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Book Review: The Prey (The Hunt #2) by Andrew Fukuda
Recommended for fans of: The Hunger Games, The Maze Runner, The Walking Dead. Book one reviewed here.
Fukuda’s The Hunt was one of the best surprises of 2012 - a deliciously creepy, brilliantly-written debut which brought vampires back from sexy to scary and introduced a completely original zombiefied take on vampire lore. Fukuda managed to surpass my expectations with The Prey, delivering a story which was just as creepy, fast-paced and mind-reeling, while also neatly justifying a few of the gaping plot holes which let the first book down.
Warning: Spoilers for book one from here onwards!
The Prey picks up the story just a few hours after the shocking conclusion of The Hunt; Gene, our narrator, has made his escape with the rest of the Hepers and is struggling to come to terms with the revelation that his father may still be alive. As much as I loved Fukuda’s decision to tell the story from the perspective of an unlikable protagonist in The Hunt, I also really enjoyed Gene’s character development in this sequel. As their journey continues, Gene bonds with Sissy, Epap and the other boys, becoming remarkably sympathetic and human in their company.
Much of their journey involves Gene and Sissy learning the truth about the world beyond the Dome while searching for a mysterious object called ‘the Origin’ which is rumoured to be their salvation. The Hepers find themselves in a strange village run by humans who claim to be the final “outpost” of humanity. It’s impossible to say much more without revealing some major plot twists, but I will say that Fuduka proves himself once again to be a master of horror, suspense and action. The scenes in the village are slower and less suspenseful than the first book, but the action of the last third of the book more than makes up for the slower sections. There’s another big revelation at the end of The Prey and it’s even more shocking than the ending of the first book.
Definitely a must-read for fans of The Hunt! This series is no longer just “The Hunger Games with vampires” - it deserves to be placed in a category of its own. Fukuda is a new favourite author; I can’t wait for the conclusion of this series and I’m looking forward to reading whatever he writes next.
Triggering content includes implied sexual assault, rape, emotional abuse and physical abuse.
Rating: 5 stars
Review cross-posted to Goodreads
Trailer: ‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ - Nov 22
Directed by Francis Lawrence, written by Simon Beaufoy and Michael Arndt, starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Elizabeth Banks, Sam Claflin, Jena Malone, Stanley Tucci, Woody Harrelson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jeffrey Wright and Donald Sutherland.
I see they’re doing the same thing they did with the first film in that they’re not showing the games. Which is fine, because all of the footage that they are showing, particularly the riot scenes, looks great — and an expansion of what was great about the previous installment. Good things.
- It will premiere on April 14 with the MTV Movie Awards (9PM ET)
- Liam Hemsworth will be presenting the trailer
- The trailer is 2.5 minutes long
(via catchingupdates)
New Catching Fire picture of Peeta & Katniss!
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There’s more (courtesy of Teen.com):
Via litglutton:
The Office for Intellectual Freedom has released the Top Ten Most Frequently Challenged Books of 2011 as part of ALA’s State of America’s Library Report. OIF received 326 reports regarding attempts to remove or restrict materials from school curricula and library bookshelves. The list includes the following titles; each title is followed by the reasons reported for challenging the book:
1) ttyl; ttfn; l8r, g8r (series), by Lauren Myracle
Offensive language; religious viewpoint; sexually explicit; unsuited to age group2) The Color of Earth (series), by Kim Dong Hwa
Nudity; sex education; sexually explicit; unsuited to age group3) The Hunger Games trilogy, by Suzanne Collins
Anti-ethnic; anti-family; insensitivity; offensive language; occult/satanic; violence4) My Mom’s Having A Baby! A Kid’s Month-by-Month Guide to Pregnancy, by Dori Hillestad Butler
Nudity; sex education; sexually explicit; unsuited to age group5) The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie
Offensive language; racism; religious viewpoint; sexually explicit; unsuited to age group6) Alice (series), by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Nudity; offensive language; religious viewpoint7) Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
Insensitivity; nudity; racism; religious viewpoint; sexually explicit8) What My Mother Doesn’t Know, by Sonya Sones
Nudity; offensive language; sexually explicit9) Gossip Girl (series), by Cecily Von Ziegesar
Drugs; offensive language; sexually explicit10) To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
Offensive language; racism
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Jennifer Lawrence reads (on the set of The Hunger Games).
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Absolutely splendiferous article about YA literature and how it is connected to social change. Read it and go out to make a difference in the world!
Some of you might be familiar with The Harry Potter Alliance - an organization that takes advantage of the huge online Harry Potter fandoms to mobilize volunteers and donations among many other things. Now there is Imagine Better which encourages members on various Hunger Games fan sites to sign Oxfam’s GROW pledge as a part of their campaign, “Hunger Is Not a Game”.
Such a positive article - seriously, go read it!
Really great infographic from Goodreads about Dystopian literature.
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Here are some fun Hunger Games facts from the new issue of Bop.
Liam Has a Nickname for Fans:
Justin Bieber has Beliebers and Twilight has Twi-hards, but what will the new crop of Hunger Games fans call themselves? “I’ll have to think about that,” says Liam Hemsworth (Gale). “Hunger Gamers? Hungry people? How about just ‘hungry?’” Cute!They’re Afraid to Let Fans Down:
The books are so successful that the cast was overwhelmed with nerves when they began shooting. “I have a huge responsibility,” Jennifer says. “I don’t take it lightly. I will give everything I have to these movies.”
Read them all below the jump.
When I heard they were making the movie, I was like, ‘oh, that’s nice—they’re going to ruin another great book.’ But then I met Gary [Ross, the director], and he was unbelievable and brilliant and genius.
Jennifer Lawrence’s first thoughts about The Hunger Games being turned into a movie (Read More)
