The Hunger Games (Hunger Games Trilogy, Book 1) by Suzanne Collins (Epub)

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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 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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⭐ Imagine a lottery. It’s sort of like a draft lottery they had during the Viet Nam War. It’s sort of like the lottery in Shirley Jackson’s short story where the winner is stoned to death. There are two “winners” in this Hunger Games lottery, a girl and a boy. Actually they are selected – drafted. Their names are pulled out at random. They get to compete with eleven other boys and eleven other girls in a war- games-type arena. There can only be one winner in the Hunger Games – the person still alive at the end of the games. We follow Katniss, a girl from District Twelve, the poorest district, and Peeta, the baker’s son, from the same district. Peeta has had a crush on Katniss since she was five years old. She owes him for giving her bread when her family was starving. She feels she should repay this debt. Now they might be forced to kill each other. The pageantry leading up to the games at times resembles a beauty contest, at times resembles training for participation in a less-lethal sport and at times it resembles preparation for a bullfight. This is a terrifying story, but it’s also a life enhancing a story as the 24 children (ages 12 to 18) in the games sometimes form alliances based on friendship or need. It’s hard to trust anyone knowing that person might soon become your killer. There’s are lessons in survival here. There’s also romance as Katniss isn’t sure if she loves Peeta, but she cares for him enough to fight for his survival as well as her own.

⭐ Rating: 4.5/5.0It seems I am the last one who read this book! LOL. Lots of hype generated about this book back when it was released. For no reason I never picked it up and always delayed watching the movies so I can read the book first. I guess now it is time to watch the movie. First thing I have to say the hype is not just a hype without any justification to it. The book is very well written. The story is very fast paced and enjoyable. I know many new dystopian books took an idea or two from this one.The only drawback I would say is that we did not get to know some of the other characters who participated in the Hunger Games, some characters were more interesting than others because they were more elaborated. Rue for example was a good defined character. It would have been nice to know more about foxface. The main characters were very well written. Have no complaints about them.The end of the story will make you want to jump into the sequel right away. I think this is a good book series to invest some time into. I hope book two and three will be as good too.

⭐ The Hunger Games stands up wonderfully even a decade after publication and I loved it just as much this time around as I did the first time I read it.After a failed uprising 74 years ago the nation of Panem began hosting the annual Hunger Games, a tournament where two tributes from each of the twelve districts fight to the death until only one victor remains. Sixteen year old Katniss Everdeen has always dreaded reaping day, but after her twelve year old sister is chosen, Katniss doesn’t hesitate to volunteer to take her place. Katniss is then swept off to the glitz and glamour of the Capitol where the games take place and it will take everything she has to survive.Katniss is such a fantastic main character and I love how realistic her reactions are. Every time I read the scene where she volunteers to take Prim’s place, I can feel her desperation to save her sister. It’s immediately clear that the most important thing for Katniss is that she survive the games. Every decision she makes is to ensure that happens and she can return to her sister. What throws a bit of a wrench in her plans though is fellow district twelve tribute Peeta. Peeta slowly gets behind Katniss’ defenses and I love the scenes between the two.I always forget just how brutal the games themselves are. The author really doesn’t hold back with the violence and I find all of the traps made by the Gamemakers to be fascinating. The Gamemakers definitely come up with some crazy stuff and I really like how far they take things as it definitely ramps up the suspense. Possibly my favorite scene in the entire book is the final scene with Katniss and Rue. It’s so fantastically done and Katniss’ devastation is so clear. The ending of this book is amazing and I love how well it sets up for the second book in the series.Overall The Hunger Games is one of my favorite books and I’m glad I decided to reread the series.

⭐ Hi thank you for taking the time to read my review!My Rating: 5.1/5 (I know its more than posible but I just love it so much!)As a person passionate about reading, I know its hard to find a compelling book to read but this book nails it! Suzanne Collins makes me grip on to every word. Here is my summary (of the beggining so I wont say the whole book) of this. The Country of Panem is made up of 12 districts and a bustling Capitol and 74 years ago a rebellion against the Capitol made the goverment create the Hunger Games. A yearly event where each of the districts submit one girl and boy to go to the Capitol and fight in an arena to the death untl one victor survives. It is reaping day and Katniss Everdeen dreads this day all year, she lives in the Seam of District 12, the lowliest district. And hunts with her friend and hunting partner Gale Hawthorne. When Katniss’s beloved sister is reaped she doesn’t hesitate to volenteer. So Katniss and fellow tribute Petta Mellark’s lives have changed now and theres no turning back because in the Hunger Games its life or death.So go read this book!Thank you for reading! I hope you found this review helful!Bye!

