The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Sometimes it is nice to be wrong. As a general rule when it comes to young adult urban fantasy I try to stay well away from the mainstream authors. The rule for me has been that if my 16-year-old is reading it and loving it, then I will steer clear of it. In the case of The Hunger Games, I was dead wrong. Suzanne Collins‘ take on a post-apocalyptic North America is a cross somewhere between an Orwellian controlled series of city-states and E.E. Knight’s Vampire Earth, minus the vampires… Collins is a brilliant storyteller and The Hunger Games deserves all of the attention and fan support that is has received. From the jaded critics’ corner, I tip my hat in tribute to a great author and a good book about which my initial assumptions were quite wrong… Read the rest.
I agree. I recently gave in to the urging of a friend at work and read The Hunger Games and Catching Fire. They both deserve all of the hype.
I agree. I looked at the bestseller listing for Hunger Games for over a year (?). Then, read the three books in close succession. A classic in the making.