Thank you all for the incredible comments and support. Of course I'll be doing the whole series, as well as others. Lots of content planned- Hope you decide to tag along for it!
@@jacobbraun1243Not only that. Do you remember a scene when they were little and the teacher asked who knew the Valley Song & he saw Katniss raise her hand immediately? (He fell for her then and he willingly burnt the bread & took a beating from his mother so he could feed Katniss)
@@sanyag5838people who genuinely think Peeta’s useless seem to not actually understand what’s going on I feel like, because he’s literally anything but useless and I thought it was obvious
This book is literally about oppression and war and the atrocities that build up to it and how propaganda to uplift is laid side by side with propaganda to oppress and isnt glorified but its gritty reality is exposed. Of COURSE there's nothing happy in this book! (P. S. : There are glimmers of hapiness amidst all the misery.)
@@prongs4137 And those glimmers are what makes it worth reading all the way through imo. Similar to how it's the bright, good things in this world that makes all the pain and anguish worth going through. The way we perceive the books and how we feel about some of Collins' writing choices (I'm never forgiving her for the end of the sewer sequence) is actually completely intentional in most places and masterfully done. Time and time again, we've shown how we are just like the thing being criticized and how ignorant we can be through how our fan culture and want for more plays out. These books, ESPECIALLY Mockingjay, got so much more flack than necessary when the YA craze was at its peak. I remember absolutely HATING MJ when it first came out and thinking the writer had a trauma kink or something and was completely put off by the series for years. I was 12 at the time. Reading it again for the second time at 21 though, I realised just how wrong I was about these books. They're wonderfully written and accomplish EXACTLY what Collins intended.
Without exaggeration them revoking the rule where two people could win was the most angry I’ve ever gotten over a book. I put it down and walked away 😂
What Peeta has done ? - he saved her entire family when Katniss was 11 yo - he made the Capitole people like her and got her sponsors - he distracted her so she doesn't die in the bloodbath - he teamed up with the Carrers to lure them away from her - he fought Cato after the tracker jacker incident to save Katniss (that's how he got injured in the first place) - he's the reason they changed the "one winner rule" - he made Katniss feel a little bit happy and safe in the arena - he gave her her first kiss where she felt stirring inside her chest - he fought Cato with her at the end To name a few things...
Most of those things won’t count in male’s perspective. Most male reactors side with Gale coz he’s a provider and takes care of Katniss’ family while she’s gone. Let’s give Gale that credit (full stop to avoid spoilers). And most of them have a hard time (like Katniss) to do the math on what Peeta is doing/contributing. They’re as emotionally constipated as Katniss and it’s almost painfully funny to watch. It’s in-line with logic that says housewives do nothing all day. Peeta’s just chilling in the mud for days - what men saw Peeta hiding out his remaining days wounded bc he saved Katniss from Cato - what women saw (including Katniss, the book’s perspective)
@@lovequinn7521 i understand your view on this but i don't think i agree. I watched tons of reaction videos on the Hunger Games, and most of the reactors (male or female) like Peeta in the first movie and are definitely liking him more than Gale in the following ones. But based on the comments of this one (like "Peeta is crying so I prefer Gale" or "Cato is a bitch for crying"), it just doesn't seem like he takes the story seriously.
@@ptitepeluche05 I guess I watched more male reactors not liking him in the first movie, I even accept the slander from the ones that only watched the movies coz the movies did Peeta dirty. I account their change of tone (most of them) on the next reactions coz the comments usually question the reactors for not liking Peeta and saying that Gale is the worst. Giving them a hint of how the audience wants them to react which is crappy coz now it’s not genuine.
@@CA-ig3ne I’m sorry but you can’t get mad about spoilers in the comment section of a book reaction in which the book came out 16 years ago where assumably the viewers have read the book lmao. Why would someone watch this video if they haven’t read the book?
Katniss is a very unreliable narrator so don’t take her word for how she describes her perspective on relationships and friendships! Like how her best friend gave her a mockingjay pin that was very special to her and katniss was basically like “oh yeah she’s just an acquaintance and it probably doesn’t mean much” like girlll ur blind. Also you’ll see the error of your ways soon for not being a Peeta stan
Please keep reading the books & react to all the movies! I think you will change your mind about peeta once you read the others & especially after watching josh hutcherson play him. The movies do change & leave some things out but all the acting is incredible. You’ll definitely love woody harrelsons haymitch. Can’t wait to see your reaction to catching fire & mockingjay!
seriously! especially when you go back and reread it as an adult its just like, how did i ever think you were mature and had your shit together lmfao, youre traumatized 😂😂 also i feel like you almost forget shes only 17 at the oldest before the epilogue
@@lynmoore_ this has been my favorite book series until I read Throne of Glass but it’s in my top tier forever. The way Collins writes capitalism and commodification so well that you do genuinely almost like some of the Capitol characters is incredible. Some are monsters just like we think but some are also victims of this late stage dystopian capitalist nightmare she paints. I read an interview once where she’d said she was inspired by the events of the war in the Middle East and I really think for a YA, the themes are just so poignant. Can’t wait to hear more of your thoughts!
