Fifty Shades of Grey: Book One of the Fifty Shades Trilogy [Paperback]

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Starred Review. Reviewed by Megan Whalen Turner
If there really are only seven original plots in the world, it's odd that boy meets girl is always mentioned, and society goes bad and attacks the good guy never is. Yet we have Fahrenheit 451, The Giver, the House in the Scorpion—and now, following a long tradition of Brave New Worlds, The Hunger Games. Collins hasn't tied her future to a specific date, or weighted it down with an excessive amount of finger wagging. Rather less 1984 and rather more Death Race 2000, hers is often a gripping story set in a postapocalyptic world where a replacement for the United States demands a tribute from each of their territories: two children being used as gladiators inside a televised fight to the death.Katniss, from that which was once Appalachia, offers to consider the place of her sister inside the Hunger Games, but after this ultimate sacrifice, she's entirely centered on survival at any cost. It is her teammate, Peeta, who recognizes the significance of holding on one's humanity in such inhuman circumstances. It's a credit to Collins's skill at characterization that Katniss, like a whole new Theseus, is cold, calculating and still likable. She has the attributes to be a winner, where Peeta gets the grace being an excellent loser.It's no accident that these games are presented as pop culture. Every generation projects its fear: runaway science, communism, overpopulation, nuclear wars and, now, reality TV. Hawaii of Panem—which needs to maintain its tributaries subdued and its citizens complacent—may have created the Games, but mindless television is the real danger, the means in which society pacifies its citizens and punishes people who fail to conform. Will its connection to reality TV, ubiquitous today, date the book? It might, but for now, it makes this the correct book in the right time. What happens if we choose entertainment over humanity? In Collins's world, we'll be obsessed with grooming, we'll talk funny, and many types of our sentences will end with the same rise as questions. When Katniss is distributed to stylists to become made more telegenic before she competes, she stands naked facing them, strangely unembarrassed. They're so unlike people that we're no longer self-conscious than if a trio of oddly colored birds were pecking around my feet, she thinks. In order never to hate these creatures that are sending her to her death, she imagines them as pets. It is not only the contestants who risk the loss of their humanity. It is perhaps all who watch. Katniss struggles to win not exactly the Games though the inherent contest for audience approval. Because this really is the first book in a series, not things are resolved, and what's left unanswered will be the central question. Has she sacrificed too much? We know perfectly what she's got given approximately survive, although not whether the price was too high. Readers will wait eagerly to master more.
Megan Whalen Turner could be the author of the Newbery Honor book The Thief and its sequels, The Queen of Attolia and The King of Attolia. The following book in the series is planning to be published by Greenwillow in 2010.
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Grade 7 Up -In a not-too-distant future, the United states of america of America has collapsed, weakened by drought, fire, famine, and war, to become replaced by Panem, a country divided into the Capitol and 12 districts. Each year, two young representatives from each district are selected by lottery to participate in The Hunger Games. Part entertainment, part brutal intimidation with the subjugated districts, the televised games are broadcasted throughout Panem because the 24 participants are expected to eliminate their competitors, literally, wonderful citizens necessary to watch. When 16-year-old Katniss's young sister, Prim, is selected as the mining district's female representative, Katniss volunteers to adopt her place. She and her male counterpart, Peeta, the son with the town baker who seems to get every certainly one of the fighting skills of an lump of bread dough, will likely be pitted against bigger, stronger representatives who have trained just for this their whole lives. Collins's characters are completely realistic and sympathetic since they form alliances and friendships inside face of overwhelming odds; the plot is tense, dramatic, and engrossing. This book will certainly resonate using the generation raised on reality shows like 'Survivor' and 'American Gladiator.' Book one of a planned trilogy.Jane Henriksen Baird, Anchorage Public Library, AK
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