The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) in Crazy Challenge Connection

Oct 06, 2014 Lindsay♫SingerOfStories♫ rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: 2014-reads, banned-or-almost-banned, 2024-reads

These books are my Roman Empire. Reading this again even now that I'm older I am still just as in love with Peeta and just as enamored with Katniss. The whole HG world resonates so strongly. ...more

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Feb 08, 2012 Jamie Dubois rated it it was amazing

Shelves: own-on-paperback, 1st-in-series, read-in-2012

Oh my goodness, I LOVED this book!! I have books that I really enjoy reading but this one I just didn't want to put down. And that is a surprise because when I first read the cover and found out what it was about, it didn't seem like my kind of book. I'm usually not into worlds that don't really exist and fighting.
The storyline was excellent and it left us hanging at just the right spot. I loved the colorful descriptions the author gave the people who lived and worked at the Capitol.
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Apr 21, 2012 Lori rated it it was amazing

What makes this book great is that it is not a cookie-cutter novel. You did not know what would happen in the first 100 pages. Can't wait to read the rest. ...more

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Jan 17, 2012 Brindi Michele rated it really liked it

Shelves: series, young-adult, want, ebooks, made-into-movies-tv, favorites-ya, dystopia-sci-fi

I almost had to give this 2 stars because the editing was horrific! I wanted to take a red pen, make corrections and ship it back to the publisher. It was horrendous and, unfortunately, took a lot away from the overall experience.

What saved this book was the plot and concept of youth's experience with war. I thought the idea was brilliant and I liked the character development. I'm interested to see where this goes in the next books... ...more

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