies😭 ive grown to love it tho

[@elenathegreat]

I just reread the Hunger Games too for the first time in 10 years and I thought I’d have mixed feelings but I appreciate it even more now. So much of the commentary on the disparity between the capital and the districts was just lost on me when I was in middle school. And I didn’t even notice the amount of times that starvation is noted as the main cause of death in many of the districts yet it’s called the hunger games. Ugh Collins is just such a genius and everything was just so intentional. I think the reason why this book is so successful is that there was a point to her writing it. She had a political message in mind and she hit. The. Mark. wow. I’m just in awe now as an adult how subtly she weaves these themes in

[@alb0zfinest]

Looks like Donald Sutherland knew all about that disparity. he's basically calling for a revolution in a number of his hunger games interviews he did kzbin.info/www/bejne/aoXEgIqrls6KndE

[@celina-xz4pt]

I completely relate and agree! This story is just unreal

[@jess1093]

the hunger games is one of those, like, media sensations of the past two decades that has actually, genuinely held up. i reread the series last year for the first time in, like, seven years, and all the political stuff that went way over my head as a kid just hit me. im so excited for the prequel i have faith that it's gonna be handled really well

[@Irene-cn2fi]

I recently reread the Hunger Games, and like you, I appreciate it more. 8 years ago I honestly thought Peta was annoying and useless, now I realize he was a complete genius and once he fully understood what was going on he was always one step ahead.

[@gracie9658]

As a diehard Hunger Games fan, I'm so happy to see everyone collectively rereading the books these days ! They're so good even after all these years, they definitely stand the test of time. I reread it for the 5th time after 4 years and it was a RIDE, I finished Mockingjay like 3 days ago and it's been staying with me ever since. The power of that story, how hardbreaking it is and how cleverly woven everything is. Suzanne Collins is a genius. Also I never noticed the Avox thing are you kidding me

[@vitoriaassuncao7716]

I feel you. I´m also a diehard hunger games fan and I´m loving people "rediscovering" the series and realising how amazing it is

[@Ellen_Seokjin]

I'm reading for the first time now. I just finish the first book. I have the second to read. I'm so late, I know. p.s Peeta best person.

[@Amber51296]

A little detail I noticed while rereading it for the first time too last week, is that when Katniss properly sees & talks about Rue in the training centre for the first time she is practicing with spears. 😭 So much forshadowing there. I also totally didn't expect for this book to hit so hard even though i knew what was going to happen.

[@amyhehe8532]

Oh wow I never realised that foreshadowing until now! I've read the hunger games series so many times and never realised! 😂

[@AModelWhosRead]

This catch-up was fun, but the fashion you have going on in this video is even better 👌

[@dontmintme]

The editing is also amazing :')

[@theamazingenny]

"Peeta turns into a cake" Me: *Starving Games flashbacks*

[@hopemills3908]

I recently read the hunger games again and I loved it so much. I didn’t think I would hold up after so many years but it was amazing!

[@allanina]

I reread the series last week and I was just like you. I remembered that it was good, but I really thought that it would be just because I was younger but then I was surprised by how good these books are!!! And they never get old, that's so cool. The themes are actual and the characters are so well developed, it's REALLY good. And I remembered that I loved Catching Fire the most and hated Mockingjay, but after this second read I realized that I love all three the same way. They're REALLY good omg I read all three in 3 days lmao I feel like a teenager again I really liked Peeta when I read it for the first time, and now I LOVE him!!!! He is so kind and pure, he is so caring and sweet, he is really adorable 😭😭

[@survivorswapped7637]

you should re-watch the movies too, they're amazing. Obviously they can't fit in every little detail but I think that the films are really well done.

[@celina-xz4pt]

Survivor Swapped i completely agree! One of the best book to movie adaptations of all time, in my opinion!

