Kellie V. (KellieIE) reviewed on 10/31/2011

Helpful Score: 2

After hearing from so many people that I would love The Hunger Games, I was really expecting to be disappointed. As evident from my rating, I was not - Suzanne Collins seems to take from the best parts of the dystopian novels we grew up with (1984, Brave New World, The Giver), the history of gladiator games, the story of Romeo and Juliet, and this country's current obsession with reality TV, and blended them into a gripping and horrifying tale of power, survival, and the many kinds of relationships that develop throughout it all.
I found I could relate to the main character's emotions and motives, and was ecstatic to find Katniss a complete person with thoughts and goals wholly unrelated to finding a man, a rarity for female characters. And though I could see a few things coming, most of the twists caught me completely off-guard and I found my hands shaking as I turned each page.
I read this entire book while waiting for a delayed flight back home, and the story induced gasps and shudders in the bustling terminal, as well as giggles and tears in the crowded airplane, next to a girl who must have thought I was insane. It is by far one of the best books I have read in years, and I can't wait to get my hands on the next one.

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