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 is cruel and 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, who lives alone with her mother and younger sister, regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her sister’s place in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before—and survival, for her, is second nature. Unintentionally, she becomes a contender.
If Katniss is to win, she will have to start making choices that will weigh survival against humanity and life against love.
This is the first book in the Hunger Games-trilogy and I read it in april last year. I actually saw the movie before I picked up the book but it was no problem reading it. It was just as exciting and thrilling as I hoped it would be.
The book is a real pageturner and pretty thin so I got through it fast. Suzanne Collins is a good writer and I really like the world she has created. The only problem with this book is that it sometimes is incredibly predictable but it wasn't something I cared about a lot.
I really recommend this book so if you haven't picked it up yet - just do it!
P.S. I'm going to re-read the trilogy very soon and then I'll give some more comments about it.
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Hardcover, 374 pages
Scholastic Press
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