The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games is the first book to a series written by Suzanne Collins that created history.

She stood there expecting to hear her name to be called, but what she heard, wasn’t what she expected at all. As Katniss Everdeen stood within the massive crowd of people gathered in the city square, she couldn’t focus on one thing at a time. Her mind was racing as the names were randomly being picked. One boy and one girl from district 12, whose lives would never be the same, if they survived.

Katniss and her sister prim stood in their lines at the annual hunger games reaping. The day when one girl and one boy from each district of panem would be picked to set off on a journey that could end their lives in seconds. As Katniss searched the crowd of strange faces around her she spotted one very familiar one. It was the face of her best friend Gale. She knew that he was in favor of being picked but she tried not to focus on this. She knew it could be anyone but she never expected to hear the name she heard be called. That name was Prim Rose Everdeen. And when she did she had no other instinct but to save her little sister and volunteer in place of her as a tribute. As she made her way to the podium she couldn’t think of anything. She was blank with emotion because she did not think this could happen, not to her family. But as the name of a boy was called, memories began to fill her blank mind. That boy was peeta mellark, the boy who had taken a beating to feed Katniss.

This truly amazing story unravels as Katniss and peeta set out on a fight to the death. As they face the obstacles that could either bring them together or apart, forever. As peeta and Katniss figure out a way to the play the game that could either save them or kill them while tributes around, slowly, one by one, fall to their death. The next death could be theirs, if they don’t play the game right.

This #1 New York bestseller is one of my all time favorite reads. It has the reader in suspense the whole time to the point when you just can’t put the book down. I would rate it a 5 out of 5 for suspense and drama. It gives the reader a good visualization without revealing the events making the whole book a surprise waiting to be discovered. I do recommend reading the book before watching the movie because it is far more detailed and makes the movie easier to understand. I am sure after reading The Hunger Games you will not be able to stop reading Suzanne Collins books and the rest of this amazing series.

The Hunger Games is available in hardcover on Amazon for $17.99

The Hunger Games trilogy boxed set is available on Amazon for $53.97

Book review by Adnana B.