The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) in YA and Beyond

Jun 16, 2010 Kelstar rated it it was amazing

This is a very exciting book. I started it yesterday and finished it today I could not put it down. It takes place in a future world where there are only 12 "districts" on North America where people live and are very controlled. Each district is very different and the the citizens in them have no contact with each other. The main character Catniss a teenage girl lives a fairly simple life in District 12 trying to keep her mother and sister fed by hunting. She has made a good friend and hunting p ...more

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Feb 27, 2011 Amanda rated it it was amazing

It was GREAT!!! I loved it, and I can't wait to read the second!! Peeta being in love was so... so awwwww, I really really loved the book. Yet I knew he wasn't acting and I can't believe Katniss was so dense. Love triangle, aaaaah. Gale is perfect for her yet Peeta totally cares for her. I personally like Peeta better.

I think the Hunger Games in the story should be eliminated cause, what the heck?? And why yearly? Why not every 2 years or something. I think it's dumb. Also the rule of not being ...more

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Jul 02, 2010 Laura's Book Addiction rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites

There are no words good enough to say how awesome this book I total loved with every page I loved it more! I love peeta can't wait to read the second book :-) ...more

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Oct 14, 2010 Nikki (aka Quinn) rated it it was amazing

Shelves: loved, young-adult, highly-recommend

I'm not sure what it is about this book exactly that made me LOVE it but I read it in four hours and my heart was fluttering in my chest to reach the finale. It felt so natural to enter Katniss' reality... I could taste the musky remnants of coal as it fought its way to the surface of the mine shaft. I could feel the gaunt tug of hunger in my ribs as Katniss watched the boy with the bread with invisible eyes. I could literally experience the rush of adrenaline when Prim's name was announced and I'm not sure what it is about this book exactly that made me LOVE it but I read it in four hours and my heart was fluttering in my chest to reach the finale. It felt so natural to enter Katniss' reality... I could taste the musky remnants of coal as it fought its way to the surface of the mine shaft. I could feel the gaunt tug of hunger in my ribs as Katniss watched the boy with the bread with invisible eyes. I could literally experience the rush of adrenaline when Prim's name was announced and the sense of betrayal as Katiniss' right foot stepped forward to accept a sentence of certain death to preserve her sister's innocence. I never felt like I had to fake an emotion to go where the author wanted me to go. The relationships were complex but in a way where they were not trying to be... it wasn't forced upon you. I love books that show human nature for what it truly is... at times it is about survival and suffering, at others about beauty and sacrifice and at times it is about both simultaneously. A person can be entirely brave while at the same time a coward that is caged in by self-proclaimed weaknesses. The world... people...life is a paradox. This book made me cringe at times at my own humanity... questioning how I would react... knowing that in my heart without the grace of God, at my core, I have no good in me. Despite this, the book proves that within humanity also lies the shadow of greatness... sacrificial love, bravery, the stirring of justice and it reminds me that in every human lies the possibility of redemption.

Alright, enough blabbing on subjects I am not nearly qualified to speak on. I would highly recommend this book to people of all ages. Allow this book to speak to you and be willing to absorb a story that is frighteningly close to a reality that seems at hand in the present age but far enough to allow you to read it without being too critical. I would also like if you would comment on my new group The Labyrinth about the Hunger Games because I love discussing a new book!!! ...more

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Aug 16, 2011 Holly rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fall-of-2011

Wow. And this took me so long to read because...

What a fantastic book! I've slowly been introducing myself into the Dystopian society books and I really wish this would have been read before Matched. I loved this book and can say, I'm Team Peeta all the way. I knew nothing going into this other than these kids were there to play the hunger games. I was so worried about one, or both of them dying. Now, I'm anxious to read the rest of the series to find out how it all turns out!

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Jan 02, 2011 Candy rated it it was amazing

Shelves: young-adult, dystopian, favorites, drama, series, own

I won't write a summary for this book because there's a fine one under the book title but I will give my thoughts. I L O V E this book!!!!!

Katniss is such an independent girl and a great hero for the girls of Panem and her world. She is strong, courageous and loves her friends and family dearly. She starts the 'game' not expecting to come out alive but wants to do all she can to make it back to her sister Prim who sees Katniss as almost a mother figure.

Suzanne Collins world is AMAZING. There are ...more

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