The Good: Excellent overall story. The plot is complex. Character development is pretty decent. I can visualize the main characters really well. I really liked the food and survival porn aspect of the book. The little details were done really well, and were believable. I actually wanted to eat some of the food that was described! 
 The Bad: Unfortunately, it was difficult to suspend my disbelief at multiple times during the book. (view spoiler)[ Why is the history of Panem ignored? Why do the Gamemasters keep on changing the rules? Politics, even dystopian politics, doesn't work like this. Why on earth didn't these two actually do more than kiss? They are 14, not 8, although I'm sure that actual sexual relationships were left out because it was too difficult for the originally intended age group. (hide spoiler)] 
 The Ugly: First person narratives make me want to gouge my eyes out unless they are done really well. Collins does an ok job at this, but I can't help but think that this would be 100x better if it wasn't done from this point of view. 
 Not to mention, the reading / comprehension level of this book is about the 5th grade level. The vocabulary was not challenging at all.