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Nov 14, 2011

Seth rated it:

[art by the stupendous Vera Brosgol]

To start things off right, a quote from Hunger Games. "The girl’s scream. Had it been her last?" Context: Katniss has been confronted with a girl who had her tongue cut off as punishment and remembers seeing her years earlier just as she was caught. According to memory, as the girl was dragged away, she screamed. Now years later and in the present, Katniss wonders: "The girl’s scream. Had it been her last?" Because people More...

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Oct 24, 2011

Jon rated it:

I snagged this trilogy during an ebook sale in late September 2011. I had already read the first novel, the Hunger Games (click here for my review) in April 2010, and really hadn't planned on continuing. But the sale price was just too good to pass up.

I started Catching Fire on October 13th (no it wasn't a Friday) and should have it finished before the ides of October 2011. As promised, I finished reading the second novel on October 15th (click here for my review).

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Jan 29, 2012

Liz rated it:

The Hunger Games Trilogy: these are my issues, let me show you them.

Most of the good fiction/fantasy/scifi literature these days is coming out of the Young Adult and Juvenile areas, so every six months or so I round up the new stuff and go on a reading spree. Around two years ago that included the Hunger Games trilogy (thanks to an ARC copy of Mockingjay). I did a review on that for my work newsletter which made me think about it for a good long while. (It wasn’t my best review because More...

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Sep 01, 2011

Alan rated it:

Katnis is a compelling character living in a time of deprevation and oppression. It is her actions in the face of this world that set her apart, that inspire others to action. But it is her humility, her lack of belief or understanding in her own self worth that make her so lovable. For the most part Katnis keeps her feelings and emotions guarded or hidden. These things make it hard for her to accept at face value that anyone could love her, or want to help her.
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Jul 12, 2011

Gay rated it:

Fabulous series! Highly recommended. Written as young adult fiction, but absolutely enjoyable for adults.

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Feb 17, 2012

Charlene rated it:

I'd heard about this before the first book came out and despite urgings and rave reviews, I resisted. Because I hated every adult who would live in this world, surviving by sacrificing their children. Then I found out the whole thing ends in bloody revolution, and decided I was okay with it, because they fight to end that evil.

So I downloaded the whole trilogy on Monday, when the baby came down with something awful and I needed a distraction while I nursed and walked and rocked her end More...

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Feb 15, 2012

Karen rated it:

I wasn’t sure I would like this trilogy, but I got drawn into it until I read all three books. Yes, it’s about children killing each other but in a way it echoes what’s going on in the world today.

The stories are set sometime in a dystopian/post-apocalyptic future in a country called Panem, which is located in what used to be North America after it was destroyed by nuclear war. The government leaders in the wealthy Capital rule the surrounding 12 Districts of Panem in a repressive re More...

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Feb 14, 2012

Anne rated it:

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Feb 12, 2012

Katie rated it:

I have never been so sucked into a series as I was with The Hunger Games Trilogy and wound up reading each book in about 8 hours and staying up WAAAAAAY past my regular bedtime to finish. These have plenty of action, excellent characters, and a fantastically dystopic world where the Capitol exerts its control over the districts by having a Roman Gladiator type "contest" each year where teenaged tributes duke it out in an arena, to the death. Collins fills these books with emotional hig More...

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Feb 04, 2012

Hayley rated it:

With the Hunger Games trilogy, Suzanne Collins offers readers young and old something that makes any Young Adult Fiction an instant hit: a sense of belonging. But this is better than Team Edward, and more unique than Gryffindor. We're welcomed to the dystopian world of Panem where a fight-to-the-death contest with boy and girl tributes from each of twelve districts is one means of control by bloodthirsty leaders in the Capitol. Reminiscent of George Orwell's 1985, Collins begs me to ask: Is the More...

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Feb 04, 2012

Clarissa rated it:

No spoilers here!!! I can't even begin to describe my ever-growing obsession with these phenomenal books! The Hunger games trilogy takes you into a world, that is, in actually, not all that far off. Although its apocalyptic ideas are gruesome and depressing, the hope of the rebellion is what engaged me as the reader. In fact, the promise of the Mockingjay is what kept me reading at the edge of my seat. I COULD NOT put these books down.

