The Hunger Games had me completely riveted from the first line to the last.

It's a really novel idea, a fine depiction of what can happen if reality shows ever go too far.

Despite me knowing that it's this fact which I should have been focusing on, I truly got involved in the Games. I found myself rooting for our heroine, Katniss Everdeene, wishing her competitors dead, wishing she would kill them, and truly hoping that she would win.

As to Katniss herself, she's a bit of an enigma. She sometimes comes across as the tempestuous, temperamental teenage girl that she is, and often does completely unpredictable, irrational, and illogical things. Other times she's cool, calm and collected; a true survivor.

She's a truly interesting character, and I'd love to play someone like her in a tabletop role playing game. She seems as though she was made for it!