The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Posted on December 15th, 2008 in Adult, Young Adult |
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At what point does one’s life become more important than one’s humanity? The United States becomes a divided, post-apocalyptic country, and it is a very brutal setting indeed. 12 Districts surround the Capitol, which lay somewhere in the Rockies, where each year 24 contestants compete in The Hunger Games (a gruesome, televised fight to the death). Katniss volunteers to replace her younger, weaker sister, Prim, as the lottery winner. Katniss is a bow hunter, albeit illegal, in her home district and stands a much better chance at survival. Her male counterpart, Peeta, also from District 12, becomes her only ally in the Games when the Gamemakers change the rules mid-way. There is just enough forshadowing to lure the reader into reading more, but not enough to give away the plot, which twists and turns through the realistic, everchanging landscape of the arena. The Hunger Games is part fantasy, part romance, a plethora of adventure, and a not-so-quiet questioning of one’s philosophy of war and its impact on the psyche. I anxiously await the next book in the trilogy. If you don’t have this book, run, don’t walk to the closest bookstore and buy it.
Cynthia Cruz- Howenstine-12/08.
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‘The Hunger Games’ is an awesome book which I could barely dare to put down for 5 hours on the trot, at which point I decided that a dinnerbreak would be a wise idea. I am really desperate to read the sequal, but what is it going to be called and when is it going to be released? On the official website it says that the release will be in spring 2010, but surely it shouldn’t take that long for a sequal to be written. I’ll be on the edge of my seat just waiting to know how katniss and peeta’s relationship resolves and how her relationship with Gale could affect this.
I read this book because my all time favourite author recomended it; Stephanie Meyer. She was definately right in her saying that the book is amazing and I have also found that like Stephanie, I have been kept awake at night for ages just thinking about how things will turn out for Katniss.
This book is truly one of the best books on the shelves of bookshops across the world. I even think I could go as far as saying that it almost runs on a par with Twilight and that says something because I am a twilight fanatic!