Hardcover, 374 pages

English language

Published Oct. 3, 2008 by Scholastic Press.

ISBN:
9780439023481
OCLC Number:
181516677

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4 stars (323 reviews)

Could you survive on your own, in the wild, with everyone out to make sure you don't live to see the morning?

In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives alone with her mother and younger sister, regards it as a death sentence when she is forced to represent her district in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before - and survival, for her, is second nature. Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender. But if she is to win, …

86 editions

Review of 'The Hunger Games' on 'GoodReads'

4 stars

Surprisingly grim for a young adult novel. I guess it is derivative of stuff like "Battle Royale," but I think that is totally okay in a young adult book.

The strength is the early world building which is surprisingly deep for a fairly short novel. The author creates an interesting picture of what appears to be a piece of a broken up United States somewhere in Appalachia. Her depictions of the how the capital works and how the districts are organized are all really compelling. The brief glimpses at the technological level of this society are intriguing, and I would love to see this explored more in the next two books. Hey, I love dystopias, and the author has succeeded in creating an interesting one.

The book can be a bit repetitive, though. There are a few too many scenes of the protagonist being put in costumes, and pretending to …

Review of 'Hunger Games' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

I was a bit wary of this trilogy because of all the hype. Last time I read a book that had this much hype around it before I read it, it was The Da Vinci Code...

But anyway, I needn't have worried, because this book was GOOD. More than that, it grabbed me and refused to let go until I'd finished reading it - which I did in record time. I hadn't really noticed, but I guess it's been a while since I really had that 'can't put it down' feeling with a new book, even books I've enjoyed. Well, I had it in spades with this.

The setting is interesting and feels original, despite having familiar elements (yes, the concept has elements reminiscent of Battle Royale, but Suzanne Collins takes that concept and runs with it in whole new directions). You get a real sense of a fully-formed world …

Review of 'The Hunger Games' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Man these books are so addictive. It took me about a 100 pages to get into the book, I don't like katniss or peeta much so I seem to have a little battle to get drawn in. The story is cleverly written again, it really gets you involved, fills you with blood-lust.

I now have one book left to go and I am looking forward to it with how this one ends. And then I can watch the films. Yay!

Review of 'The Hunger Games Movie-Tie in-Edition [Paperback] [Nov 10, 2014] SUZANNE COLLINS' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Well that's the first book in the Hunger Games trilogy finished. Thoroughly enjoyed it, a pretty impressive ride and so much better than the movie, which for some reason I have watched, I've held off watching the next two movies until I have finished the books.

For a while I was impatient for the action to start and for the fighting to get going in the arena, but the way the book is written making the tension build up with boring run-of-mill interviews is very clever, by the time the trumpets sound and the games begin you find yourself on the edge of your seat.

For once one of these books people say "you have to read" is actually really good. yay!

Review of 'The Hunger Games' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

So, I saw the movie first. This kind of story really isn't my usual read so despite the hype I didn't read it. However the movie put a lot of questions into my head that the book happily answered. There was a lot going on in Katniss' mind, and while everyone I know hailed her as this great female lead character the movie kind of whitewashes that a little. I wondered if the book did a better job, happy to say it did.

I'm holding out judgement on whether or not I truly like the series until I've done all three books. How they wrap it up is going to really determine that for me.
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UUUGH this book. That's a good sort of UGH, but also just one of frustration. Looking at the series as a whole I just want to weep for humanity, because honestly …

Review of 'The Hunger Games' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

I had heard a lot about The Hunger Games. There are books, there is a film. After a while I became intrigued and purchased the e-book. At first it was difficult to get ‘into’ the story, as I could not entirely place it in its temporal context, but as soon as that was over (took me a while, I admit), the book became good, and more interesting as I progressed.

I find the background of the Hunger Games shocking. Think of a society that looks nice, advanced, refined, and then there are the Hunger Games. The background of the games is laid out very well in the story, and it’s done in a way that is not boring. The story moves along at a good pace and has a nice balance between introspection of the main character, Katniss, and what happens around her. The story also shows what can go …

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