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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The Hunger Games is a unpredictable page turner and reading it feels like playing a game of chess.
Dark and sad, but kept me interested to the end
Read this years ago, but with everything going on in the world, I recently picked it up again.
Great read. The world building is amazing. Ms. Collins has a wonderful imagination. The technology and creatures she came up with were amazing.
Highly recommend!
I haven’t read it cause I won’t pay for it. Well I have read this book just on paper.
No need for a review this my friend’s is science fiction at it’s best.
romantic-ish
This book is the first book I read that I felt passionate about. Be prepared to cry while reading this tear-jerking, romantic book. I hope you enjoy this just as much as I did.
Great story line, highly recommended read!
I didn’t think that there was a lot of character building, and Gale especially seemed like a very last minute character. The mutts at the end being the fallen tributes was an interesting twist. It was overall okay, i recommend it to younger readers. If you want to read into it you can but its mostly one of those books you read to pass the time or for a school project.
It has all you want in a good book!
Better than the motion picture.
The Hunger Games is an amazing story. It made me cry a few times, which is very rare. You should definitely read!
In a dystopian world where hunger is a part of everyday life, sixteen year old Katniss takes the place of her little sister in the diabolical Hunger Games created by the Capitol who rules all the districts, including Katniss’s home, District Twelve.
The reality TV concept of the Hunger Games combined with the brutality of having to survive not just a new environment but also competitors out for the kill makes this a page-turning novel.
From the get-go we root for Katniss who cares deeply not just for her little sister but also the people of her district – even if she doesn’t even realise that she does. As she becomes conscious of just how little the Capitol and its well-fed residents care for anyone else – especially the contestants of the Hunger Games – she uses her intellect to outwit, outmatch and outplay not only her competition but also the Capitol itself.
Her unexpected alliances and the feelings they stir not only in Katniss but in the reader brings depth to a story that could have been just about blood and gore (there’s plenty of that and tons of action to keep the pace going too).
The first person narrator combined with present tense takes a little time to get used to, but it fits well with the immediacy of the story.
My favourite line from the story, “May the odds be ever in your favour”, changes meaning from the beginning of the book to the end of the book.
I’d recommend this if you like your Young Adult stories a little darker, bloodier and full of drama simmering beneath the surface.
I didn’t think I would like this book, but I had to read it for work and really enjoyed it. Katniss (as everyone knows) totally kicks butt and I love how not heroic she is.
If you haven’t read it, and you enjoyed the movies, do yourself a favour and read it.
I absolutely adored this book. The characters were wonderful, and realistic, and I especially loved the detail Suzanne Collins put for almost each kill, and for almost each second. Highly recommend.
In the Hunger Games novel, the government of a fictional country named Panem makes 24 teenagers compete in a televised deathmatch as retribution for previous years’ rebellion. The annual event, known as the Hunger Games, is mandatory viewing for all Panem citizens. The Gamemakers, who are the group of government officials that control and manipulate the environment within the game, throw a lot of morbid, gruesome surprises at the participants. Collins gives us a taut, incredibly well plotted survival story, complicated by love, a cast of immensely colourful and intricate characters, and an embedded parable on reality TV taken to extremes. The storytelling is addictive and the heroine and her tale is infused with brutal pragmatism. The Hunger Games is one of the most popular young adult novels ever released and it earns its praise with terrific, tension filled prose, a dazzling story and a memorable lead character. The violence that’s a pivotal part of this narrative isn’t shied away from. The cliffhanger chapter endings are powerful and are accompanied by serious consequences. The love triangle is crisp, realistic, well thought out and does not take over the original story. This series has deep, multilayered references to historical and modern phenomena. Collins masterfully constructs a world full of psychological oppression which is bound to make you reflect and contemplate the fathomless depths of the human psyche. Action packed, brutally honest and inspiring. An engaging plotline and marvellous characters. A book that provokes me like this is a treasured rarity. An easy five star.
AMAZING BOOK!!!!! 😀
first of all i have to say i loveee this book!
A wonderful dystopian novel. What a ride!!
My favorite book
Loved the whole series! Great characters!