| Title: The Hunger Games |
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| Author: Suzanne Collins | ||
| Genre: Dystopian | ||
| Publisher: Scholastic | ||
| Elements: Tyranny | ||
| Series: Book 1 of The Hunger Games series |
I've just finished reading the Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, and I can't quite get over the terror and feeling of helplessness that seems to accompany the book. The reason why I like this book is the fact that it shows even though civilisation has deteriorated, there are still people out there with enough humanity left in them, who don't think that the Games are humane, and that kind of brings hope to the situation.* The games are utterly barbaric, with teenagers having to kill one another for SPORT. Imagine a stuffy old British guy saying that with the utmost contempt in his voice.Twenty-four are forced to enter. Only the winner survives.
In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. Each year, the districts are forced by the Capitol to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the Hunger Games, a brutal and terrifying fight to the death – televised for all of Panem to see.
Survival is second nature for sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who struggles to feed her mother and younger sister by secretly hunting and gathering beyond the fences of District 12. When Katniss steps in to take the place of her sister in the Hunger Games, she knows it may be her death sentence. If she is to survive, she must weigh survival against humanity and life against love.
"Utterly barbaric!"
And of course, the romantic tension (never thought I'd ever use the phrase, but there's a first time for everything): will Katniss get together with Peeta (obviously, but when, how and how long?) or Gale, her best friend (nooooooo)?
All I know is that I can't wait for the next book. It sucks that I have to wait till September (what's up with all these books coming out in late 2009?) but maybe I can join some websites and get an advanced reader's copy (ARC) or something.
*Since it's the first of a trilogy, obviously Katniss and Peeta(the guy who's in the Games with her and has been in love with her since he was 5) will abolish The Hunter Games, after having set things in motion. But how?
Recommended for:
Anyone who loves a good scare about what the future might be. And perhaps kickass girls who know how to manipulate the media mhmmm. Perhaps someone who's read Battle Royale, so you can see what the comparison's all about.
1 comment(s):
I've really been wanting to read this and your review just made me want to read it even more.