The premise is the future and the future is not bright. In this intriguing science fiction/thriller children of a certain age are chosen to fight to the death in the highly anticipated ‘Hunger Games’, kind of like the Roman Coliseum but covering a lot more territory. Of course, there is history behind this – North America as we would know it lies in ruins and the ruling government is punishing anyone harshly who would defy their protocol. Katniss takes the place of her little sister, Prim, after Prim is chosen for sure death to compete in ‘the Games.’ As the story unfolds enemies are vicious and cruelty is the currency to survive and win glory for your district. Katniss is quite a fighter, though, and she meets up with her match in the story. It is an exciting chase of cat and mouse for all who are fighting for their lives. The tension between characters, the skills they must posess, the dialogue between characters is all well told and scripted. Again, you cannot guess the ending ahead of time. The plot is so unique. Action, character development, ethics, good writing from the author who wrote Gregor the Overlander.
I read the huger games and it’s probably among my favorite books. I found the plot descriptive and entertaining. A definate page turner!
Thanks for reading, ‘Meme’….have you read Catching Fire yet? You might enjoy Graceling as well. Always looking for reader comments. Any suggested books to review? :O)
This book was AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was constantly being yelled at by my mom for staying up to late, but I couldnt help it. It really is in my top 8 books. If you ever get a chance you should definitely read this book. I also read the sequal to this book “Cathing Fire” and it was just as great. The end was just as unexpected as “The Hunger Games’” was. I cannot wait till the trequil “Mockingjay” comes out. I hope it’s gonna be even better than the two combined!
I loved this series!!! I finished ‘Mockingjay’ in three days!!! jst like daniel, my mom was yelling at me everynight ’till i finished it! I really hope SC has a different series, because if she does, there gonna be in my’ top 10 to read books’ list.