I had a lot of mixed feelings about those books. They were well written. The story was engaging in that it kept you turning the page to find out what happens next. The characters were all beautifully developed. And I thought the futuristic vision of North America was unique and very interesting.

But...the entire premise of the story was deeply disturbing and took all the pleasure out of the book for me. I don't mind violence in a story...even hard, graphic violence. And I can tolerate "reality" in which children sometimes get hurt. But a story whose entire plot-line is based on intentionally inflicting hard, graphic violence on children....

I won't be seeing the movie.