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I'm not a fan of YA lit. I usually can't stand most stories written for a teen-aged aduience as I find the descriptions tedious and over use of exposition mind-numbing. However, this book was just impossible to put down. It has to be the best thing written directly for teens I've ever read and can't wait to get the sequels! Most people know and understand the plot, but what you may not get until you read this book is how well it's written. This book offers much in the way of critical conversatio
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I love books about future dystopian societies. I also happen to love watching that ever popular (and frequently repeating) tv show Survivor. How about a mash-up? Survivor set in a future dystopian society? Ah yes, the ultimate mash-up!
That, in a nutshell, is what The Hunger Games are. Just an extreme version of reality tv survival show where instead of getting voted off you are killed off. This kind of storyline could be taken in many directions. There is high potential for some coat tail riding ...more
That, in a nutshell, is what The Hunger Games are. Just an extreme version of reality tv survival show where instead of getting voted off you are killed off. This kind of storyline could be taken in many directions. There is high potential for some coat tail riding ...more
THG is of the best YA novels I've read in some time. While it is unlikely to have the effect Harry Potter did, it is still dynamic in its narrative voice and character development. While in Harry Potter good and evil are presented as knowable and the good guys and bad guys are, for the most part, easy to distinguish (there are some exceptions), in THG, our notions of good and evil are continually deconstructed and reconstructed. As a book that is at the same time popular and well-written, it is
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After watching the movie I decided to go back to the book. I found the book much more enjoyable the second time through and think that this might be one of my favorites of all time :) I don't know what it is about the book, whether it be the action, the love stories, the look at human nature, or the idea of a society that could be so cruel to its children but the books absolutely catch my interest and keep me reading. I feel that the characters are well developed and make you care about them to
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Mar 03, 2011
Rosemary
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it was amazing
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A brilliant idea, cleverly written. Completely drew me in.
This book was really entertaining! I ended up reading it in two days while I was on vacation. This book was so much better than Twilight, in my opinion. The plot was great, and I really liked Suzanne Collins' style of writing. Whilst reading, the characters became alive and I felt what they felt. Like mentioned before, I really enjoyed this book and am excited to read Part II of the series.
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It rocks
AMAZING!!!
Feb 06, 2011
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