A review by ianbanks
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

4.0

Thoroughly enjoyed the first two-thirds of this: I felt like it would be up there with similar books like The Long Walk and The Running Man (both by Stephen King) and I was getting a similar vibe to Ursula leGuin's short story The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas but I felt a little manipulated by the last third with all the rule-changing and plotting by the Game-makers. The symbolism of the Roman names could have been carried a lot further, I feel, without harming the story or the worldbuilding.
It redeemed itself quite a lot once the games were over with Ms Collins sowing the seeds of rebellion for future volumes.