[@WickedBlondie]

the first two, yes. the last two: no, they were awful

[@_alexfoster]

Lumi they are good adaptations given that mockingjay is the most slow paced and boring book, because it is divided in two movies it is able to pick up more and a more true to the books adaptation (although boring it is very accurate to the books)

[@WickedBlondie]

@@_alexfoster it really isn't, it was a while since I read the hunger games,but I DEFINITELY know they left out a bunch of scenes with prim in district 13, as well as a lot of wimsy things about the Capitol. Given how much more time they got during two movies they really flopped and failed and only got the core points right🤡

[@_alexfoster]

Lumi and they also left out the scenes with Joanna and Katniss in the hospital

[@isabelaoliveira3794]

I reread the trilogy last year and it was something else!!! I loved it even more, cause the first time I read it I was 13 and younger than kitniss so my vision of the world was different, but when I read the second time at 23, I felt it even more, like the book was full of children, Katniss was just a kid as well and they didn't have the access to the world as we did so it hits even harder when you think about it as an adult. They were too innocent. She and Peeta worked so, so well together, they were too clever and I fell in love with them again, but this time I just wanted to hug them, I was so sad for her and at 13 I thought the ending was a bit off it wasn't a "cool" end, but now I see how well deserved that end was, sad in some parts but the happiest it could be. I absolutely love the hunger games and the saga has such a special place in my heart.

[@celina-xz4pt]

I thought the EXACT same thing as you did: that I just loved it so much back then because I was young or because of the hype-but NO! It was so much better this time around since I am now older and a lot of the deeper themes and meaning went completely over my head as a young teen. I think this is my fave trilogy of all time!

[@ariannecosca820]

just read the entire trilogy this week!! I GET YOU peeta's such an amazing character that i really look up to. No book can top the hunger games for me its really substantial, engaging & mind boggling. the pacing is amazing & how suzanne collins writes the dialogues make me really happy cos im left wondering what the other characters (esp peeta) are thinking & feeling. overall im in this phase i'm absoltely obsessed with the series. please suggest any similar books !!!

[@mattkean1128]

I really enjoy this editing style! Almost like the experience of reading it with you, seeing your spontaneous reactions, rather than just a discussion afterward.

[@adorkthatreads]

When I read The Hunger Games for the first time (also at 14), I distinctly remember finishing the book and immediately going back to the beginning and rereading. And I did that several times, first just with the first book, but when I found out there were more books, I reread the first AGAIN and then continued on to the other books. Probably around a year after I finished the series the first time I finally got physical copies of them and reread them AGAIN. Honestly, at this point I don't know how many times I've read specifically the first book but also the series as a whole actually. Although, I haven't picked them up since the Mockingjay movies 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@abbyboglioli3251]

I just reread the entire series and I was blown away! I too kind of disregarded my love for it because I read it in middle school, but I honestly liked it better now in my twenties than I did then. I am shocked by how much I misunderstood in Mockingjay because all I wanted then was the romance and didn't care about the revolution, but now I can understand the complex feelings of Katniss and why Suzanne decided the end it with that book. I really thought I was going to ruin my memory of the books by rereading them, but honestly it made me appreciate and love them even more. Also I loved Catching Fire then, but damn Suzanne Collins weaved that story REMARKABLY. Everyone reading the hunger games and loving it rn is making it feel like 2012 all over again and I am here for it.

[@aislinndonahue9131]

The Hunger Games has withstood the test of time and that's a big tell on wether or not a book is truly good.

[@kazifiiiied]

my new favorite booktuber commenting on my old favorite book? A BLESSING FROM THE HEAVENS

[@farazkhan0]

Yup! I just recently re-read the whole trilogy and it was an amazing experience, as you said you notice so many little things and details as I've also read them after 8 years and the amount of details in the world building and the comments made on consumerism and on today's politics and the world we live in are done so beautifully. Ahhhh too damn good.

