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DisgustipatedinCA

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7. Help me out. If you liked _________________, you'll love Hunger Games

Reply to YellowRubberDuckie (Original post)

Wed Jan 4, 2012, 01:08 PM

Jan 2012

I've been thinking about reading these books, even moreso with all the recent GD discussion. But what are the books like? What other works do they resemble, in this way or that?

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If you haven't read the Hunger Games Trilogy. [View all] YellowRubberDuckie Jan 2012 OP

Fantasy? Sci-fi? Horror? Comedy? ZombieHorde Jan 2012 #1

YA Dystopian fiction (nt) getting old in mke Jan 2012 #2

Page-turners. Skinner Jan 2012 #3

Best books I've read in years! LearnedHand Jan 2012 #4

Loved them! backtoblue Jan 2012 #5

i bought it for son this christmas. he had read. niece took it home to read. 3 others are waiting seabeyond Jan 2012 #6

Help me out. If you liked _________________, you'll love Hunger Games DisgustipatedinCA Jan 2012 #7

The Running Man, perhaps. backtoblue Jan 2012 #8

I'm honestly not sure. YellowRubberDuckie Jan 2012 #12

It is an amazing trilogy. SheilaT Jan 2012 #9

I read the trilogy NEOhiodemocrat Jan 2012 #10

It went through the alternative high school I was in last year like wildfire. knitter4democracy Jan 2012 #11

Watch the Trailer... YellowRubberDuckie Jan 2012 #13

It doesn't look at all like what I had in my head. knitter4democracy Jan 2012 #15

I just finished the trilogy ohheckyeah Jan 2012 #14

I just finished the trilogy last week. LARED Jan 2012 #16

I really liked the trilogy, think I read them all over a weekend justiceischeap Jan 2012 #17

What didn't you like about it? YellowRubberDuckie Jan 2012 #18

I was on team Katniss! justiceischeap Jan 2012 #19

I didn't think it felt rushed. (spoilerish) YellowRubberDuckie Jan 2012 #20

Then entire trilogy was brilliant... my memory, not so much! :) justiceischeap Jan 2012 #21

Reread them then send me a private message...(still spoilerish) YellowRubberDuckie Jan 2012 #22

I will reread and PM justiceischeap Jan 2012 #23

I loved them except felt a little let down at the ending. Kablooie Jan 2012 #24

Totally agree YellowRubberDuckie Jan 2012 #25