The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins
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Re: The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins
Before I started reading the Hunger Games, I asked a number of friends who had read the books to summarize them and to be honest I had no interest in reading the series after hearing their summaries. Even so, I thought I would give them a try and I was surprised to find that I was hooked from page one!
After being asked about the books by someone who hasn't read them yet I realize that its really hard to tell someone about the Hunger Games and make it sound interesting and appealing to them. Often I will try my best to summarize them without giving away too much, but often I find myself telling people that they have to read them for themselves because that is the only way that will do the series any justice.
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Overall I thought the message that I got from all three books about the state of our government and our choices of entertainment met right on with what I personally believe.
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I don't knoe - to me seemed very reminiscent of a whole line of books from Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" through Stephen Kings (as Bachman) "The Long Walk" and King's later (as himself) "The Running Man" as well as others. The general concept (one suffers so others may thrive) was so familiar that my reaction to the book was a cliched 'been there, done that'.
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I thought they were really good. It was much better than I had expected. I used to see the books in my high school library and I'd always pass them up. Now, I wish that I hadn't.
They were great for young adult books, and I enjoyed the plot and the story line. Of course, there were certain aspects that I didn't agree with, but this happens. The characters were well designed, but one should have been a bit more assertive. But what can you do?
All in all. These books are very, very good.ll