[@deborasa8425]

I couldn't agree MORE with you. I just reread the hunger games and it completlt blew me away. I have no words. This is the best thing ever. Even after all these years and knowing exatcly what was going to happen, I couldn't stop reading it and I loved it with all my heart.

[@hannahjcattanach3324]

I'm not normally a fan of these reading vlogs, but I really loved your style, it was really engaging. It was interesting to see your insights as you progressed without just repeating the storyline. Great video!

[@soymikleo]

The amount of content you've been serving us though omg 😍😍😍

[@LilyEleanorReads]

this was so fun for me to watch as i've reread it like a million times over the years 😅 i defo get what you mean about there being loads of hints toward peeta as a love interest you don't pick up on the first time round, it's small things but it is there!! i definitely cried the most this reread with the audiobooks because of tatiana maslany's voice breaks they got to me so bad!

[@themawkwardpotatoes]

I am loving all the people (including myself) that are rereading so many old favourite series, especially ones that brought so many of us into reading! The hunger games is especially important to us and I have been planning on rereading it soon! It has been so long since I read it the first time, and I love all the things that you noticed this second time around. I totally relate to realizing that so many of our favourite books were SO dramatic reading them the second time, especially with how young the characters are and how your opinion of them changes when you read them when you are older, and how many different things Collins included that were lost on so many of us when we were younger ! -Miranda

[@yeyabrowneyes]

i actually reread the hunger games almost every year since I first read them. I love the story, and like you I do see katniss different to Jennifer Lawrence. I think i have read the trilogy 4 times so far. I'm not super excited for the prequel... i'll read it eventually but not when it's release

[@samsamuels8328]

Seems like you had one hell of a time! 👍 The Hunger Games is wonderful at any time indeed ❤ (Also, your coat here 15:20 is really cool! 😍)

[@libraryserpent]

this has convinced me i'm starting my reread today

[@issjones]

I just finished this on audio as a reread, and I CRIED SO MUCH in that songggg ahhhh

[@thebookhunter]

I'm rereading The Hunger Games trilogy this month for the first time in nearly seven years (I was in fifth grade when I read them!) I can't wait to see if they hold up, but I think they will! I want to see the details that went over my elementary-school mind haha.

[@Mikki_93]

Just re read it and i looove it . I listened to it too while I was reading and I cried when rue died too. I finished Catching Fire(my favorite) and I loved Finnick even more the 2nd time. now I’m reading Mocking Jay (my least fav) and I don’t hate it as much as I did when I was 15. Can’t wait for the new book to come out

[@abrilms328]

OMG I almost forgot that is almost May and the prequel is almost out. I'm going to re read the three books. P.S. Love your videos

[@AllanDavisArt]

Started watching the second film last night and it's made want to read the books again. This too was the first few books that got me into reading.

[@KFoxtheGreat]

Your sense of humor is amazing 😂

[@ramayanaroxas3012]

I'm rereading it right now, ten years after i first read it, and then i realized how heartless Gale was about human killings!

[@Marit958]

I read these books for the first time when i was like 10 or 11. Maybe not the most appropriate books for that age😅 . Also tried to get everyone in my class to read them. My dad also took me to see all the movies when i was between 10 and 13 years old.A+ pareting😂 Also did a reread for the next book, still love it as much as i did back then

[@annaholle6310]

I had to re-read The Hunger Games for a class, and I was worried I wouldn't like it, or that I wouldn't like analyzing one of my childhood favorites, but I think that made me like it more. This book has so much to say about poverty, gender roles, and reality television. The depth of thought is what separates The Hunger Games from other YA dystopians.

[@StephanieCThoughts]

Interesting. I didn't notice many strict fender roles but classism is definitely there

[@annaholle6310]

@@StephanieCThoughts Ah I just meant mostly how Katniss and Peeta switch traditional gender roles while in the arena. Katniss is the protector, the hunter, and constantly controls her emotions. Peeta is a baker and more emotional. I just thought it was an interesting dynamic.

