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“I’ve been thinking,” I said. “You know how, that day when we were drawing, we talked about how it’s good to look at what scares us? That it makes the fear go away?”
“Yeah.”
“Maybe,” I said, taking in a breath. “Maybe the fear doesn’t ever actually go away. Maybe we have to keep on working. We thought it would be simple, but it isn’t. We thought we could be finished, but maybe... maybe we’ll never be entirely finished.”
His face crumpled in sadness. “But I want it to be over.”
“I know, Lee,” I said. I put my arm around him. “I want that too. But do you think we could ever — do you think it might be possible — to be happy anyway?”
“I can try,” he said.
“I’ll try too,” I told him.
4 stars
“Yeah.”
“Maybe,” I said, taking in a breath. “Maybe the fear doesn’t ever actually go away. Maybe we have to keep on working. We thought it would be simple, but it isn’t. We thought we could be finished, but maybe... maybe we’ll never be entirely finished.”
His face crumpled in sadness. “But I want it to be over.”
“I know, Lee,” I said. I put my arm around him. “I want that too. But do you think we could ever — do you think it might be possible — to be happy anyway?”
“I can try,” he said.
“I’ll try too,” I told him.
4 stars
Rereading this series after years and years and thoroughly enjoying it ☺️
4.5 stars
4.5 stars
It’s been about 10 years since I first read this book and after rereading it I’m upping my rating from 3 to 5 stars. I guess I can appreciate it more as a 24-year old than I could as a 14-year old.
5 stars
5 stars
I don’t really know what to make of this book. It’s very cleverly done, for sure. The parallels Collins draws between Snow and Shakespeare’s Coriolanus and the references to Hobbes, Locke and romanticism that are tied to different characters are very interesting. Although I have to admit that as a reader I hate being left in the dark so I’m a little bitter about her drawing inspiration from Wordsworth’s “Lucy Gray” and her uncertain ending.
I also noticed the use of the name Snow instead of Coriolanus in the epilogue, which was fitting because we all know what he ends up like and he’s well on his way to that at the end of this book...
At times I did enjoy the story, learning more about the history of Panem and the games and learning about Lucy Gray and discovering the origin of The Hanging Tree. That song really took on a new meaning!
But sometimes I had to force myself to keep reading because I just wasn’t rooting for the main character, which is probably normal because it’s president Snow, duh
I also noticed the use of the name Snow instead of Coriolanus in the epilogue, which was fitting because we all know what he ends up like and he’s well on his way to that at the end of this book...
At times I did enjoy the story, learning more about the history of Panem and the games and learning about Lucy Gray and discovering the origin of The Hanging Tree. That song really took on a new meaning!
But sometimes I had to force myself to keep reading because I just wasn’t rooting for the main character, which is probably normal because it’s president Snow, duh
Heel interessant om over de menselijke natuur te lezen net na het uitlezen van The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. Hobbes en Rousseau komen namelijk in beide aan de orde. Bregman weerlegt onder andere op minutieuze wijze de theorie van Hobbes dat mensen van nature slecht en egoïstisch zijn en dat we daarom de harde hand van een sterke leider of overheid nodig zouden hebben hebben. Zo bespreekt hij nog talloze studies en voorbeelden uit de praktijk die hij weerlegt of uitlegt. Voor een pessimist zoals ik stemt dit boek hoopvol. Zeker in deze tijden...
Het audioboek is ook heel fijn om te luisteren omdat Rutger Bregman dit zelf voorleest. Moest wel elke keer dat hij “chimpansjee” zei in plaats van chimpansee grinniken
Het audioboek is ook heel fijn om te luisteren omdat Rutger Bregman dit zelf voorleest. Moest wel elke keer dat hij “chimpansjee” zei in plaats van chimpansee grinniken
Those insects mentioned in the last chapter are straight outta The Hunger Games