⭐ This story grabs you instantly and keeps you intrigued the entire time. I love how Collins artful writing makes you love the characters instantly. Katniss’s great care for her younger sister Prim and even her tolerance of their cat gives her so much depth within the first few pages. I saw the movie first, but this book gives you so much more insight into the characters. (And, I can understand why they made a movie from the book!)The only thing that bugs me is when a story leaves you hanging because they want you to buy the next book… But, it is good marketing (and I’m a marketer, so I can’t fault it too much). Definitely recommend!

⭐ The book, The Hunger Games, written by Suzanne Collins is one of the most engaging novels I have ever set my hands upon. This book was a great choice because it offers suspense, action, romance, and drama all while maintaining a strong centralized theme and storyline. I read the book long after I watched the movie, and after recently rewatching the movie, I can say that the book was much better. It surpassed my expectations with its futuristic setting and dynamic characters. It was also really easy for me to connect with it because the main character is around the same age as me and we shared many thoughts and opinions about everyday life, even though it takes place in a futuristic dystopian society.The author follows a strong theme throughout the novel that deals with trust, loyalty, but if you look deeper than that, it is also a very dark and mature concept. The book is about a dystopian society that holds a yearly event called, “The Hunger Games”. In this even, 2 teenagers are chosen to represent each of 12 districts in a massive battle royal. This book has a lot of deep themes, including ideas of a feudal society, with each district working more labor intensive jobs as they get farther away from the capitol. It also shows the cruelness of society, and Collins’s point of view on this generation’s youth and how they are constantly fighting to find a spot in this world.This book would be great for any high school student who is looking for some thrills, drama, and a little bit of romance. People who are intrigued by the future should look into this book, as it has a lot of futuristic ideas about government and society that would interest the reader. This book is of the action genre, so the reader should expect intense scenes and some graphic moments. Younger audiences would most likely be overwhelmed by this book and would not understand the deeper meanings expressed through Collins’s writing.

⭐ I finally got around to reading this book and due to the popularity, I knew how it began. It seems that so many books are going to the theme of a nation divided into districts and this book does as well.Underneath all the fighting for survival is a boy in love with a girl and a girl who is desperate to return home. Willing to do anything, she goes along with the idea of them being in love, hoping that in the end, it will mean both will end up back in their district.The imagery invoked a lot of breathtaking pictures. The characters had enough background that I found myself loving, hating, being indifferent, or hoping that nothing bad befell them. The emotions were sharp and cut deep in many cases; the fact that the nation forced children to fight to live as punishment for a long ago war, I found horrid. Yet, in some cases, I have to admit that I was glad when some were taken out.There are a lot of twists and turns that occur. Some you see coming, some you are told are coming even if what will happen isn’t known and still others that come from seemingly no where. How each character reacts helps define their personality and chance of survival. This is a book with very few places were things become dull.

⭐ Great book. I could not put it down. You will get very attached to the characters and involved in the story line. I almost wanted to read the series again when I finished the last book. Definitely worth the time, even if you have seen the movies already.The books go into so much detail developing the characters that you get personally attached to them. Each one has their own quirks and oddities that make you fall in love with them. You honestly feel like they are friends. There is just the right amount of comic relief mixed in with the darker parts of the story line to keep you from getting really angry at the situations in the book, but nowhere near enough to even be slightly cheesy. And the descriptions of the people and places are so well written, you easily come up with a mental picture of the whole story. This book sucks you in right from the beginning and won’t let you back out. There were nights I literally stayed up until 4am to find out what happened next.

⭐ The narrator sounded like she was reading for a children’s book and made the characters voices silly… the plot was uninteresting and unoriginal, the weird love triangle doesn’t do anything to move the plot at all, completely unnecessary tween drama. Never felt like the main character was ever in any real danger because she gets coincidentally lucky and escapes obstacles/enemies EVERY time with scarcely ever more than a scratch. Characters are severely underdeveloped, almost no background story for anyone and their thought processes were illogical at times. Only bought it because it was mandatory reading for a class, waste of time. Everything that happened could have been summed up in 4 or 5 sentences, the rest of the book is boring, empty fluff.

⭐ Kurt Vonnegut wrote that storytelling is “to lie, but to keep the arithmetic straight.” The arithmetic is not straight in this story. The improbable mathematics were too big a distraction for me. I am willing enough to believe six impossible things before breakfast, but in this book, it was beyond my capacity to do so.

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