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Chris (1 KP) rated The Hunger Games in Books

Oct 18, 2017

The Hunger Games

Suzanne Collins | 2014 | Young Adult (YA)

8.5

(277 Ratings)

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This book makes you think. (0 more)

Kids killing each other. (0 more)

Dark distopian future

This book is set in a dark distopian future where the people in each town, which is surrounded by a fence, are not allowed to leave. Every few years 2 childern from each town are selected to participate in the hungar games where they must fight to the death in order to win their home town badly needed supplies. Katniss has lives with her mom and sister. When her younger sister gets chosen as the female competitor in the games she steps forward and volenteers for the position. Her love for her sister causes her to sacrifice herself and force her into a world where she must fight for her life.

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Josh Palmer (2 KP) rated After The Cure in Books

Jan 4, 2018

Great characters with a story that flows well. (0 more)

A new twist and an old genre.

So, I got this book on google play for 25 cents I think it was. One of their sales. I didn't know what to expect from a book that was about the aftermath of the zombie outbreak but in the end I was surprised.
The characters are ones that I generally cared about and that made the book that much better. The story moved along nicely while not seeming to sacrifice content.
The worst part about this book is that to me it seemed caught between young adult and normal fiction. Not that it hurt but some points just didn't feel up to the task of being a grown up story.

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Larry Eisner (2082 KP) rated Advantageous (2015) in Movies

Jul 10, 2018

Advantageous (2015)

2015 | Drama, Family, Sci-Fi

9.0

(1 Ratings)

Movie Rating

The acting is superb, the drama is real despite the sci-fi story (0 more)

It’s all too believable. (0 more)

A devastating look at the cost of motherhood

You know how Requiem for a Dream was one of the best films you’ll never watch again because it’s just too rough on the soul? This is another in that great tradition.

A story of family, a story of the cost of status and ever-rising costs-of-surviving in an ever growing technological age, and of self-sacrifice and the pitfalls of deep motherly love, this film will grip and rip your heart for the entirety of the run.

It’s all too real. It’s all too near. And you’ll recommend it to friends again and again.