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If it looks like a hunger games book and tastes like a hunger games book, it must be a hunger games book.
I've been in a reading rut where it's just felt like every book is taking forever to read, even ones I was excited about. But I flew through this, no joke, in a week. I read it every day. When I was in the car before work, walking through the parking lot, on my lunch break, when I had a couple minutes free with no tasks, when I came home. A WEEK. And I loved it. A new hunger games book could ...more
I've been in a reading rut where it's just felt like every book is taking forever to read, even ones I was excited about. But I flew through this, no joke, in a week. I read it every day. When I was in the car before work, walking through the parking lot, on my lunch break, when I had a couple minutes free with no tasks, when I came home. A WEEK. And I loved it. A new hunger games book could ...more

Aug 23, 2025
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Haymitch Abernathy, the curmudgeonly alcoholic Hunger Games victor/ mentor, narrates the tale of his own games in this prequel. It provides us with an understandable explanation of his character development and the Haymitch we first met in the original book. I enjoyed the original trilogy, in book and film, and thus, I enjoyed this too. The narrator did an excellent job, his voice echoed that of Woody Harrelson in the film series. If you're a fan of the original Hunger Games, you won't be disapp
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