January Books 8) The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins

[nwhyte]

Taking the kids from our districts, forcing them to kill one another while we watch - this is the Capitol's way of reminding us how totally we are at their mercy. How little chance we would stand of surviving another rebellion. Whatever words they use, the real message is clear. "Look how we take your children and sacrifice them and there's nothing

Comments

[geekette8]

I really enjoyed all three in the trilogy. I hear the film got mixed reviews but I'd be interested to see it, too, at some point.

[chess]

The other two books are equally well-written, but suffer a little bit from having to keep the stakes up and from one particularly bad Implausible YA Logic moment. They're still good if you are fine with Implausible YA Logic happening sometimes, but it detracts a bit from the impact of the socio-economic critique.