The Hunger Games

This book was my absolute favourite book I coulld not put it down I would recomend this book to everyone because I never thought I would like a book like this and I absolutely fell in love please check out my blog at KatieBookworm.blogspot.com

I Think This Is The Best Book I've Ever Read It Is Such A Good Book It Does Have Some Gore But It A Good Book For People 10 To 60
To Tell People The Truth I Am Only 10 Yeats Old And My Mom Didnt Even Want Me To Read It. She Said Its 2 Violent she hated it i bagged here to read it she finaly gave in and let me.I Read It In About 3 Days And She Said How Was It I Said Find Out 2 weeks later she read it and thought it was great Same Here.The Hunger Games is About The 74 annual Hunger Games. there's 12 districts 2 people from each district get pict To Fight To The Death Against 24 people in all.Its About A Girl From District 12 the poorest one of all and she hunts really good with her bow.her Sister Prim Gets Chose And she's only 12 she volunteers for her what adventures will she have in the arena.Dont Know Well I Do But You Can Find Out.So If U Dont Want Your Kids To Read This Book Suck It Up And Deal with it And Let Them.If You Dont You will regret it.111111111111111111111111111111111111

Despite my dislike for science fiction books, The Hunger Games completely blew me away.

The first page already grabbed my attention. Not only do you get a good imagery of the setting including the descriptions of nature, the conflict is amazingly written as well as the emotions that it can make one feel.

Read it.

Katniss Everdeen is a teenager living in District 12 of a land once known as North America, now known as Panem. The Capitol runs the land, surrounded by 12 districts and an area where the 13th was but was obliterated when an uprising occurred. As part of the punishment for the districts rebelling, every year a Hunger Games is held where two teens from each district are selected as tributes to compete in a gruesome game to last person standing. Each tribute is tasked with killing the others until they is only one left and it is televised for all to see.

When Katniss' younger sister Prim's name is pulled to join the Games, Katniss volunteers to go in her place. Peeta, the baker's son, is picked to go with her and he has had a crush on Katniss for a very long time. The two play up the lovers angle trying to get sympathy from viewers because gifts can be given during the Games. When thrown in to the Games, the two require a lot of strength, courage, and determination to get through one of the worst experiences of their lives and make sure they come out alive.

I had a lot of trouble putting this book down at night because I needed to know what was going to happen to Katniss and Peeta at the end of the book. I was continuously surprised that there wasn't more anger from all of the tributes at being thrown in to this situation by the Capitol and the parents of the tributes didn't seem to care much either. The Games have been going on for over 70 years, why wasn't there another uprising to stop their kids from being slaughtered?

I really enjoyed Katniss as a character. She's just what young girls need as a literary character to look up to. I'm sure this will make a great movie.

At the start of the book it was very slow paced but, as soon as she stepped int o the area it was pure action I could barley put it down I would deffinately recomend this to any body

One of the worse books I have ever read!!! Pointless, boring and violent. Kids killing kids?? I don't get the appeal.

I loved this book. I couldn't put it down once I started it. I found myself trying to read as fast as I possibly could, just so I could find out what happens next faster.

This book is pretty fast paced and makes for a quick light read. It's part one of three so the adventure doesn't end here. However, although it was a great book and has wonderful characters, some you will quickly fall in love with and some you will automatically dislike, I don't see how it can be compared with Harry Potter?!? I mean come on, this trilogy is NOTHING like Harry Potter. J.K Rowling has created a world that you can read about over and over and never get bored but honeslty aside from Mockingjay, I dont think I would read The Hunger Games and Catching Fire more than twice. Saying that, I really really do love the descriptions and the characters. Gale is my absolute favourite.

The story line of "The Hunger Games" is something I have not read before. I had watched the movie before reading the novel. Even though the movie was fantastic, the novel details the characters and events vividly. Suzanne Collins has really written a piece of incredible imagination.

One of the best books I've read yet!
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Parents, please READ this book before allowing your 8-10 years old to. This book deals with so many traumatic concepts that are beyond the cognitive development of most kids in elementary school, and for the few that can totally grasp it, there still needs to be some deconstructing.

