The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games


By: Suzanne Collins
Reviewed by: Annabelle L., 14
Rating: It was amazing!


Future North America; everything is in ruins and a corrupt power is at the top. Showing no mercy, they remind all of the twelve outlying districts about the Capitol's power- to destroy their present and future. With the Hunger Games. A deadly game for teenagers in a battle to the death- where only one can win. Katniss- a sixteen-year-old gil- faces the odds of death when she takes her sister's place in the deadliest game ever broadcasted throughout the state of Panem.

From twisting histories, to their unfair government system and conditions, to the underlying, questionable romance, Ms. Collins brings in the amazing past and the disturbing present to bring us something utterly transcending of any era. What will happen when only one winner out of twenty-four competitors emerge from the Hunger Games? What of a forbidden, yet confusing romantic entanglement? To what limit will teenagers like ourselves go through to make it for another day?

Can Katniss survive? What will the Capitol and the Gamemakers have to say in the 74th annual Hunger Games? Survival or sanity? Life or love? Prisoner or Rebel? Read the Hunger Games to find out.

I really enjoyed this novel. It was well-written, though the vocabulary isn't that challenging, but, nonetheless, it helps you envision the story in your mind's eyes. It's hard to resist the temptation of continuing to turn page after page after page... It's just that riveting. Say you don't like it? Well, open your eyes; it shows some truths to our society now and reveals the underlying realities of the past empires. You can relate to many people from here. Whether it's the unrequited (maybe) lover Peeta, the headstrong yet naive Katniss, the sly Foxface, the brute Cato, the innocent and perceptive Rue- among many others. It entwines character development from stage one to stage two, and the plot just keeps making me more intriguied as I continue. I heartily can't wait for the sequel.


Recommended to: anyone!