The Hunger Pains: A Parody Audiobook

" This is pretty appalling stuff. I thought it would be funny but no, maybe it is because I love Collins' trilogy so much that to do this to it is sacrilegious. "

" Good God, this book was funny! "

" This book was so bad, that if it were an option, I would give it 0 stars. I get that it's a parody and maybe I would like their Twilight parody better because I hated Twilight, but this wasn't even funny to me. First of all, their humor was bad (they called Haymitch, Buttitch for one... seriously??) and I felt the whole story was just overall crappy (but maybe that's because I really enjoyed The Hunger Games, so it kind of irks me that people would make fun of it... I guess I should have expected that going in). The only redeeming quality of this book is that it was super short, so thankfully my misery was short-lived. "

" Sometimes lampoons/spoofs seem kind of brainless and silly to me, but this one had some thoughtful kickers, and managed to poke fun at both the The Hunger Games and the dystopian teen genre in general. I also liked the nod to Japan's Hunger Games predecessor, Battle Royale. "

" I liked it. Some parts were really funny. "

" The Hunger Pains is a parody of The Hunger Games. While at first, the gags and jokes are funny, they quickly tire. I can understand if you changed one or two things from the actual books (like some of the character personalities and the setting of the arena). But after a while the gags got kind of old. If they had stuck with just Kantkiss being an idiot, the book would have been funny the whole way through. Also, killing a baby is never funny...once they gruesomely killed Run, I was ready for the book to be over. Funny until a certain point and clearly the ribs at the original books were funny. But take it lightly and pretty much stop reading when Kantkiss and Run become allies. "

" Thus book was OK. Not as funny as some reviews tried to make it sound. "

" It was okay. Funny for fans of the Hunger Games, but with a lot of "second grade humor". "

" Funniest book I have ever read! It was great! "

" Sigh this was really dumb... "

" Oh my god.... It was just sooooo stupid. Not even stupid-funny. Just stupid-stupid. I can see tweens enjoying it because they live in that mindset, but anyone above the age of 14 will most likely find it badly done. "

" It wasn't as funny as I thought it would be. There were a few times when I actually laughed out loud. I was kind of disapointed. I actually found it hard to keep reading because of just how ridiculous it was. "

" This was lent to me by a student, and I'll admit that it definitely had its funny moments. Smash was a standout favorite for me. Even though I LOVED The Hunger Games, it did fall into the YA trap of repetition and character cliches, and those are on full display here. "

" I did not like this anywhere near as much as I did Nightlight, also by the Harvard Lampoon. I was actually quite bored while I read it. "

" BWAHAHAHAHA! I love The Hunger Games and even though this one made fun of it, it was much too enjoyable! "

" Okay this was hilariously clever for the first half of the book, then once they went into the games it just got stupid and I kept reading hoping it would get better. It didn't. The first half deserves a 5/5 while the second half deserves a 0/5. "

" (NON SPOILER)I thought this was a very funny and amusing book that really kept me laughing almost 100% percent of the time and I recommend this hilarious parody to all Hunger Games fans. "