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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)

Suzanne Collins

Start date: June 2, 2011

Finish date: July 11, 2011

Discussion: 2011 Reads

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May 05, 2012 Kelsy added it

Shelves: sci-fi

Peeta is just the worst.

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Nov 18, 2011 Erin Kelly rated it really liked it

Shelves: kindle

I really never thought I would read a book this good written in first person present, but it works so very well.

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Feb 20, 2011 Lauren Magee rated it it was amazing

Wonderful page-turner. Stayed up all night to finish it. Immediately put the rest of the trilogy on reserve at the library, and will be twitching until the holds are in.

Love love love dystopian future novels, and this one is crafted very well. Likable characters with flaws in all the right places, injustice, inhumanity, love and the lovelorn. and so much more to enjoy! Beautifully balanced prose that reveals just enough of the past to not get info-dumpy. Took me 8 pages to get used to the presen ...more

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Nov 25, 2011 dennis rated it liked it

certainly not the OMG! that others have raved about. the dystopian future and its tech was honestly silly or ridiculous (battle royale, been there done that). characters were well written, loved katniss (woot archer hunter girl). i'll read the 2nd but we'll see how that goes. can't commit to the rest of the trilogy at this point.

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my turn came up on the holds-list for #2, and i returned the book after a few days, unread. the things that bugged me about #1 were just too much. don't th ...more

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