The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) in Desperate BookJunkies

Sep 27, 2009 Mike (the Paladin) rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy

For a while I considered giving this YA novel the full five stars. It's extremely well written and has blown away readers in all age groups. I got caught up in it and recommend it highly.

But there are a couple of problems. The heroine is sadly rather dense for someone so smart. You'll spend a lot of time shaking your head. I won't say more as that would entail a spoiler or spoilers, so....

I finally settled on a four star rating because of a few glitches that just drove me crazy. For example,the ...more

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Apr 08, 2011 Anagha Uppal rated it it was amazing

Best book ever after Harry Potter! Can't wait for the movie coming out 2012 :) ...more

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Aug 10, 2010 AudioBookFans rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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Sep 06, 2010 Jenn rated it really liked it

Shelves: kindle

Wow, reading this one on your kindle makes it difficult to believe when you've hit the end. I kept tapping on the right, trying to make it to the next page/chapter. At least with the actual book in your hands you know the end is coming. Am I ever glad that I have all three books here. I think I'd be mighty annoyed if I read this when it first came out and found out that I had to wait for the next book to be finished. What a love story cliffhanger!

At first I found the story a little hard going. ...more

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Apr 26, 2011 Quantum Thief- Behind the Mask rated it it was amazing

love this book and the movie!

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Apr 14, 2010 Tedi rated it it was amazing

Shelves: y-a, dystopia, favorites

I dont know what more to say than that I LOVED this book! The author did an incredible job of taking an idea that most would never want to think about and making it into a story you have to finish. You HAVE to know how it ends. The government chooses 2 kids out of every district and makes them fight to the death over a course of days and weeks. The idea is barbaric! The fact that the public is forced to watch, is disgusting. Yet the way the author went about it was so well done. I thought I knew ...more

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Nov 08, 2009 Katie rated it it was amazing

This is such a fantastic and thrilling young adult book!!!

It's the first in a trilogy set in a futuristic/dystopian America. "The Capitol" has control of 12 gated districts.

They are gated because 75 years prior, District 13 revolted against the government who responded by completely obliterating the area.

Now, every year, a boy and a girl between age 12 and 18 are chosen from each district, excluding the Capitol. These 24 contestants fight to the death in a massive arena as the Capitol's way of ...more

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Mar 27, 2009 Jennifer rated it really liked it

I really liked this book. The whole book kept you on edge and I finished it in two days! The book is not short either! I am going to read the second in the series Catching Fire! Cant wait to start.

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Apr 27, 2011 Emily rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult, books-i-own, series, science-fiction

The name of the game is to win. Its kill or be killed.

The Hunger Games is a live TV show, that takes twelve girls and twelve boys and puts them against eachother for their lives. Each of the twelve districts of Panem give two of their children to the games and hopes that one will come back alive.
When Katniss Everdeen takes her sisters place in the games, shes convinced that this is her death sentence. But survival is in her blood.

I loved this book. Thats all i can think of to say.

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