Comments on: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

By: First drafts suck « Tracy Buchanan

First drafts suck « Tracy Buchanan — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:05:41 +0000

[...] reading news, am reading the follow up to The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire and will report back when I can. So far, a lot slower going but [...]

By: Poppy

Poppy — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:42:42 +0000

I luvved Hunger Games too! I’m actually 14 and luvved all the gore. My bro’s reading it now, he’s 12. Can u tell us more about ur book plz? I’m liking the sound of this Cam boy

By: Tracy

Tracy — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 11:34:34 +0000

I finished this recently and agree it’s a great book, an interesting premise with echoes of The Running Man and Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (well, the Thunderdome bit.)

It’s quite brutal and I think it’ll be interesting to see how far they go with the film.

I agree the beginning was slow, but I suppose in some ways it worked well as a slow-burner, ready for the gruesome nastiness which perhaps helped make it all the more appalling.

I second your ‘must-read’ comment – definitely one to read.