[@louisacoote2337]

@@annaholle6310 I like the traditional/stereotypical gender role reversal with Peeta being the more emotive, the creative, artistic one who bakes and Katniss being more reserved with her feelings and being the hunter/protector.

[@azmodanpc]

It's funny because when I was your age (when you read the Hunger Games the first time) I read Dune and Neuromancer and 15 years later or so I re-read them and found them more gripping and fascinating than the first time. I also experienced the "gone over my head" thingie too (and in both cases they were massive plot elements).

[@Dawnstar1209]

My best friend spoiled Prim and Finn in Mockingjay when I was 14 pages into the hunger games. Also some other things.

[@dotjesonsockjes1242]

OMG! THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS VIDEO! I really needed this right now :D I really missed out on something all my life. I watched the movies and afterwards got the books as a present but never touched them because 15 years old me was like: Why should you read this, you already know everything from the movies. Booooiiii was I wrong. I read the Hunger Games now the first time for the O.W.L.'s and I can a 100% agree that it's also one of my favourite books ever. Will you also read book 2 immediately?

[@TheReadingCowgirl]

I re-read them a couple weeks ago too. I'm still amazed by them and I am looking forward to the new book 🤗💫

[@enilec.]

Ive been meaning to reread them ah. But okay in the third book I’ve never seen anyone notice that when Katniss returns home and it’s snowing and her mum is tense (because president snow is inside waiting for her) and Katniss goes to clean her boots so she doesn’t trek snow through the house. Her mother then says “it’s just snow” which I can’t help but always think was her mother trying to warn her who was waiting. Such a tiny thing but there you go

[@gracie9658]

I never noticed that !

[@kinrateia]

13:38 that's what I feel about the "Ladder song" by Lorde from the soundtrack for movies

[@aliciawve5585]

I am still rooting for her to reread catching fire and Mockingjay on camera

[@ejreads7638]

i'm about to reread the whole series ! loved this video (:

[@bourneleader96]

Ugh, now I have to go re-read.

[@leathehatless]

I can't wait to reread on audiobook since I found out Tatiana Maslany reads it. I'm in for a re read before the release of the new book. I'm so excited!

[@TakingThingsLiterary8902]

Watching this and remembering how I gave up reading Twilight midway through so that I could start the Hunger Games, and I remember thinking it was so good that when I went back to read Twilight, I realised I had completely upgraded the quality of my taste and never finished the series.

[@jennifermarea8011]

I was also 14 when I read The Hunger Games. At the high school I went to they would give you detentions whenever you were late or skipped too many times and I was always either late or not at school. But I skipped detention for the whole first half of the school year so that I could save them up for winter because I wanted to stay at school until my parents got off of work so I wouldn't have to walk. The only way the school let you stay that long was if you were in detention. So I read the whole entire Hunger Games series ONLY IN DETENTION. That really shows you just how many hours I had detention that winter. When I ran out of detentions I would still go there and the lady who watched it just assumed I was supposed to be there because I was before 😂

[@bookellenic1327]

I first listened to The Hunger Games as an adult after having seen the films and it completely held up. In Catching Fire I was mostly interested in the small changes between the book and the film, because the films seem to not deviate from the books much and I was craving e a bit more of a surprise element to reel me back. I remember the least about Mockingjay, so we'll see how that goes.

[@emmabardsley6090]

I reread thg for the first time last year and my experience was basically the same as yours! I went in expecting it to not hold up and that I would only enjoy it out of nostalgia but it completely took me by surprise in how brilliant it was. Also in the years since I read it the internet had convinced me Katniss never liked Peeta and that the romance is problematique and like... I shipped them HARD when I was 13, so I kinda went in expecting not to like Peeta or the romace as much this time, but like same as you I found I picked up on the romance so much more this time!! like while Katniss' feelings were obviously slower to develop than Peeta's, I think it's pretty clear she had some interest in him from the beginning. And I still love Peeta Mellark he is best boy. so that was a nice surprise. Man I'm gonna reread again when I'm finished with my uni work

[@ob4243]

I hated reading throughout my education (a lame excuse but i blamed my dyslexia) but after rewatching the Hunger games on Netflix in December i decided id give it a go reading it. Got to admit I personally loved it and since then have really gotten into reading and regret not giving it a go earlier!

