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ChadTower:

Reading level:  Grammatic structure, complexity of analogies, direct/indirect vocabulary usage, average number of syllables and clauses per sentence and/or paragraph.

It's not about the story or how effectively the story is told.

The irony here is making my foot twitch.

Donkbaca:
The book is published by SCHOLASTIC people, its marketed towards little kids, its silly to see middle aged fat guys argue about the literary importance of a book written for 13 year old girls.

3D Titanic?  Sure there's boobs, but if I am going to sit through that mess, I would expect better hotness than a naked Kate Winslett

shmokes:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on April 03, 2012, 12:01:36 pm ---Helped you out a bit clarifying your position on the Hunger Games' quality of writing.

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How exactly does quoting me word-for-word clarify my position?

Anyway, I believe that the Hunger Games are not well-written books because my wife has read them and I've listened to her frequently describing the stupidity of various situations and the often crappy writing. And I've read quite a few excerpts illustrating as much (at my wife's prompting). My wife compares them qualitatively to The Twilight Saga, i.e., mostly crappy.

So yeah, my opinion is not based on having read the series. Perhaps that's why I prefaced everything I said with, "While I haven't read The Hunger Games . . ." And then I only talked about the premise of the novel, which I don't have to have read the books to know.

It's rich criticism, at any rate, coming from BYOAC's resident expert in everything known to man (except loading MDF).

 

ChadTower:
Clarification was emphasis put on the fact that you didn't actually read the books but have a strong opinion on them based on what you've heard.  You did not present the opinion as that of your wife at the time.  Now, your position is clearer.  You're welcome.   :cheers:

It undermines the credibility of the opinion, of course.  Then you throw in indignance and an insult to make it that much stronger a position.  Good work!   :laugh2:

shmokes:

--- Quote from: shmokes on April 03, 2012, 11:43:30 am ---I doubt this. While I haven't read The Hunger Games, I think the concept of Harry Potter, an 11-year-old kid who finds out he's a wizard, is far more juvenile than the dystopian future of the Hunger Games. The Harry Potter books, while not especially literary, are pretty well written, far moreso than Dan Brown's novels or most John Grisham.

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You're silly Chad. Read that again. How in the name of god is that an unreasonable thing to say? How can you even clarify it as a "strong opinion". Don't be a princess.

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