I'm only 20 chapters into the first Hunger Games book and it already turned me into an emotional mess.
Slap my hand now!
Anya ,'Empty Places'
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zuisa - Nov 10, 2010 6:43:53 am PST #12885 of 28287
call me jacki; zuisa is an internet nick from ancient times =)
tiggy - Nov 10, 2010 7:11:58 am PST #12886 of 28287
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
understandable, zuisa! i was reading it at work one day and got to a part that made me cry. i had to turn around to make sure no one could see.
zuisa - Nov 10, 2010 7:28:40 am PST #12887 of 28287
call me jacki; zuisa is an internet nick from ancient times =)
When I was reading last night I got to the part where Rue dies and Katniss sings to her and oh my goodness was I a mess. I hear that the other two books in the trilogy don't exactly get any happier so I am prepared for lots of sadness in my very near future.
Amy - Nov 10, 2010 7:30:04 am PST #12888 of 28287
Because books.
I was reading Catching Fire during Sara's swimming lesson last week, and got to a part that absolutely shocked me -- like take my breath away shock -- and teared up.
Luckily, it was so humid in there I don't think anyone noticed.
DawnK - Nov 10, 2010 7:58:59 am PST #12889 of 28287
giraffe mode
zuisa, I got to that part while I was eating lunch at Chipolte. Thankfully I could cover the tears with a fake hot salsa cough. Man, I finally had to not read them while out at lunch 'cause you never know when a gut punch is coming.
§ ita § - Nov 10, 2010 8:07:23 am PST #12890 of 28287
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I read the second one on a really bad day and wept for miles. I'd like to call it healthy and cathartic, but I don't even know.
tiggy - Nov 10, 2010 8:32:37 am PST #12891 of 28287
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
that part killed me too, zuisa. i'm really fighting the urge to re-read all of them. i have a habit of zooming through books and then if i love them i instantly want to re-read.
zuisa - Nov 10, 2010 9:34:47 am PST #12892 of 28287
call me jacki; zuisa is an internet nick from ancient times =)
I just finished the first book. Wow was that an emotional roller coaster. When they ever announced that there could only be one winner after all, I think I nearly died. I have the next book already but I think I need a break from the stress.
zuisa - Nov 12, 2010 2:43:18 am PST #12893 of 28287
call me jacki; zuisa is an internet nick from ancient times =)
Sorry for the spammy Hunger Games serial posting! I just don't know anyone else who has read them, really.
I have about 100 pages of Catching Fire left and I have a really easy substituting gig today but I am terrified to start reading because I don't want to break down weeping in front of all the students. So far I've only cried reading this one once, but. Man. Talk about bleak.
I frequently want to just slam the book shut and yell AND THEN PEETA AND KATNISS LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER THE END.
Kat - Nov 12, 2010 5:13:43 am PST #12894 of 28287
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Oh Zuisa.... Mockingbird is the bleakest of the three.