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Well, I lucked out and found a friend who has a copy of this so now I don't have to languish on my library's "hold" list any longer. This deserves all the accolades it has gotten. I read it in a single day -- I wasn't expecting to -- but that's how absorbing it is (and how fast a read it is.) It is set in a post-apocalypse, dystopian USA. Now each district (12) has to send one boy and one girl to participate in "The Hunger Games" at Capital City. The "game" is a fight to the death -- the winner is lavishly rewarded; the losers...well...die. The "Games" are punishment for the 12 districts to remind them about what happened the last time they rebelled against the capital. None of this matters much -- the characters are all strong and well-written. I bought into the whole premise from the beginning. Interestingly enough, it’s a love story (on multiple levels) and an action story, and instead of being one ghastly death after another, it reads much more like a survival story. The tension ratchets up one notch at a time, and quickly, so by page 17 I was hooked. Hooked and nervous. I hear there is a sequel in the works, which I am really looking forward to.

2022-09-01 09:44