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Post by Zaq "That Guy" Buzzkill on Sept 20, 2021 10:49:53 GMT -5
The printing press ruined books. Before that there was care and dedication from the scribes who wrote it and each book felt unique and authentic. Now everything is done by machine and the whole process feel so less personal. IMO it's the worst thing to happen to print since they replaced scrolls with a codex.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2021 11:27:15 GMT -5
I loved the first 2 Hunger Games but borderline hated the 3rd one. It lost the whole hook of the series--The Hunger Games and just became a generic YA book about a bunch of bland characters overthrowing a dictatorship. Actually, thats a trend most YA series have actually. Losing the interesting hook early on in the series. I think the problem with YA franchises is that the premise, in theory, could be fascinating but sometimes the author doesn't appreciate the idea or the publishing company has strict deadlines or laid out specific contracts limiting the amount of novels a series could have, leading to a lot of "what ifs". So you would rather focus entirely on the world itself but instead have to focus on a generic plot you either have read about or will discover about 600 times in your life.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2021 12:43:54 GMT -5
I like the general idea of the third Hunger Games book but I dislike the hard pivot from the Capitol to District 13 as the big evil force. Also, more and more, I dislike the twist of the 75th Hunger Games regarding what some of the returning winners actual goal is and how quickly it's revealed during the that Games. Missed opportunity to build tension.
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Post by Natural Born Farmer on Sept 21, 2021 17:02:18 GMT -5
A Raisin In The Sun is not inspiring or uplifting at all.
At the start Walter Lee is a stupid, drunken piece of shit running his family into the ground with his victimhood.
At the end, he's STILL a stupid, drunken piece of shit running his family into the ground with his victimhood, but he found the sack to tell a racist "no" once in his life.
After he'd lost almost all of the money his family had lucked into chasing his own selfish dreams, of course, and he didn't even succeed in that.
Then there's grandma deciding to slap her niece around for acknowledging her atheism.
Just a real piece of work all around.
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Post by Ryback on a Pole! on Sept 22, 2021 23:22:30 GMT -5
The sequels to The Maze Runner are not needed and suck.
Its called The Maze Runner. Once you escape the maze, thats it. I guess that reinforces my point about many YA series falling off a cliff.
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