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For what it is, this book was actually pretty good and extremely entertaining.

>> No.2779439

For those who don't know, this book is written entirely in present tense.

>> No.2779435

If I ask you what "it is" you will contradict your previous statement(s).

>> No.2779463

>>2779439

yea, so its liek its actually happening right then and not some boring story some old white dude is telling you from the past.

>> No.2779481

>>2779439
>that feel when didn't believe you
>that feel when google'd for an excerpt
>that feel when it's true
>that feel when people actually do this
>that feel when i seriously hope nobody does this again
>that feel when i seriously hope everybody who actually enjoyed this is joking
>that feel when too many feels
>i'll just open another beer and masturbate

>> No.2779489

>>2779439

So?

>> No.2779490

>>2779481

Nah, it was a pretty damn good book, you pretentious cunt. Why don't you grow up and stop living for other people's approval and read and ZOMG MAYBE EVEN ENJOY whatever you want.

>> No.2779493

>>2779439
My god.

>> No.2779502

>>2779490
a book written in the fucking present tense throughout is fucking retarded. it feels like the author is carrying a notebook and writing down every little thing that is happening. It's very stupid. Very.

>> No.2779509

>>2779502

Gee, okay, man. SOMEONE TELL THAT CORMAC MCCARTHY because he's written no less than 3 novels in the present tense.

Oh yea, and Infinite Jest? It's written in the future tense.

So, whatever, man.

>> No.2779513

>>2779490
just because you enjoyed the Americanized rated G version of a Japanese gore porn franchise doesn't necessarily mean other people will enjoy it as well.

>> No.2779517

>>2779439

I didn't notice that while reading the series.

Makes me glad I'm not a stuck up prick about books, so I can still enjoy the random teen book.

>> No.2779521

>>2779513

Have you actually read both books? They're virtually nothing alike, aside from the "kids pitted against each other because of the government, one survives."

>> No.2779524

>>2779521
>they're nothing alike, except for the entire premise and the ending

well gee, when you put it that way...

>> No.2779526

The tense games...

Which tense is best and why?

>> No.2779532

>>2779524

If you can't see how two different authors could take that in two completely different directions, I pity your imagination.

Did you read both? Or are you just regurgitating things you've read on the internet?

>> No.2779545

>>2779532
Except Suzanne Collins didn't take the story in a completely different direction, because she's incapable of original thought.

It's cool that you liked the Hunger Games, but seriously, it's trash. And your whole argument that it was "actually pretty good and extremely entertaining" isn't going to convince me that it's not trash. The prose is absolutely horrendous.

>> No.2779552

>>2779545

She hadn't read Battle Royale before writing the books.

I'm not OP, but thanks for playing.

>> No.2779557

>>2779524
Oh Lord I laughed

>> No.2779568

I've never read the books, so I won't pass judgement; I'm sure it's an entertaining read, it's just that I don't put a lot of stake in the artistic merit od YA fiction.

>> No.2779587

>>2779545
>The prose is absolutely horrendous.

It's written from the perspective of a 16 year old girl, what do you expect?

I think the perspective was kind of forced, but I don't think the books really required anything else. They work they way they are.

>> No.2779645

>>2779509
>Oh yea, and Infinite Jest? It's written in the future tense.

IJ switches between past and present (past during the 3rd person sections (the majority of the book) and present during the 1st person sections)

>> No.2779715

>>2779509
>thinking everyone likes DFW and Cormac Mccarthy

>> No.2780199

>>2779587
>battle royale
>perspective of 15 year olds.
>pretty fucking good prose

>> No.2780467

I honestly didn't really like it. I was excited, tried to read with an open mind, wanted to enjoy it, but I didn't. I didn't like the style, I didn't like the characters, I didn't enjoy where she went with the plot.
The ending was also lackluster. Fricking teenagers.

I have no particular authority, I'm not the world's most widely and well read person. But opinion given.

>> No.2780489

>>2779587
>implying that's not just an excuse for Suzanne Collins' inability to write above a sixth-grade-level

>> No.2780507

>>2779426

For what it is, this turd is perfectly shaped and its turdiness is formidable.

It's not because it's good at what it wants to be that it's a good book.

>> No.2780523

The prose was the best part of the book, gritty and intense, usually, very hemmingway. The actual story was pretty stupid, the Capital was absurdly evil, characters not named Katniss are generally pretty stupid, save a handful, and the teen love shit got old quick.

>> No.2780585

>>2780523
>Suzanne Collins
>"hemmingway"

Pease stop posting

>> No.2780619

>>2780585

No you stop posting, jerk. I know good literature, okay? I'm well read. I've read Great Gatsby, I've read Hemmingway, I've read Charles Dickens, etc, ETC, ETC. I've read the classics. And, yea, I also like FUN books like Hunger Games/Twilight.

Sorry if you think people that read high brown literature can't also read fun stuff, but its' not true.

>> No.2780624

>>2780619

6/10 I raged for some seconds

>> No.2780626

>>2780619

Please be a troll.

>> No.2781327
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>>2780619

>> No.2781332

>>2780619
Good to hear there's a fellow person of taste around here. I'm a jazz man myself. Miles, Coltrane, the list could go on.