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The Hunger Games

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Book

The Hunger Games

Suzanne Collins
2008

Book 1 of The Hunger Games

3.00
Brenderz score2 friends · everyone agrees
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How it scored

Standout: prose · Most split: characters

Brenderz avgAB
Character Dev.2.50
3.02.0
Pacing2.50
2.03.0
Writing/Prose Style3.50
4.03.0
World-building2.50
2.03.0

The takes

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Alli H.

Sep 17, 2026

3.0

“Children murdering children to keep the peace. Sure.”

3.0Characters
2.0Pacing
4.0Prose
2.0World

Overall, I like this story, and I'm looking forward to reading the rest of the series. However, Katniss is so dramatic (probably plays better with teenage readers) and naive/gullible; I have some issues with some of the world building (the poverty disparity is a lot of this); the narrator (Audible audio book) sounded bored, so emotional events just didn't hit.

B
Brandon H.

Sep 13, 2026

3.0

“If I was 15 this would probably be pretty cool”

2.0Characters
3.0Pacing
3.0Prose
3.0World

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