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I had high expectations since everyone from my good friends to my own son LOVED this book! I read it quickly, it definitely kept my interest. I have to say I thought the whole premise was weird and creepy. I hated the fact that these kids are sent to battle it out and die, all on television. I dont like that death is treated so casually.
The book takes place in the future, after civilization has ended. I get a very strange vibe from the setting, as if everything is dark and scary and still and pe ...more
The book takes place in the future, after civilization has ended. I get a very strange vibe from the setting, as if everything is dark and scary and still and pe ...more
I really wanted to love this book with all the talk about it, but I just couldn't get into it and really feel invested in any of the characters. By the end I was interested enough to read the next one in the series, but just barely. It was well enough written, I suppose, and WORLDS better than Twilight in terms of writing and storyline, but I just couldn't find the right connection to any of the characters and so I had a hard time caring much. It ended up taking me forever to read it because I r
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Hunger Games, book 1.
Katniss' story grabbed me by the throat on the first page and kept me entranced even after I turned the last page. Set in a not-so-distant future where the United States has collapsed and been replaced by Panem, a country ruled by the wealthy Capitol. Twelve Districts surround the Capitol. The people of the Districts starve while they send all the products of their work to the pampered inhabitants of the Capitol.
Every year, as punishment for a past uprising, each District is ...more
Katniss' story grabbed me by the throat on the first page and kept me entranced even after I turned the last page. Set in a not-so-distant future where the United States has collapsed and been replaced by Panem, a country ruled by the wealthy Capitol. Twelve Districts surround the Capitol. The people of the Districts starve while they send all the products of their work to the pampered inhabitants of the Capitol.
Every year, as punishment for a past uprising, each District is ...more
Fantastic book that I could not put down. I had looked at the book a couple of times when I was in the store, but kept putting it back. Then two women in my book club recommended it and we decided to read it. So glad I decided to read it. After I read this one I ran out and bought the second and third books in the series.
Somewhat gruesome - but not easily forgettable - engrossing read - a book you will want to read through in one sitting
Riveting. The Hunger Games is a thought-provoking thriller from beginning to end. You will never look at reality television the same way again.
The middle of the book wasn't bad, but I thought the end was completely contrived. Interesting the way she wrote the action sequences...
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An updated Lord of the Flies -- horrific and fascinating.
Jul 11, 2014
Deborah
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