People forget that we read this series through Katniss eyes and in the first book (or the majority of it) Katniss didnt trust Peeta at all and that makes sense for her and she trusted 100 on Gale and well as another comment said … the bomb falla later lmaoooo
I LOVE seeing someone experience the Hunger Games for the first time. They’re so deftly written - simple language, but with a lot hidden beneath it - and they’re one of my favorite book series of all time.
i watched your tiktok then immediately came over here to see your full reaction and u did not disappoint!!! it is very funny that you keep mentioning gale lol anyway i wanted to offer a theory about foxface!! most people theorize that foxface either ate the berries bc her strategy was only to eat foods other tributes ate, essentially testing to make sure anything she ate was safe, OR (this is the main theory) is she knew she wasn’t going to win and ate them on purpose. you can’t wait out your final competition, especially after they made the two tribute can win rule. she also was no match, physically, for anyone still in that arena. by eating those berries, she regained some of her own autonomy by choosing her own death. it wasn’t much, but i do see foxface’s death as a small act of rebellion. she refused to let her death be a spectacle. anyway! i loved your video and im looking forward to your reaction to catching fire ❤️
I really like your theory!! I also think foxface was too smart to be gone like that, she knew it was probably one of her few chances to die peacefully or by her own means
it seems like its a book vs movie cannon thing, the second one is definitely more clear through the movies but the former is whats implied in the books
peeta saved katniss' life after her father died by giving her bread and causing her to remember how to forage and hunt, I get why you think he hasnt done anything but hes played a big role in her life even before they were in the games together
I finally reread this series back in January since I was a teenager and it is just as impressive and when I read it back then which cannot be said of many YAs. Truly such a great series and the movies are fantastic
I came from the clock app and enjoyed watching your reactions! I can’t wait to see how you feel about the movie compared to the book. Haymitch and Peeta are top tier characters 👀
i know this book has great writing bc you totally bought katniss' impression of peeta lol im excited to see your reaction of catching fire, it's my favorite one! the last one is so confusing be prepared
It's the fact that I just came across this video and loved your blind reactions and was excited to watch the rest of this series, only to see you posted this only 3 days ago. 😭 Subscribed now and excited for you to do the rest of the books and the movie comparisons!
As I’ve read the series and became an adult I understood hymitch. Having to murder to win, then the aftermath of his games, then mentoring children every year for them to die. That is nothing but pain and horror. Yep I’d drink myself to death too
Watching your reactions while you’re reading this book reminds me so much of Bastian reading the Neverending Story. Love seeing you get swept up in the story and really enjoying seeing something I’ve read many times be experienced for the first time. Your open mind and almost childlike wonder is so refreshing to see.✌️
One of the best ways to read ya, is audiobook. To listen to The Hunger Games with an actor's voice adds a whole new dimension to the story. Since learning this trick I now do a read through a listen through and then do both of them together. It's amazing to see how the story fills out with each different reading
Cannot wait for you to read Catching Fire !!!! Loved this whole video (sans the Peeta slander) and so happy to see another hunger games enjoyer !! welcome to the party :)
When you said you want to know who Peeta is, intrinsically in his soul; it's big Bo Burnham vibes 😂 "we need to know who you are and what you stand for Bagel Bites"
agh no I don't love that. The whole point of fox faces death is to show Katniss that everyone has weaknesses. Fox face saw peeta saving the nightlock so she thought it was safe.
PLEASE DO VIDS FOR THE REST OF THE SERIES! ALSO! I BELIEVE that foxface (who died from eating the berries at the end) is the same person who was studying plants at the beginning, it wasn’t a mistake
its interesting to hear an adult react to rues death (and all of it really) because reading about the 12 year old getting speared at like 10 was very much a different experience. growing up and aging past all of the kids that died really made the gravity of the games sink in
I had to laugh when you say Peter did nothing for her. Peta is the reason she's alive to be picked for the Hunger Games. Remember the first part of the book when she was starving and he burned the bread and threw it to her she talks about it in the book and the next day when she tried to think of how to say thank you she couldn't look down saw dandelion and now she had hope and filled her family's belly by foraging Peter is forever stuck in Katniss's mind In This Moment
I love the books in your library, so surprised you hadn't picked these up yet. Awesome to watch your reaction. When I read them, I was as excited as you about them.
Okay I loved this. So well done. These are books that I’ve always wished I could read again for the first time. Watching you go through it all felt like getting to read it for the first time myself again!
Watching someone be funny and entertaining while they experience one of my favorite things for the first time is so much fun. I really hope you do the rest!
I like that you’re reading a book from when I first started reading. Nobody talks about these books now, we need someone to go back and talk about them. There’s sooo much nostalgia at a decent series that I definitely shouldn’t have read at 12 lol
I really liked hearing your thoughts as you progressed through the book, as opposed to a review at the end. Excited to go watch the rest of your journey!
I am SO looking forward to seeing how your opinions change as you read Catching Fire and Mockingjay! To your thought that there would be some revenge from the Capitol: don’t worry things really start popping off. You can tell that the story across all the books is really well planned. Each book had its own story arc, but each book also acts as a piece of the series’ story arc (beginning - introduce the world and most of the key characters, middle - develop the world and the conflict, end - all the set up things come to fruition).
You’re joining the fandom at the right time, a new book called Sunrise on The Reaping is coming out in about nine months, and it’s going to be about Haymitch’s games. Also Gale is the worst
cannot wait to see you read Catching Fire and Mocking Jay. I just re-read THG and CF and read Mockingjay for the first time last year and it was amazing. Im excited for you hehe
I was giggling the whole time but the heeheehee at the end just did me in. So thrilled you are experiencing this for the first time AND sharing your journey with us
Oh I'm so excited about your movie book reaction. Suzanne Collins has a special place in my mind jail for making this book YA and making my poor Priscilla heart hover on the brink of anxiety.
Found this from ur TikToks and I’m still reeling from my first read of HG last year (had previously only seen the movies and that was ages ago) so I’m so hyped for more first impression thoughts from u
Just subscribed and I'M BINGING AND LIKING EVERY VIDEO, it was a very sweet experience revisiting the book I first read when I was 12. Amazing content. Keep it up man!
