EVERYONE Has Read This but Me - The Catch-Up Book Club discussion

This begins a group discussion of our Modern book selection, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, nominated by Quinty (Taylor's Version).
Here you can comment, without spoilers, on any aspects of the book, either before, during, or after reading it.

I always wanted to read The Hunger Games, it'll be exciting to read it with you guys!

I read The Hunger Games for the first time a little while back. I don't think I'll read it again just now, but I'm happy the group is reading it :) I want to know what everyone who hasn't tried it yet thinks of it.

Just finished it, and although a lot of dialogues and situations were overly simple and the characters really lacked any depth, the book is undeniably a page turner.