beckyyreadss 's review for:

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

4.0

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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 I wanted to read this book because I love the rest of the 2012 – 2016 dystopian books including Divergent, Twilight, The Maze Runner and the Mortal Instruments. I wish I had read these during the hype of my childhood but I thoroughly enjoyed this book as a young adult. 

In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. District 1 being the richest District and District 12 being the poorest District. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and 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, who lives alone with her mother and younger sister, regards it as a death sentence when she is forced to represent her district in the Games instead of her twelve-year-old sister who got picked on her first reaping. But Katniss has been close to dead before - and survival, for her, is second nature.  But if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that weigh survival against humanity and life against love. Could you survive on your own, in the wild, with everyone out to make sure you don't live to see the morning?  

I love Katniss – she has now joined the group of kick-ass women who could hit me and I would say thank you. I think she is so amazing and strong and brave. I loved reading this book from her point of view and seeing her figure everything out. My favourite chapter was the chapter when Katniss and Rue makes an alliance and they start to make a game plan and figure everything else out. That’s when I was really hooked. The book left you with enough drama that it didn’t feel rushed but also left you wanting more that it keeps you hook to read the next book. I don’t believe they isn’t any weakness to this book I just don’t think it’s going to be the best of the series and it took me a while to get into. I would recommend this to anyone who likes kick-ass girls, fantasy novel and dystopian novels.