MixedI did really enjoy those when they came out. I was like in high school when they were coming out. I did read them. I wasn't obsessed.
The Hunger Games (2008)
Others: Overwhelmingly positive The Hunger Games is a 2008 dystopian novel by the American writer Suzanne Collins. It is written in the perspective of 16-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives in the future, post-apocalyptic nation of Panem in North America. The Capitol, a highly advanced metropolis, exercises political control over the rest of the nation. The Hunger Games is an annual event in which one boy and one girl aged 12–18 from each of the twelve districts surrounding the Capitol are selected by lottery to compete in a televised battle royale to the death. The book received critical acclaim from major reviewers and authors. It was praised for its plot and character development. In writing The Hunger Games, Collins drew upon Greek mythology, Roman gladiatorial games, and contemporary reality television for thematic content. The novel won many awards, including the California Young Reader Medal, and was named one of Publishers Weekly's "Best Books of the Year" in 2008. The Hunger Games was first published in hardcover on September 14, 2008, by Scholastic, featuring a cover designed by Tim O'Brien.
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- 9780702342387
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- 384 pages
Genres: fantasy, science fiction, young adult
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2009 · 392 pages · 13 reviews
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Mixed
Loved itI was thinking about all the classic ones like The Selection or The Hunger Games, Shatter Me, Twilight.
Loved itThe Hunger Games, which yes, is a very fun and escapist young adult fiction book and movie trilogy, but can clearly also be used to convey a message, convey our opinions about our current modern world.
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Loved itAs to the question of whether it held up definitely and as many people have also said it definitely hits in a different way reading it now.
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Not a fanRereading The Hunger Games. That did not make me happy. Actually, that just made me more depressed.
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Loved itit's freaking Bleak but it's good it is a good solid series that I always recommend even if you are an adult highly recommend it love it
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Loved itthis has been one of my favorite books for like 16 years now and at this point I don't really see that changing
Loved itI really still enjoy Hunger Games I enjoy the premise I think it's it's a really well-written ya series an actual ya series
Loved itLike I still like The Hunger Games and stuff.
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Loved itI think this deserves to be considered amongst the big dystopias like 1984 and Brave New World that kind of thing because the wall that creates is so fascinating especially in a modern context and the first two books are Elites.
Loved iti read the books in three days and that was very unheard of at the time for me the hunger games books like just absolutely blew me away i think they were fantastic
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Loved iti was blown away it's so good have you reread the hunger games lately you should
Loved itthe hunger games changed the game and i actually feel like this series would hold up to like of me reading it from like a modern perspective and not as like a 12 13 year old when it came out
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Loved itI remember really enjoying the books but you know what they're probably just gonna go and good [ __ ] just go [ __ ]
Loved itAnd now, ladies and gentlemen, we have made it to the master of all books, the godly of the godliest people, The Hunger Games. We made it. It is in god's here as one would all assume coming from me.
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Loved itthe first Hunger Games book honestly is probably in like great but like man I'm gonna put in God - you're like it is it was like so good
Loved itthis is tough I think culturally it's got ear culturally our games killed it but it's not a book that I really reach for I would a great tear it really stands up
Loved itthey were very influential books in my life and I still feel like these books are solid like they still hold up
Loved itI completely fell in love with them this is one of my favorite year I don't see these of all time
Loved itthe first time I read The Hunger Games it was in audiobook form and that is how I originally fell in love with the series was just like listening to the world being described
Loved itmy first dystopian series I ever read and I really loved it and it was amazing
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Loved itfinally got around to picking it up and it was amazing I love this book and I love the movie
Loved itI read this series and I loved the Hunger Games but unfortunately you know this was the hype for me and then it went down after that