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The Games
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Start date
March 1, 2013
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March 31, 2013
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Stew
Nov 02, 2012 rated it really liked it
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The Games was a pure adrenaline rush. Don't be fooled by the title or timing of the book's release, this isn't a copycat of The Hunger Games.

The story is filled with action and gore and Kosmatka did a fantastic job of researching the medical and scientific topics that are covered in the story which made it an engrossing, fast-paced read.

Very little time is spent indulging the ethical nature of the story, which is a shame, but at the least, it forces the reader to think beyond the story to the
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Thao-linh
Mar 13, 2013 rated it really liked it
Great choice of words, analogies, and inference. Really enjoyed the plot.