Yet another from the young adult section of the bookstore :) This book was awesome, with kids fighting for their lives in a compulsory competition designed by the state to simultaneously oppress and entertain the population of a somewhat 1984-esque world.
Katniss reminded me a bit of Ender (from Ender's Game), in that she was totally underrated by her opponents, but ends up kicking some arse. Although she is an excellent fighter, survialist, and strategist, she wasn't particularly heroic. She always complied with whatever was expected of her by the establishment, including playing up the love show with Peeta. I suspect she will grow some backbone in the next book.
Interestingly some people on amazon are whinging about this being a ripoff of Battle Royale by Koushun Takami. Battle Royale has been made into a movie and a manga series, and sounds awesome, I'll read it once I can get my hands on a copy.
4.5 stars.
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