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 steps forward to take her sister’s place 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.
If she is to win, she will have to start making choices that will weigh survival against humanity and life against love.
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 steps forward to take her sister’s place 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.
If she is to win, she will have to start making choices that will weigh survival against humanity and life against love.
REVIEW;
First of all I have to say that I didn't like dystopian novels. I hadn't read any, the idea of these horrible future societys just didn't pull me in.
But after reading the hunger games I suddenly see the world of dystopian novels very differenly, I had seen the movie before reading the trilogy and the movie made me reconsider to read this book ,so I gave it a try.
And am I glad I read these books, it's something that ,as a reader, you have to read.
The world that Suzanne Collins created is very well thought of, Katniss is not a very likeable character but after being in her shoes for a while you kind of get why that is. Panem is not a great land to live in (at least not if you're not living in the capitol) it has a kinda midevil feel to it, but technology exists.
The hunger games on it's own is a very fascinating subject, put 24 young people in the arena to fight to their death until one is left as the victor. It's a gruesome game, but it divines the world that Suzanne Collins created.
All by all, it is a great book and if you haven't read it already, I certainly reccomend it.
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