An entertaining and relaxing read (breaking from the complicated, syntactical experiments of Thomas Pynchon.) The story moved a tad slow for me at first (and parts that interested me, like the history of the capital - how things came to be, were only glazed upon,) however, once I reached around page 200, or so, the book was difficult to put down. Despite, as a reader, what I wanted to hear more about, the story is not about history, or culture, or government oppression. It is driven by characters, mystery and - more than anything - suspense. Nethertheless, curiosity will lead to my eventual read of the second book, so I suppose Suzanne Collins did her job. Reminds me a bit of the film "Battle Royale." 3/5 stars.
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