Tirohia te wāhanga i raro nei, kātahi ka whakautu i te pātai i muri mai i te reo kotahi me te wāhanga:  Passage: The Hunger Games kua riro i te whakamoemiti. I roto i tētahi arotake mō The New York Times, i tuhituhi a John Green he "tino pai te whakatakotoranga o te pukapuka, he tino pai hoki te tere", ā, "ko te kaha nui o te pukapuka kei roto i te hanganga o te ao a Collins me tana toa matatini, whakamiharo hoki". Heoi, i kii ano ia, ahakoa he nui te korero, i etahi wa kaore te pukapuka e mohio ki te kaha o te korero a te kaupapa me te tuhi "i whakaahuahia te mahi me te iti noa iho". He pai hoki te arotake a te maheni Time, e kii ana "he pukapuka whakamataku, toto, me te tino whakamataku" me te whakamoemiti ki te mea i kiia e ia ko te kounga "hypnotic" o te tutu. I roto i te arotake a Stephen King mo te Entertainment Weekly, i whakataurite ia ki "nga taakaro ataata-ki-te-haere-i roto i te tomokanga o te waru o te rohe; e mohio ana koe ehara i te mea pono, engari kei te hono tonu koe i nga moni". Heoi, i kii ia he "whakaaturanga o te mangere a te kaituhi ka pai ake te whakaae a nga tamariki i nga pakeke" ana ko te tapatoru aroha te paerewa mo te momo. I hoatu e ia he tohu B ki te pukapuka. I whakamoemiti a Elizabeth Bird o School Library Journal ki te pukapuka, e kii ana he "whakaongaonga, whakamiharo, whakaaroaro, me te manawa i nga wa katoa", a ka kiia koinei tetahi o nga pukapuka pai rawa atu o te tau 2008. I whakawhiwhia hoki e Booklist he arotake pai, e whakamoemiti ana ki te riri me te aroha o te pukapuka. I whakawhiwhia e Kirkus Reviews he arotake pai, e whakamoemiti ana ki te mahi me te hanganga o te ao, engari i kii ko "te taarua kino i te taarua tuatahi ka whakararu i nga kaipānui tupato - he whakama nui". Ko Rick Riordan, te kaituhi o te raupapa Percy Jackson & the Olympians, e kii ana koinei te "te mea tata ki te pukapuka whakangahau tino pai" kua panuihia e ia. I whakamanahia e Stephenie Meyer (kaituhi o te raupapa Twilight) te pukapuka i runga i tana paetukutuku, e kii ana, "I tino hiahia ahau ki tenei pukapuka...  Pātai: He aha te raupapa pukapuka tino rongonui a Susan Collin?
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