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A review by kaiteayu
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
5.0
*spoilers*
I somehow deleted my first review, so I’ll be redoing it since I don’t have a copy, and I recently re-read the Hunger Games. This book, this series, will always have me hooked. It captures my attention and has so many details that mean so much. Characters and their meanings and how the plot can compare to society make the story much more powerful. When re-reading, I paid more attention to Peeta because although I love Josh Hutcherson, the character of Peeta in the movie is much different than how he actually is in the books. He’s stronger and bigger than Katniss, who sees him as a threat because of these attributes. But also actions and parts of the plot change the scene's impact. The bread Peeta had burnt was filled with nuts and other ingredients instead of just plain bread; this detail in the book shows that this was expensive. In the movie, the characters are portrayed as their older self when Katniss is starving to death and when Peeta decides to burn the bread, it shows how much the children in the districts have to grow up and how aware they are. But also how much more the audience receives from Katniss’s point of view. Katniss is so observant and drives the story in such a way that it pushes the plot's effectiveness and brings up the question of what it means to be in a system that causes so much pain and death.
I somehow deleted my first review, so I’ll be redoing it since I don’t have a copy, and I recently re-read the Hunger Games. This book, this series, will always have me hooked. It captures my attention and has so many details that mean so much. Characters and their meanings and how the plot can compare to society make the story much more powerful. When re-reading, I paid more attention to Peeta because although I love Josh Hutcherson, the character of Peeta in the movie is much different than how he actually is in the books. He’s stronger and bigger than Katniss, who sees him as a threat because of these attributes. But also actions and parts of the plot change the scene's impact. The bread Peeta had burnt was filled with nuts and other ingredients instead of just plain bread; this detail in the book shows that this was expensive. In the movie, the characters are portrayed as their older self when Katniss is starving to death and when Peeta decides to burn the bread, it shows how much the children in the districts have to grow up and how aware they are. But also how much more the audience receives from Katniss’s point of view. Katniss is so observant and drives the story in such a way that it pushes the plot's effectiveness and brings up the question of what it means to be in a system that causes so much pain and death.