...I just finished reading "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins. I started it on my day off of work last Friday. It's been sitting on my nightstand for almost a year, I knew what it was about but had no interest in reading it. Knowing I needed to start going through that pile of books, I decided I'd try to get through the book just reading a chapter or two a day. Yeah, I started the book around 2pm last Friday night and by 11pm (with breaks for dinner and chatting with Mattie), I was on chapter 17!!! I finished the book on Saturday within 24 hours. Definitely a page turner!
Here is a summary of the book from always trusty Wikipedia:
"The Hunger Games is a young-adult science fiction novel written by Suzanne Collins. It is the first book of the Hunger Games trilogy. It introduces sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives in a post-apocalyptic world in the country of Panem where North America once stood. This is where a powerful government working in a central city called the Capitol holds power. In the book, the Hunger Games are an annual televised event where the Capitol chooses one boy and one girl from each district to fight to the death. The Hunger Games exist to demonstrate not even children are beyond the reach of the Capitol's power."
"The Hunger Games is a young-adult science fiction novel written by Suzanne Collins. It is the first book of the Hunger Games trilogy. It introduces sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives in a post-apocalyptic world in the country of Panem where North America once stood. This is where a powerful government working in a central city called the Capitol holds power. In the book, the Hunger Games are an annual televised event where the Capitol chooses one boy and one girl from each district to fight to the death. The Hunger Games exist to demonstrate not even children are beyond the reach of the Capitol's power."
Expanding a bit on that, Panem is made up of 12 districts. One boy and one girl between 12-18 years old is randomly selected to fight in the Hunger Games. The Hunger Games is a fight to the death with only one child winning. The winning district gets showered with gifts and food throughout the year. In the first chapter, they hold the reaping where the names are drawn and Katniss' sister Prim was chosen for District 12. The boy from Kat's district, Peeta, is someone she's familiar with but doesn't really have a relationship with...yet.
Kat is very much a tomboy and part of the Hunger Games is winning sponsors and playing to the viewers (think Olympics). Peeta decides to declare his love for Kat to try to win her sponsors and make her more likeable. Most of the book Kat is trying to fight her feelings for Peeta, assuming he's just playing up the "love" part for the games but its obvious, he really feels that way. The whole time I wanted her to love him but at the same time, I understand why she was hesitant. Also, I wasn't really shocked by the twist they tried to throw in at the very end of the Games.
The setting is...weird. It's set in a futuristic time but some parts like the districts seem totally old school. It's also weird that these people are dying and killing each other but it's so lax, sometimes laughing. Loved, loved, LOVED this book but hated the last 2 pages-boo! It's a triology and my friend has the second book so I'll have to wait until I got to KC in June to get it. I hope I can wait that long. You can read her review here. If you're read this book, let me know what you think!
7 comments :
I am not much of a Sci-Fi person, but sounds interesting!
I really enjoyed the first book--like you, I read it really quickly!
I LOVED this book! I loved all three, although the 2nd book ticked me off... LOL Glad you took a chance!
I liked all 3, though I do think the first was the best. There were some parts, especially in the third book, that really got to me. The school librarian actually gave me the first book over the summer, then I finished it, and we were on break! I had to wait until school started again to get the second, and the third wasn't even published yet. I have no issues with reading "kid" books either. My feeling is that I do smart stuff all day, so some fluff does me good. :)
I've heard so much about this series but it's not my type of book at all. That's why I haven't read it yet. But, gosh, I think I may need to pick it up and see what all the fuss is about! :)
Goodreads lists the book you read as one of the most read books this week.
Yeah people have told me to look into that series...we'll see :)
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