I just lost my whole post. Ugh! I read it at the request of a friend, who hates to read. Her daughter wanted to read them, but the friend wanted to review it first. I really liked them, as an adult, for the societal statements they made. I did advise my friend of the possible issues, and that she should wait a bit, perhaps to let her daughter read it.
When my son was 15, he asked to watched the movie, so I told him he had to read the books and discuss them with me first. I warned him of any issues, and for one paragraph, I did cover it with an index card. The books do not glorify violence. There is some kissing, though its almost all for ‘show’ and not real. There are no sex scenes, though one girls strips down. While there isn’t a graphic description, even the allusion of nudity could be an issue for a young man. The paragraph I covered was actual where one of the male “victors” was explaining that he had been used as a prostitute. It wasn’t graphic, but I didn’t want to tackle that issue with my son, in that way, YET. We did discuss it, a year later, when the movie came out. He, obviously knew what prostitution was from the Bible, but I didn’t want to deal with that at the time.
Read it for yourself before you decide. I read some Christian reviews of the movie, and they really did get it all wrong. The books do not glorify violence, while its possible to believe that the movies do. So, definatley don’t watch the movies without reading the books.