Suzanne Collins is an AMAZING writer and her tal More...

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Jan 24, 2012

Taylor rated it:

All 3 of these books had me at the edge of my seat thru out the entirety. I will break them out by book.

Hunger Games- This one actually took me about 50 pages or so to finally get into the story. I'm not a fan of first person narrative and this girl was bugging me with her "all about me" attitude. You get where she's coming from and understand all her frustrations and you find yourself wondering if you could or would do the same things she did. Very excellent book.

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Jan 23, 2012

Uli rated it:

All 3 of these books had me at the edge of my seat thru out the entirety. I will break them out by book.

Hunger Games- This one actually took me about 50 pages or so to finally get into the story. I'm not a fan of first person narrative and this girl was bugging me with her "all about me" attitude. You get where she's coming from and understand all her frustrations and you find yourself wondering if you could or would do the same things she did. Very excellent book.
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Jan 20, 2012

Casandra rated it:

Collins Writes this Interesting new twist into a post society crash setting that had me hooked on the second page. She didn't waste any time in lengthy introductions of the characters and rules of this new society but managed to tell us what we needed at the appropriate times without fillers. The story jumps off without a hitch and keeps the action and emotions running straight through to the end so you cant put the book down (I actually stayed up all night so i could finish it before my ki More...

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Jan 11, 2012

Kelley rated it:

I knew that everyone loved it, but I still didn’t want to read The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. I read the description and grimaced; it sounded like Lord of the Flies and “The Lottery” had a love child; it sounded awful, so I ignored the hype.

Flash forward to this past September. I was spending a weekend at my cousins’ apartment in Boston. What did my three grown cousins want to do? Play the Hunger Games board game (yeah, they’re 27 years old and up). Despite my protests, I ended More...

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Jan 11, 2012

Katharine rated it:

My friend got me this box set for Christmas because I was interested in checking out the series. At first, the books and their summaries didn't look like a story that I would normally be interested in. However, I was curious to see what all the hype was about. I have multiple friends who approached me and recommended this book, and all of these friends are vastly different. I wanted to see what factor in this book lead people to find a common connection of interests and unite them in n More...

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Jan 10, 2012

Beth rated it:

The first book was spectacular. I didn't know what to expect and I hung on every word. Much like others have recorded, the books and story line sort of go downhill, but I still enjoyed the series because I felt that the protagonist was more realistic than other stories, in that the effect of her experiences clearly is shown in her character. She is human and that was refreshing. I felt the ending was quite weak and I felt there were some things that weren't explained well enough.

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Jan 08, 2012

Krysta rated it:

I read this series so fast I decided to add the set instead of each one.
I would have never chosen these books myself- I thought they were about some tough warrior girl. But finally after my friend Danielle said I must read them, and then my friend Becky actually bought book one for me, I finally started... and didn't stop.
Turns out the books are actually about survival and a very corrupt government. Even though I've read the Ender's Game series and Harry Potter series, these are by f More...

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Jan 06, 2012

Nick rated it:

The Hunger Games trilogy has generated a lot of buzz recently, mostly due to the upcoming (and fantastic looking) movie adaptation of the first book. So I decided to bump it up on my to-read list. And I wasn't disappointed.

For those unfamiliar with the trilogy, it's set in a dystopian future America, called Panem, where various unnamed wars and environmental catastrophes have devastated the human race and left much of the Earth's landmass underwater. Panem is ruled by a totalitarian re More...

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Jan 04, 2012

Trish rated it:

Okay, I read each of these books and have decided that they merit a review based on them as a whole, rather than reviewing each book separately. To review them separately would simply render an incomplete perspective. First of all, I am adamantly against any story set in a post-apocalyptic setting. Second, I was really taken aback at the premise of the "Games", which I can only best describe as somewhere between "Lord of the Flies" and the reality show, Survivor, taken to More...

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Dec 30, 2011

Lucy rated it:

Dystopian literature has always been one of my favourite things to delve into, and this series is no exception.

