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2262591 No.2262591 [Reply] [Original]

the Hunger Games? Who has read them? I was surprised by the series. Even Stephen King gave it a good review. It was laden with suspense, and I seriously had problems putting it down.

>> No.2262620

>Even Stephen King gave it a good review.

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>> No.2262634

>>2262591
I read the first one. It was meh. Not horribly constructed, in some ways unique. But nothing great.

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>>2262634

Going to have to agree with this anon.

Its like a summer action flick: great action, shitty predictable story.

>> No.2262653

the book is a total rip-off of the movie "battle royale" which was a great movie.

>> No.2262654

>>2262647
I never got /b/'s fascination with bubbling. Is it some joke?

>> No.2262661

>>2262653
Battle Royal was a total ripoff of the Roman Games which were totally awesome games

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>>2262654
Not sure if troll...

Just in case not...We're the product of 3 million years of hopeful wishing. The imagination fills in the blanks far better than reality.

>> No.2262669

I read them all, and I basically agree with >>2262634. The second was largely a rehash of the first one with a few twists, and the third one tried to make some grand statements about war and revolution and human nature but felt pretty trite overall. I think they were trying to cash in on the trend of violent/"mature" YA books that Harry Potter started.

>> No.2262675

Better than twilight?
Hell yes.

>> No.2262742

>>2262666
Why not just have a blank picture then?