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The Hunger Games | 
| Author: Suzanne Collins
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 Reminiscent of others but original none the less... November 20, 2008
I definitely felt this was going to be an unoriginal idea... at first... but then I read on. The book is very well written and the characters are worthy of the time we invest in them as the reader. But I couldn't help but think that this book seemed to fall into an overly re-used idea... something fun like a game (of challenge / chance / etc) is misdirected to us as innocence lost. This idea of the Twilight Zone twist that people now come to over-expect was once a great treasure in Science Fiction - "The Future that Could Be" and these types are always distopian in nature. Similar to Stephen King's The Running Man or Takami's Battle Royale or even slightly toward Shirley Jackson's The Lottery - the author lets us feel comfortable in a subject we have been immersed in culturally for thousands of years and then twists into a horrible feeling of disgust. The capturing of the characters familiarity to this otherwise alien idea only fuels the readers fascination. If you read this and find the story intriguing, then other books of this genre should not be overlooked - especially books from first half of the 20th Century (which often come closer to predicting the future then we would've ever imagined).
There are only x themes for a book to be about November 20, 2008
Well, all in all I really liked this book. It's a very familiar theme, post-apocalyptic, future world with some really old school notions about entertainment. So it takes place in the future and much like logans run or the running man, there are these events that rather brutal, to the point it's kind of uncomfortable to imagine. (The only rule of the game is you can't eat the other contestants ;-( )
Many such themed books involve people watching this brutality as spectators, like the Romans did with the gladiators. To be a little more timely, it's done as more of a reality show but the same principle holds. The heroine's little sister is chosen to participate and she nobly takes her place. That's how she gets involved in the whole thing. That's about the point the book stopped being really cool and just got cool. There's this love triangle thing that happens (I don't want to spoil it for anyone) that really made me feel like I was in a high school girl novel and not a brutal sci-fi novel.
The book is cool and I don't want to imply that I didn't like it. Like I said, it's very interesting, she does a great job creating a really creepy atmosphere that is very dark and miserable and some of the details are just plain awesome. I didn't like the love affair angle b/c just like Jar Jar Binks in star wars, it felt like it didn't naturally fit there and instead was shoved into fit.
All in all though, if you like sci-fi, like The Running Man, Logan's run etc, you'll like this.
Drew Me In November 20, 2008
I have never read any books by Suzanne Collins. From the first chapter she seemlessly drew me into Katniss's world. I was transported into a future that seemed real on every level. Katniss is a female lead, believable and strong, which I enjoyed very much.
The world in which she and the other individuals reside is full of hardships and the smallest joys. Approached from the aspect of young adults and children I wanted to know how it turned out for each of them and had to resist the urge to skip forward and satisfy my curiosity.
This book is classified as young adult/teen, however, as with books by other authors in this category, I would never have guessed it was not written for adults. I fully enjoyed it and the author. Before I finished Hunger Games I purchased Suzanne Collins's other novels and read them in short order. A fascinating book and a great author.
OH MY GOD!!! November 20, 2008
OMG!!! This is an awsome book!!! I read it in two days!!! I couldn't let go of it! It has everything you can think of, romance, acction, drama...you name it! I read A LOT, I have a lot of series and books that I have read and this book is definetly at my TOP 5! So don't think about it and buy it! You will not be disapponted with it! Believe me!!! BLESSED BE!!!
Couldn't Put It Down (and can't wait for the next) November 20, 2008
Hunger Games is a fast-paced novel based on a futuristic plot where 24 Tributes from 12 districts must fight against each other to the death. Their war is aired live in a reality TV manner and is required viewing for all citizens. There is never a dull moment during these games. If the tributes aren't fighting against each other then the gamemakers are spicing up the game with ricks of their own.
Suzanne Collins takes you through an entire range of emotions in this action-packed journey. You feel joy over the tributes success. You feel sadness when the tributes are wounded. You feel anger at the gamemakes for the brutal game they invented. The characters in this book are so well-developed that you can't help but to care for them. This leaves the reader feeling tormented because you know only one can survive.
This book is written in a manner that doesn't allow you to put it down. Each chapter ends with an excitement that is carried over to the beginning of the next chapter. You will finish this book wanting more. Luckily this is just the first of a series. I can't wait to see where the next book will take us.
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