Author: Suzanne Collins
Published: September 2008
In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. Long ago the districts waged war on the Capitol and were defeated. As part of the surrender terms, each district agreed to send one boy and one girl to appear in an annual televised event called, "The Hunger Games," a fight to the death on live TV. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives alone with her mother and younger sister, regards it as a death sentence when she is forced to represent her district in the Games. The terrain, rules, and level of audience participation may change but one thing is constant: kill or be killed.
Rating: 5 Stars
I absolutely loved The Hunger Games. I first read the series a few years ago when I was at uni and I've seen both The Hunger Games and Catching Fire. So I already knew what was going to happen. Luckily though this is one of those books that you can pick up and enjoy time and time again. I still get emotional at particular parts of the book and still always cry over Rue.
The character development is brilliant and by the end of the book we see Katniss struggling to work out whether or not she has feelings for Peeta, or if it was all just a part of the Games.
The Games themselves are quite a barbaric concept, teenagers fighting it out to the death on television, but I think the worst part of the Games for me is how brutal some of those teenagers are. We aren't given ages for the majority of the other tributes but I'm choosing to believe that most of them are towards the older end of the scale.
Would I recommend this book? Hell yes!!! Go get yourself a copy now.
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