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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)

Suzanne Collins

Start date: June 2, 2011

Finish date: July 11, 2011

Discussion: 2011 Reads

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Jan 13, 2010 Otis Chandler rated it it was amazing

Shelves: adventure, sci-fi, young-adult, post-apocalyptic

I cracked and finally picked this up. Very enjoyable quick read - couldn't put it down - it was like crack.

I'm a bit bothered by the lack of backstory of how Panem and the Hunger Games come about. It is just kind of explained away in a few paragraphs and we are left to accept this very strange world where teenagers are pitted into an arena each year to kill each other? I was expecting it because I've seen Battle Royale, but I would have appreciated knowing more of the backstory of how the world ...more

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Nov 11, 2008 Jenny (Reading Envy) rated it it was amazing

Shelves: ya, read2010, post-apocalypse-and-dystopia, sci-fi-fantasy, league-extraordinary-dorks, favorites

Really great, fast-paced, interesting young characters, impossible death-game situation in a post-apocalyptic former USA.

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Feb 26, 2010 Deirdre rated it really liked it

Shelves: fromlibrary, fantasy, ya

In a scary near future, every year a reality TV show takes place where 12 boys and 12 girls from each of the 12 regions in the country fight to the death in a kill or be killed game. This year 16-year-old Katniss Everdeen steps forward instead of her sister. She doesn't want to see her die, she wants her to live, she wants to live but doesn't reckon her chances as high.

Her fellow regional compeditor is Peeta Mellark, who claims he loves her, but can she trust him? Who will survive, can they both ...more

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Jul 09, 2009 Lydia Presley rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2010, young-adult, scifi, fiction

Sometimes when I approach a book for the second time I pause for a moment and wonder, "What if I don't like it as much this time?" THE HUNGER GAMES by Suzanne Collins was no exception - but within the first few pages that feeling was immediately squashed and, once again, I found myself swept away by the story.

Knowing what was going to happen in the book did not dull the message much at all for me. I remember being horrified my first time through the story and that horror was still there, but a b ...more

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Nov 30, 2010 Emily rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fantasy, ya, dystopia

It's not very often you find a great YA novel about a dystopian future. It's even more rare when part of the book involves the protagonist killing people. This book had both, and a riveting storyline to boot. I was able to relate to Katniss, although the love triangle felt a little tacked on to appeal to the Twilight crowd. ...more

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Oct 05, 2010 Dave rated it really liked it

A bunch of teenagers are made to kill each other in an arena-like setting, kind of like Battle Royale meets Rome. A good concept with endearing characters but thought the pacing sagged at times.

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Nov 11, 2008 Nikki rated it it was amazing

Got this book as an eBay Daily Deal and honestly don't know why it had to hit the "bargain rack" before I picked it up. Once I did, I couldn't put it down--and that hasn't happened in a good long while. This book is a very quick read and definitely deserving of all the hype. You get brutality (read: lots of gore), romance, action--read it! ...more

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