The Hunger Games - Your Classic Dystopian Young Adult Novel
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Four out of Five Stars
The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins, is a classic young adult novel of the 2010s. It tells about America, now called Panem, in the far future. In Panem, there are twelve districts that work to make goods for the Capitol. The districts do not have the wealth and luxuries as the Capitol due to a rebellion they caused seventy-four years prior. In remembrance of this rebellion, once a year, there is a reality television show called the Hunger Games. In these Hunger Games, a male and female from each district are chosen to fight to the death.
In the seventy-fourth Hunger Games, Katiness Everdeen's sister, Primrose, has been selected from a bowl of thousands of slips to fight to the death. Katiness decides to nominate herself as a tribute to the Hunger Games in order to protect her sister. After she volunteers, a boy she recognizes, Peeta Mellark, is selected too.
After playing the crowd of the Capitol and scores an eleven in her training score, Katiness has found herself a threat to others in the arena. However, a rule change saying there could be two winners from the same district changes the entire game. Eventually, Katiness and Peeta find themselves the winners of the Hunger Games and return safely home to their families.
Unfortunately, I was a bad bookworm and had watched the Hunger Games before reading the books, so I knew what would happen. Therefore, I can not say if the plot twists were predictable or not.
However, what I can say, is that I felt the characters were quite bland. I did not see Katiness's feistiness or Peeta's being desperate for Katiness. Also, the career tributes, I felt, were not as mean and ruthless as they were in the movies. During the three days of training, all the other twenty-two tributes were there and not doing anything. I feel there would be more interaction between the tributes beside the career tributes sitting at their own separate table while eating lunch. However, this issue was the only one.
I have to applaud Collins on making there is a lot of uncertainty. It is understandable that is weird, but without this uncertainty, there would not be such a large fanbase. If you search up on YouTube for the Hunger Games, there seems to be a lot of fan theories regarding this series. This uncertainty is what makes the series interesting. For example, I think the Matched series takes place at the same time as the Hunger Games. However, someone else may think the opposite. The fact the Hunger Games is filled with uncertainty creates a lot of room for creative discussion.
Also, I must mention how fast-paced this book was. Some books are too slow and others are too fast, but this one was just in the middle. When reading, I was never glancing over at my clock to check the time. One time, I read for an hour straight and it only felt like five minutes. If a book can pull off something like this, then it is truly a good read.
I rated this book four stars because it was a good read. However, it was not life-changing in any sort of way.
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Four out of Five Stars
The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins, is a classic young adult novel of the 2010s. It tells about America, now called Panem, in the far future. In Panem, there are twelve districts that work to make goods for the Capitol. The districts do not have the wealth and luxuries as the Capitol due to a rebellion they caused seventy-four years prior. In remembrance of this rebellion, once a year, there is a reality television show called the Hunger Games. In these Hunger Games, a male and female from each district are chosen to fight to the death.
In the seventy-fourth Hunger Games, Katiness Everdeen's sister, Primrose, has been selected from a bowl of thousands of slips to fight to the death. Katiness decides to nominate herself as a tribute to the Hunger Games in order to protect her sister. After she volunteers, a boy she recognizes, Peeta Mellark, is selected too.
After playing the crowd of the Capitol and scores an eleven in her training score, Katiness has found herself a threat to others in the arena. However, a rule change saying there could be two winners from the same district changes the entire game. Eventually, Katiness and Peeta find themselves the winners of the Hunger Games and return safely home to their families.
Unfortunately, I was a bad bookworm and had watched the Hunger Games before reading the books, so I knew what would happen. Therefore, I can not say if the plot twists were predictable or not.
However, what I can say, is that I felt the characters were quite bland. I did not see Katiness's feistiness or Peeta's being desperate for Katiness. Also, the career tributes, I felt, were not as mean and ruthless as they were in the movies. During the three days of training, all the other twenty-two tributes were there and not doing anything. I feel there would be more interaction between the tributes beside the career tributes sitting at their own separate table while eating lunch. However, this issue was the only one.
I have to applaud Collins on making there is a lot of uncertainty. It is understandable that is weird, but without this uncertainty, there would not be such a large fanbase. If you search up on YouTube for the Hunger Games, there seems to be a lot of fan theories regarding this series. This uncertainty is what makes the series interesting. For example, I think the Matched series takes place at the same time as the Hunger Games. However, someone else may think the opposite. The fact the Hunger Games is filled with uncertainty creates a lot of room for creative discussion.
Also, I must mention how fast-paced this book was. Some books are too slow and others are too fast, but this one was just in the middle. When reading, I was never glancing over at my clock to check the time. One time, I read for an hour straight and it only felt like five minutes. If a book can pull off something like this, then it is truly a good read.
I rated this book four stars because it was a good read. However, it was not life-changing in any sort of way.
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