This book is 1984 meets lord of the flies wrapped up in survivor. It's clearly a bit of a commentary on reality tv and it's not hard to see the influences of a certain Japanese series called "Battle Royale"

Make no mistake, The book is VERY engaging, quick paced, interesting but Katniss comes off a bit 2 dimensional. She's the reluctant hero, and that's about it. Sort of believes she always forced into her positions- and it gets redundant. Peeta is the same way, though his character goes through quite a change later on in the series that wakes it up a bit and develops him a bit more beyond the love sick puppy.

I do keep waiting for her to sort of wake up and be the hero and more of a protagonist, but at least in this book, she doesnt.

The concept of the games is quite terrifying, and you'll be reading through the chapters well into the wee hours of the morning. Every chapter is a cliff hanger so it keeps you motivated.

For that reason, and the concepts the book touches on it would be great for book clubs and teaching in the high school possibly junior high level.

Worth the hype for the most part.

I finish this book last week and the story was really good and different that is why i love it so much. i also saw the movie it was amazing it actually follow the book. My favorite character are Katniss and Peeta, i just love their personality. if you want to read something very different and set in the future this is the book for you to read.

Everyone should read this book. Not only is it exciting and suspenseful, but it's eye opening to the fact that we have to stop war or North America might turn out like how it is in the book. Which isn't nice. The movie was done very well including most things, being two hours and twenty-two minutes. A definite must read!

I hadn't read the book before watching the movie (which I normally do) so I absolutely had to read the book. I thoroughly enjoyed it...original concept...made me wonder about current events and perhaps how this book may not be far fetched (food shortage, war, reality TV).

The Hunger Games was a novel I could not put down. This themed fiction deals with such ideas as humanity, government, family relations, manipulation, love, wealth vs. poverty, will to survive, trust, teamwork, determination, use of knowledge, morals and values, and control, all in a contrived environment where they must fight the conditions and each other to stay alive. It’s a story seen through the eyes of Katniss who volunteer’s herself for the 74th Hunger Games to take the place of her younger sister Prim. As she is thrown into the spot light Katniss must gain the attention of the public to gather sponsors who will help her survive the hunger games. All eyes are fixated on her as all the perceived odds are against her. Being from district 12, these competitors usually never make it out alive.

Such a great book, I couldn't put it down.

This book is outstanding. Original idea. Once you pick this book up you can not put it down. The danger, love and killing makes it a unisex book. The romance to appeal to the women and the action to appeal to the men. Over all the book has the detail and the heart for it to be a true story. The only thing that makes it not so real is that it is in the future. So Katniss is an amazing character she is the most appealing thing about the book. She is strong by caring for her family...going hunting everyday in the woods even though it is illegal. She also puts her name in extra time for the reaping so that she can get more food for her family. Her dad died so the burden fell on her when her mom blacked-out. When her sister gets called she bravely volunteers to be the female tribute for district 12 in the 74th annual hunger games. The conflict in this book fill make you drop your mouth.

Even though this book is written for a younger demographic than the one I fall into, I still enjoyed it. It was able to capture me and really pull me into the story.

for me, i'm a very picky reader. but i can tell you now, you will NOT be disappointed! i won't summarize this book but i will warn you now:

1. there is a reason this book is rated 12+ and i can see why. violence is the main thing but there is others.

2. it IS a depressing story. more squimish readers should steer away form this book.

3. there is also a big romance story-line, as well. i was caught off gaurd by it but i will just tell you.

overall i would definitly suggest this boook to any of my friends and would read it again if my close friend wasn't borrowing it!

for me, i'm a very picky reader. but i can tell you now, you will NOT be disappointed! i won't summarize this book but i will warn you now:

1. there is a reason this book is rated 12+ and i can see why. violence is the main thing but there is others.

2. it IS a depressing story. more squimish readers should steer away form this book.

3. there is also a big romance story-line, as well. i was caught off gaurd by it but i will just tell you.

overall i would definitly suggest this boook to any of my friends and would read it again if my close friend wasn't borrowing it!