I thought that the first book, The Hunger Games, was fantastic. You are introduced very effectively to the world of Panem, and the Games themselves are gripping. The cliffhanger ending made me pick up the sequel, Catching Fire the day after, which I did not regret. I thought that the second book was the best of the bunch, which is unusual for the bridge book in a trilogy. The More...

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Dec 30, 2011

DT rated it:

Not sure I can add anything to the commentary on this series/soon-to-be nationwide phenomenon. But because I just read three books in three nights, yet still didn't really like them, I figured I'd write about this unprecedented experience in my life as a reader.

A few disjointed thoughts:

The only ending that made any sense to me was the end of the third book. It was almost as if the publishing house split one book into three because they realized they could make serious More...

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Dec 28, 2011

Jessica rated it:

Liked it, but really I think the last book really ruined it for me. I get the idea that Suuzanne Collins is trying to promote here, that war is ruinous psychologically, emotionally and spiritually. However, her portrayal of Katniss, beginning in the second book, as the girl who just can't take things without fainting or otherwise mentally checking out, doesn't at all fit with the way her character gets things done in the first novel. Katniss could have really been the Mocking Jay, and should More...

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Dec 27, 2011

David rated it:

Things I heard about this trilogy before reading it:

- It's about kids fighting to the death for the entertainment of the capitol's citizens.
- Just read the 1st book, because nobody likes how it all ends.
- If you do read all of them, you'll notice they get less enjoyable as it goes on.
- Those who don't just outright dislike the ending simply consider it appropriate.

As a result, I read the books with these things in mind. I can say I understand why people would s More...

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Dec 26, 2011

Melissa rated it:

A real page-turner. I downloaded this book to my phone when driving from MS to TX because it had good reviews on Amazon. I like to have "easy" books to read on road trips as it makes the time go fast (I started the Twilight series last year for the same reason). My first thought was to compare the "reaping" of children to that in the short story "The Lottery". The premise is disturbing, and the story violent and sad, but the author does a great job of keeping th More...

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Dec 12, 2011

Ermisenda rated it:

The Hunger Game Series by Suzanne Collins
4.5 out of 5

Overall, I loved this series. I bought it because everyone had been raving about it. I kind of dismissed the comment and went to find out what was so good about this series. They were so good. These books were gripping and I couldn't put them down. I originally didn't read too much young adult but recently I have been reading more and more. It's been a good phase so far.

The first book, The Hunger Games, fantastic. I th More...

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Dec 09, 2011

Amy rated it:

I thoroughly enjoyed this series! Suzanne Collins, did a marvelous job with all of the characters...both good and evil. A very descriptive, profound, compelling trilogy, that takes place a few hundred years in the future. I especially loved Peeta's character...clever, quirky, kind, considerate, gentle, and brave, with great compassion. Some, have perceived this story to be something of a "love triangle", but my thoughts are -- The Heroine: Katniss Everdeen, didn't intend to or have tim More...

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Dec 07, 2011

Jorie (maggie) rated it:

The Hunger Games Trilogy

"They can't hurt me. I'm not like the rest of you. There's no one left I love." ―Johanna Mason

The Hunger Game trilogy, written by Suzanne Collins, was named one of New York Times best sellers. The main character is Katniss Everdeen a young responsible teenage girl who supports her family after her father died. Every year there is an event called the Hunger Games, a game where two tributes from each of the twelve districts one boy and one More...

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Nov 26, 2011

Heather rated it:

I really feel these books need to be evaluated together, as they are meant to be read together. I found the books simultaneously compelling and painful and while I read them in what amounts to about 2 days worth of reading, they were incredibly fatiguing to read. It is Shirley Jackson's The Lottery, meets reality tv, meets Wag the Dog. Here are my thoughts on the different aspects of the books, please be aware of spoilers and if you don't want to read them, stop here. (What's the point of tal More...

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Nov 09, 2011

Jessica rated it:

Katniss Peeta Gale Prim Johanna Kinnick Haymitch Cinna and especially Rue are all characters that I will not be forgetting anytime soon - if ever. The author does an amazing job at creating these characters and then placing them in you. I loved the detailed description of the world that this story is placed in. No it isn't all happiness and butterflies but it was their home.

You will find yourself being pulled in all kinds of directions and never really knowing the next twist in the tale. I am gl More...

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