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A review by joanna1905
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
3.0
**3.5**
So I finally got to this, only a decade or so late!! and I really enjoyed it! It was really interesting to live inside Katniss's head, in the movie she seems like such a stoic badass but in the book, you really feel her age. She's so young and going through this incredibly traumatic situation, and the horror is only intensified when you get her internal monologue.
I enjoyed some of the small moments that we didn't get in the movie like Peeta's father visiting Katniss, the richer girl giving her the Mockingjay pin and the twist that the beasts at the end were actually the other tributes (talk about fucked up).
If I had never seen the movie this would've been a 4-star read for me but knowing a lot of the plot and twists and turns took away some of the impact of those moments - Rue :'( -
I'm definitely interested to read the next two books as I don't think I ever saw those movies! and given now that Harry Potter is a big no, this is definitely something I'll recommend to young readers more often because this story certainly conveys some powerful messages about government, poverty and capitalism.
So I finally got to this, only a decade or so late!! and I really enjoyed it! It was really interesting to live inside Katniss's head, in the movie she seems like such a stoic badass but in the book, you really feel her age. She's so young and going through this incredibly traumatic situation, and the horror is only intensified when you get her internal monologue.
I enjoyed some of the small moments that we didn't get in the movie like Peeta's father visiting Katniss, the richer girl giving her the Mockingjay pin and the twist that the beasts at the end were actually the other tributes (talk about fucked up).
If I had never seen the movie this would've been a 4-star read for me but knowing a lot of the plot and twists and turns took away some of the impact of those moments - Rue :'( -
I'm definitely interested to read the next two books as I don't think I ever saw those movies! and given now that Harry Potter is a big no, this is definitely something I'll recommend to young readers more often because this story certainly conveys some powerful messages about government, poverty and capitalism.