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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. its a relly inststing and asome (  )  lylesreading | Nov 19, 2009 |  Katniss is definatly a Dynamic character. She is also the Protagonist of the book and I guess "round" whatever that means. ( ) GoneDruMax7 | Nov 19, 2009 | a fabulous take on the strength, bravery, and perseverance of one 16-year-old girl named Katniss. Through the course of the book, see changes from a self-trusting, troubled girl, to a self-trusting, trouble, loving, in-love girl. Its a beautiful story that i highly recomend to everyone!! xD ( ) bluejay5269113 | Nov 19, 2009 | I always feel that an author has done their job well if I find myself truly caring about the charactes. With that as my measuring stick, Ms. Collins has indeed done an excellent job. I found myself grabbed by the story and the fates of the characters in it. While the setting is an post apocolyptic future, the emotions the characters deal with are some that most everyone, young and old can relate to, at some level. The story was well paced. I thought the authors did an excellent job balancing the action of the book with character development. It was engrossing from beginning to end. The author also did a great job providing "food for thought" without hitting the reader over the head with her message. ( ) Readermom68 | Nov 18, 2009 | This book is about the future of North America. It is now a country called Panem. It is split into 13 Districts and the Capitol, but the 13th district has been destroyed. The Capitol is running a harsh rule against all of the districts and the last district was destroyed in the rebellion. Now, over 70 years after the rebellion, they hold the Hunger Games. Every year the Capitol takes two tributes, one boy and one girl, from every district, stick them in an arena, and make the m fight...to the death. This is supposed to amuse the people of the Capitol and to remind the districts that the Capitol uses them. The story follows Katniss, a girl from District 12. She is sent off to the Hunger Games and the book relates what happens there. I really loved the idea of this book, it is very interesting. The idea of what the future of America will be is pretty out there, but all the more intriguing for that. It is full of action and some romance. The only complaint I have is I would have liked more background and description. Can't wait to read the second book, Catching Fire. (  ) mdtwilighter | Nov 16, 2009 | 
 The concept of the book isn’t particularly original — a nearly identical premise is explored in “Battle Royale,” a wondrously gruesome Japanese novel that has been spun off into a popular manga series. Nor is there anything spectacular about the writing — the words describe the action and little else. But the considerable strength of the novel comes in Collins’s convincingly detailed world-building and her memorably complex and fascinating heroine. In fact, by not calling attention to itself, the text disappears in the way a good font does: nothing stands between Katniss and the reader, between Panem and America. The Hunger Games isn't exactly a deep work of literature, but it is a fun, exciting adventure story with a cool, believable female hero. And a entertainingly bleak, dystopian world with just enough of a reflection of our own reality to be thought-provoking. And most of all, a media-savvy story of on-camera slaughter by a former television professional. Good stuff, check it out.
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0439023483, Hardcover)Katniss is a 16-year-old girl living with her mother and younger sister in the poorest district of Panem, the remains of what used be the United States. Long ago the districts waged war on the Capitol and were defeated. As part of the surrender terms, each district agreed to send one boy and one girl to appear in an annual televised event called, "The Hunger Games." The terrain, rules, and level of audience participation may change but one thing is constant: kill or be killed. When Kat's sister is chosen by lottery, Kat steps up to go in her place.(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:57:55 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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