[@ItsyBitsyIrishGirl]

I actually just recently reread the trilogy too and it was the first time I read them again since 2012? or 2013? I was full on expecting to not like them as much but damn they are good books. The audiobook is actually so good too, isn't it? I was going for a walk when I got to the part that Rue died and I cried during my walk in the park so that was great lol. It was probably the best decision I've made all year to reread these books. I feel the same as you I feel a lot of the societal critical went way over my head when I read it as a teenager I don't know if I was just so focused on "are they all going to die?" that I just didn't get it but reading it now in my 20s I was like wow it was like reading a new book in some ways. There's a reason why we all read these books and loved them back in the day and it wasn't just because they were the "it thing" to like or whatever they really are just that damn good.

[@emilyannn]

This is making me want to reread it omg!!!

[@TheBookishMom]

I've been so torn on re-reading the Hunger Games. Part of me wants to and part of me is scared I will loose some of my love for it.

[@hanblurryface8605]

I first read The Hunger Games a bit over a year ago. I've read the first book 3 times already, and the other books twice. I've also seen all 4 movies three times. I never get tired of any of them. TBH, I want to reread them again already and I just did that a few weeks ago XD

[@averyhill564]

your reactions are the best thing

[@bbbbbb9902]

I love your Romantik poster on your door😍

[@literalexisse]

Avox.....oh god...... now i see it. 😬 Also, CINNAAA 😭😭😭 and Rue 😭😭😭

[@thorvalddegraaf9732]

I'm so late omg but I love the Hunger Games! I wrote my bachelor's thesis about the hunger games related to some postmodern concepts! Am doing my research master in lit in amsterdam now hahaha

[@ofglittersandblood3397]

no one: leo: HE4S OBVIOUSLY SO INTO HER OMG also i'm currenly rereading the hunger games and i do not regret it it's better than i remember????

[@sneums6610]

On the topic of no one designing cool outfits for District 12 for the last 70 years of games, I wonder if none of the past stylists really cared enough. I'm sure they thought the tributes from District 12 weren't possibly going to make it through the games so why put in the effort. It's so interesting reading the HG books as an adult vs a teen/ya, there's so much for both age groups to appreciate I think.

[@marianaacortes]

I really love your reading vlog

[@babyheartbaker]

peeta mallark is precious

[@heyitsgabs21]

i was gonna read the books for the fourth (fifth for mockingay) time, and i was debating wether to do it on audio or not, but i guess this is the advert for the audio

[@thisrandomdude_]

I loved the first two-thirds and then it turned into a romance novel and I didn't enjoy it as much. I'm technically the target audience age-wise but I don't like the way it was executed, really dragged out in the end. Also too immature for my taste. I didn't find it extremely amazing, but I still enjoyed it a lot. The themes were very well incorporated and the world-building was great. The characters were all pretty good and Suzanne was great at expressing their personality. Definitely a solid read.

[@samarahughes6333]

Please please please read Catching Fire

[@ShirleySenpei]

The hunger games stays awesome. Still one of my favorite book. I recently found out they is a parody movie of it call The Starving games it was bad but Hilarious.

