On one level, I really love this book. Katniss as a character is fantastic; she's a survivor, and willing to ruthlessly use herself to makes sure her sister survives as well. The book places Katniss in a situation where she has to use herself mercilessly, eventually placing her in a situation where she is forced to use even her emotions to save herself and those she loves. I adore these sorts of characters beyond all reason.

On another level, this book drove me nuts. The world doesn't make sense. They're mining coal for their power, and yet they appear to have technology to create holograms, control the weather, and repair the human body, advanced from what is possible in our world. This makes me twitch.

This book is in the YA section of your library, and requires me to take back the last ten mean things I have said about YA. It is compulsively readable, and if occasionally simplistic, still gripping and human.