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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. This book sucked me in from chapter one. I love the premise, the main character, and how she was thrust into an impossible situation, only to realize certain things about herself - good and bad. There are brutal moments in it, but I think it only highlights all that Katniss has to deal with just to survive and what is to come. (  ) chicamimi | Jan 2, 2010 |  I loved 'The Hunger Games' and I can't wait to read the next one in the series. It was a fast paced and exciting book that I just couldn't put down. I've read quite a few other books with similar plots, but this is one of my favorites. ( ) kimifly | Jan 2, 2010 | An exciting read, a good YA book. I agree with the other reviews that the premise is a bit disturbing--children forced to fight to the death for entertainment. A great strong heroine and lots of page-turning action. Reminded me of SAtephen King's A LONG WALK--another post-apocalyptic tale of a contest where the last one left alive is the winner. (  ) grigoro | Dec 31, 2009 | By far the best book I've read in months. I'm usually very critical of books, but this one stole my heart. It was intense, cpativating, thrilling and thought-provoking. The narrator is very likeable and filled with realistic sense of humor. I was so sad once it was finished because the second book doesn't come out till September of 2009. This excellent novel brings up many interesting questions. Would we kill to live? What are reality shows leading up to? ( ) Awesomeness1 | Dec 31, 2009 | In terms of plot, Hunger Games is riveting: while the futuristic dystopia has been done, the concept of the Games themselves is just disturbing enough to be intriguing. Society feeds off the annual Games, where twenty-four "randomly" chosen children are placed in a controlled environment (controlled being the operative word: the environment is controlled by the government, who can introduce different climates, animals, and obstacles at any time) and forced to fight to the death. While Suzanne Collins keeps her readers hungering for more, it is almost entirely because of this grotesquely magnetic plotline. The writing is good, but not great. I did not once find myself underlining a passage because of the beauty with which it was written. Words are not overused, but often a phrase or description leaves the reader wanting more. It is a book to read, not reread. (  )1  abbeautiful | Dec 30, 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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