[@ramayanaroxas5457]

Rue is the mockingjay

[@subtlefire7256]

I really need to reread The Hunger Games now! 🤣

[@hermionemode]

why is your whole life aesthetic i-

[@litaphn]

Waking up to a KZbin video notification is the best

[@Sophia-pj5qs]

The hunger games trilogy is my favourite book series ever! I have read the series like 4 times 😂 the hunger games is my favourite book but there's a few main points in Mockingjay that just give me FEELS 'There's much worse games to play' *shivers* and others

[@Sophia-pj5qs]

Alsooo how did you originally picture the characters

[@keyo3945]

girl!! stop being so adorable ❤❤🙈🤗🤗 and I noticed you don't use Apple products(your laptop and your phone) I love it! I hate apple(I don't know why) so it makes me love you even more than before

[@heyitsgabs21]

you're telling me ive been subscribed to the vox youtube channel for ages and didnt know it meant voice. 13.5 years of school for nothing

[@sanjanarajan5314]

ive been binge watching your videos since i found you like two days ago :) love your discussion videos esp!!

[@aingha213]

unrelated but i love your accent

[@shrushtikothiwale4758]

I did have a breakdown after reading catching fire

[@pangurban]

This was so fun😂😂

[@almamater489]

I have the same problem. I wanna re-read Poison by Chris Wooding but idk if it will be as dark and fucked up as my 13-year-old-self took it out to be

[@nolongeractiveeee-d2j]

I have a lot of mixed feelings about the prequel, I wanna pick it up but im afraid its not gonna be good and may make me dislike the original trilogy.

[@hannahhester8376]

I just got it on Audible. I'm worried about the narrator. Tons of people are saying that she's awesome, but there's some people who hated her. Did you think she was good as Katniss?

[@19ninetythree]

I just reread the entire trilogy for the first time in ten years. I had forgotten almost everything, so it was a really enjoyable experience. I was really surprised how the books emotionally impacted me a lot harder than as a teen. Especially Mockingjay had me in a weekend-long depression of crying. The fact that the books are able to offer me something completely different in my late twenties than in my teens, shows how great they are.

[@Anne-yv6ny]

Can you just do this more often please :)

[@DeadTalkLive]

Good clip ♥♥! As a current KZbinr, I am always looking for creative ideas! Good Job!

[@pablobarboza8446]

Please Re-watch the movies!! 👀

[@Thefantastic_mrJ]

Anyone watching this after TBOSAS came out?

[@stephanierevilla4290]

Loved it

[@AC-qk8gv]

Have you watched “The starving games”? I thought it was hilarious.

[@marleneh.3970]

Where do you listen to the hunger games? Your Videos are so gorgeous🥰🌸

[@sister1976]

Did you re-read the second and third book too? So much more political commentary to notice, now that you are a few years older! Great fun watching your video! :)

[@ewaldkostergunnsisko3491]

Ah yes f*** late-stage capitalism the book. I feel that Do You Hear the People Sing from Les Miserable and Libera Me From Hell from Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann are the perfect soundtrack for this series.

[@livinginadaydream1]

Yeah I recently reread it and the social justice undertones are incrediblllllle. Also I just thought about it......capital....capitalISM....cannot be a coincidence 🙄

[@Ayaforshort]

When I reread hunger games. I liked Katniss much less.

[@mmmcookies8814]

I've been wanting to listen to this on audio so I can fit it into my TBR, but I just don't like the narrator's voice. I hate when people that clearly sound older read for teenage protagonists lol Luckily I read this series so much in the past and the new book is a prequel anyway so I'm good

[@thinker5288]

The new version of the audiobooks is FANTASTIC! Tatiana Maslany!

[@mmmcookies8814]

@@thinker5288 I had no idea there were new versions! My library only has the old ones, and I doubt they'd buy the new ones if I request it but I'll give it a shot. Thank you!

[@thinker5288]

They're on Audible.com. Go!

[@Grumpzyyy]

I. FRICKIN. Love. Thg.

[@sofievb1994]

I'm also re-reading the series, halfway through catching fire right now. It's such a fun and nostalgic read for me. I read it when it first came out in 2008.. The biggest change for me was how I used to ship Katniss and Gale, but I now realize Katniss is better off alone. She is such a fierce character. I have to disagree on Peeta. I dislike him so much. I've always seen him as quite a colourless character..