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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I loved this book!
Love this book! Wonderful characters and a great plot! I’ve read this book so many times that I’ve almost completely memorized chapters 19-27! Yay! I recommend for anyone who finds almost unhealthy obsessed with dystopian – I get it!
Unforgettable, but not necessarily in a good way. After reading the whole series I swore I’d never go back and read it again…but I did, though it was several years later, after a watched the movies. The story is horrific, but the characters are so well-drawn, real and appealing in the way they deal with the challenges (to put it mildly) that they have to confront on a daily basis, and once you begin the series you *must* finish it.
OMG I love these books so much. They were original, fast-paced and pulled you in from the first page on. If you wanna read a book that leaves you breathless, this series is it.
Read this book before the movie release.
Excellent story line and characters!
I’ve since acquired the complete series in both hardback and dvd!
Sci fi/ dystopian wasn’t a favorite but after reading this book and subsequent books I do delve into them now and then…
If you’ve seen the movies ,I highly recommend you read the books too…you may like them more than the movies.
5 stars to Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games. Such a popular series, so many people have read it or watched the movies… do I really need to do a review? But since I’ve put it in my top 20 favorite books, isn’t there an obligation to review it?
YES
Let’s make it simple… it may be young adult, and it may be fantasy, but neither of those facts matter when you have a set of richly flawed characters, a plot that is an absolute play on “survival of the fittest” and imagery so vivid it jumps off the proverbial page…
You can’t not read it. You may not absolutely LOVE it, but it will capture your attention in many ways.
The thrill of this book enlightens me and is recommended to people of all ages for sure. The character traits are amazing and this is a a very entertaining book to read. #unpredictable
This may be a young adult series; but I know many older adults who read and love the series. Excellent read.
I used Audiobook for the trilogy and I loved every minute of it. The action the story the characters draw you in for a great classic YA novel
I always recommend the book over the movie. It is so much better and you can really get into the characters. The ready of the series is even better than the first.
I LOVE this book sooooo much 🙂
I loved how incredibly original and blown away I am by this book. By this series. I read it so long ago and I own the actually hardcovers and I read it again so many times because I think it’s amazing. This book makes me want to fight. Like I imagine myself in a world like that. I hope it never comes to that because I do not think I would be rebellious enough to stand up to the law in such a way. I would hate them and I would try to be rebellious but I’d be terrified. Katniss was scared but did it anyway. She was strong. I admire her. The only thing I didn’t like was the whole “I don’t know who to love” thing. Girl, pfft.
Loved this series! The movies were good, but the books were so much more!! You can’t get inside a character’s head in a movie like you can in a book. The internal struggles Katniss goes through lend this series so much more depth. Love it!
If you haven’t seen the movies, or if you have, this is better! Cliche, I know. But there’s so much more depth in the characters in the books!
I was hooked, like a fish lured to a fishing hook, caught, that’s what it felt like with taking a taste of the first chapter, it was a good taste, the taste of lemon pepper flavoured skipjack tuna, canned.
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This was like camping on your own with a penknife, defensive, waiting with abaiting breath of how Katniss, with her bow and arrows, was going to break her ground and win The Hunger Games. Katniss is prepped on strategies, manoeuvres, fighting procedures to out do her component. A very serious business because basically its fight to survive, purely high fantasy with tracking systems inserted in the arm, climbing up trees and strapping oneself into the sleeping bag, killer wasps, berries that kill. None of the opponents I liked, infact the worst of them all was foxface, I can see her now, the cunningness, her sneaky laughter and I’m glad how she died … a pure hatred, her character grated on my nerves.
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Three quotes I loved
“As long as you can find yourself, you’ll never starve.”
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“Oh, and I suppose the apples are the cheese” I say.
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“So now that you’ve got me, what are you going to do with me?” I turn to him. “Put you somewhere you can’t get hurt.”
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Oh wow, what an ending that was, totally unexpected and actually I don’t blame Peeta for feeling the way he did in the end, oh well I need to buy book 2 to see how it pans out.
Rating this with 5 stars – A highly entertaining book
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I definitely recommend this to any high fantasy lovers and especially females who are interested in reading about a strong female protagonist and of course there is a pinch of romance in this, kind of.
When I decided to read this- it was because it came so highly recommended. I even thought it might be overplayed- but I was proven wrong! @Suzanne Collins is a great author! Read this book!
Suzanne Collins has captured my heart with her sister love.
The mere fact that Katniss chooses to volunteer in place of her sister is what got my attention.
The story, though rather dull ambianced at times, was nail-biting from the minute Katniss landed herself at the actual games.
From the count down until the declared winner, you simply cannot put the book down. It’s definitely worth reading the full bits in between.
I loved how Peeta played to his strengths and the chemistry between him and Katniss make this series all the more tempting to complete.
Probably my favorite book ever. I love the characters and how in the end everything works out for at least for the lead 2 lead characters. Love this book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Like that the plot was interesting. The characters were good and progressed as the books progressed. Great read.
“The Hunger Games” is now my fave book! My mother said that I could finally read it, so I dove in a read. Soon, I had finished. Katniss is such a smart and strong character! Primrose is sweet and innocent. I loved, loved, loved, the names! They were so creative and fit each character perfectly! Peeta is a great character, and I loved Effie! All in all, I 1000% recommend “Hunger Games.” I can’t wait to read book two!