Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Passage: The Hunger Games yakafarirwa zvikuru. Mukudzokorora kweThe New York Times, John Green akanyora kuti rondedzero yacho yakanga "yakanyatsorongwa uye yakanyatsogadziriswa", uye kuti "simba rakakura renoverengeka rinouya mukunyatsogadziriswa kwenyika yeCollins uye heroine yake inonakidza uye inonakidza". Zvisinei, akacherechedzawo kuti, kunyange zvazvo bhuku racho riine mifananidzo yakawanda, dzimwe nguva harinzwisisi mifananidzo yakawanda iri munyaya yacho uye kuti zvakanyorwa "zvinongorondedzera chiito chacho uye zvimwe zvishoma". Kuongorora kwemagazini yeTime kwakanga kwakanakawo, kuchitaura kuti "iri bhuku rinotyisa, rine ropa uye rinotyisa chose chose" uye kurumbidza zvarakadana kuva "kunonyandura" masimba masimba. Mukuongorora kwaStephen King nokuda kweEntertainment Weekly, akachienzanisa ne"mitambo yemavhidhiyo yokuridzira-kana-ichifamba muimba yokumirira yeimba yokudyira yomunzvimbomo; unoziva kuti haisi yechokwadi, asi unoramba uchibatanidza muzvikwata zvakadaro". Zvisinei, akataura kuti kwakanga kune "zviratidziro zvousimbe hwomunyori izvo vana vachagamuchira nokukurumidza zvikuru kupfuura vanhu vakuru" uye kuti mativi matatu orudo akanga akajairika nokuda kwerudzi rwacho. Akapa bhuku racho mamakisi B. Elizabeth Bird weSchool Library Journal akarumbidza bhuku racho, achiti "rinonakidza, rinobaya mwoyo, rinofungisisa, uye rinoshamisa", uye akariti rimwe remabhuku akanakisisa a2008. Booklist yakapawo ongororo yakanaka, ichirumbidza chisimba chehunhu uye kudanana kunobatanidzwa mubhuku. Kirkus Reviews yakapa ongororo yakanaka, ichirumbidza chiito uye kuvaka-nyika, asi yakaratidza kuti "kudzokorora kwakashata mukudhindwa kwekutanga kuchabvisa pfungwa dzevaverengi vakangwarira - nyadzi huru". Rick Riordan, munyori wenhevedzano yaPercy Jackson & the Olympians, anotaura kuti ndicho "chinhu chiri pedyo zvikurusa nerinowanwa rakaisvonaka" chaakamborava. Stephenie Meyer (munyori weTwilight series) akatsigira bhuku iri pawebhusaiti yake, achiti, "Ndaive ndakabatikana nebhuku iri...  Mubvunzo: Ndeipi iri nhevedzano yenhau dzinorumbidzwa zvikurusa dzaSusan Collin?
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