In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV.
Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen regards it as a death … it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her sister’s place in the Games. But Katniss has been close to death before-and survival, for her, is second nature. Still, if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.
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When I first picked up The Hunger Games … I didn’t get it. Man, those first 20 or so pages, I just did not get it! Not like I didn’t understand, but I was really wondering if all of the people who said it was so amazing were simply delusional and jumping on the fad bandwagon. But I got to the part when the games started … and I got it.
I LOVE THIS BOOK!! I love it almost to the point of hating it because I’ve now gotten started on another series that was made for kids but I adore. This is such a damn good book that I was startled by how much I loved it. That’s not to say that the whole premise of the book didn’t really bother me. Sending our kids in to kill each other? That’s pretty messed up. Collins did such a great job developing the characters and the story line that there weren’t any questions I was left with at the end of the book. I felt like I had been right there with them while it was happening – that’s the best kind of story in my mind.
Anyway, great book … push through those first few confusing pages and give it a try! Don’t be afraid to jump on the bandwagon with all the rest of us!!
Best YA trilogy ever!
This book kept me interested through the final pages, but was so sad and devastating in general.
Absolutely loved this whole series!! I devoured all 3 books in a weekend.
It is clear why this book was made into a movie. Good writing and good story.
Excellent Book – Excellent Movie
This is a well written series about a grim world that I am thrilled that I don’t live in!
One of the rare occasions where I actually liked the movie better than the book.
If you’re going to read the book, see the movie, and vice versa. Don’t judge one based on the fact that you have read or seen the other, because I found them to have a world of differences between the two!
Read in college as an assignment, was kind of judgemental at first because I thought it was very childish, but in reality it relates to life in general. You fight every day for being where you want to be.
Great characters. Considering everything they went through, the ending was perfect. Well-told story.
Ailuro49,
I thought these “Hunger Games” books were very slow to read until I saw the movies. Then I went back with an understanding of the time period and just blew through the books! They were delicious and I couldn’t stop reading! An excellent read!
Loved the book series, not so much the movies
The Hunger Games is an amazing novel that seems to place readers among characters in the futuristic dystopian world. It was impossible to put down and thrilling with every chapter.
The only bad thing I can say is that this superb series spawned so many dismal half baked dystopian knock offs.
One of my favorite books in years.
Loved every page!
Scary view of the future!
I couldn’t stop reading!! As soon as I finished I had to buy the next book. It’s a dystopian society, and Katniss is making a name for herself a trying to save the lives of herself and family!
This book had me from the beginning. I was already downloading the next book so I didn’t have to miss a beat.
I actually got this book on tape. I love listening to books this way. Especially good books. Especially books read by great readers and The Hunger Games was read by a great reader. Blew me away.