Some reviews (spoilers)

So there are two things I'm going to review right now: a book and a movie. Let's start with the movie. 

I watched this movie (for the first time)(I'm slow) a couple of weeks ago with my cousin Lanie, and yes I'll say it, it made me want to cry. IT WAS SO GOOD. 

So let's start with the characters. They captured Haymitch's character perfectly. Woody Harrelson was a great Haymitch. Peeta was wonderful, and Katniss was... well, the only word I can think to describe her is real. Her character was believable. She was imperfectly perfect, I guess you could say. 
President Snow. Is an idiot. 
That's all I want to say about him. 

I haven't read the book in a while, but from what I can remember, they followed it really well. 

And now I'll freak out because OH MY GOODNESS, CINNA!!!! He was so amazing, but he really should've known he would be punished for that dress he put Katniss in. Sure, it was clever, the whole slice-of-rebelion-and-TAKE-THAT-CAPITOL theme, but really, Cinna, be smart. You were trying to keep yourself alive. Epic fail. 
BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN I DON'T LOVE YOU FORGIVE ME DON'T DIEEEEEEEEE. 

Also, when Katniss and Peeta were on tour and the man was killed for holding up his three-fingered salute and whistling Rue's four note song, I DIED. IT WAS SO SAD. 

And then it kind of ended on a cliff-hanger which I hated, because I really don't want to see the next movie (or two movies)(why on earth are they making two movies out of the last book??) because when I read the third book, I was super bored. 
BUT NOW I HAVE TO GO SEE IT BECAUSE I HATE CLIFF-HANGERS. 
OH THIS WORLD IS CRUEL. 

And then, the very last part, like, the very very end, when the pin was burning on my screen and the four note song is played one last time, I melted into a little puddle. At least I wanted to. But my cousin Lanie was right there and I didn't want her to see me in all my little-melted-puddle glory. 

So go see it if you haven't already, because it's amazing. 

Next review: 

It's really blurry, sorry about that

So, you can't really tell because of this blurry image, but this book is called My Best Friend's Funeral. It was written by a friend of my parents, actually. Hence, the signed copy in my room. So if this book becomes super popular, I can gloat about my signed copy. Signed. Ha. 

This book is a memoir. It's about the author growing up in California by the beach and how he met his best friend as a kid. It captures the hardships, happiness, and struggles of growing up. These two had a great friendship, forged on the surf and sand, music, and the bigger questions, like God. 

I really liked it. In fact, it's one of the things that inspired me to write Miette's story. Thompson's writing style is casual but he is still able to pull together his deepest feelings into words. He expresses his pain and sorrow for his best friend's premature death very well. 

I'm not sure I would recommend it to young readers though. Fourteen or fifteen, I think. Or sixteen. It's really more for adults. 

I have now finished my reviews. *Exits stage left* 

--Abby