Book Review: The Hunger Games

Hey friends!!! I hope you all had an amazing week! Today my post is going to be another book review, but I’m hoping to post a poem or essay sometime soon. The book I’m doing today is my all-time favorite book, The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins. The first one. Anyone who calls Catching Fire and Mockingjay “Hunger Games #2” and “#3” has lost my respect reading wise.

Next post I’ll do the prequel, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, because it’s controversial in the reading world, and I want to settle my opinion. Of course I pre ordered it 11 months early and read it in 3 hours, though.😆(If this is interesting to people, I’ll do the rest in the trilogy later on)

Okay, I give it 4.5 stars. But before I explain why, I’ll give you a summary.

The Hunger Games is set in Panem, a country that exist over the fallen United States. After a terrible time, Panem emerged, a “shining capitol ringed by thirteen districts”. (don’t ask me how I remembered, I’ve read that book 15+ times).

Then there was a bloody war, and District 13 was nuked into nonexistence. As a reminder to the other districts after the war, the oppressive district in charge, the Capitol, established The Hunger Games. Annually, 2 children ages 12-18, a boy and a girl, are chosen from each of the 12 districts. The 24 children are locked in an arena for a fight to the death, until a lone victor emerges.

This story starts with a 16 year old girl from District 12, the poorest district, Katniss Everdeen attends the reaping for the 74th Hunger Games. Her 12 year old sister, Primrose, is chosen, and she volunteers in her sister’s place, since she can use a bow and is older. And a boy her age named Peeta Mellark is chosen. How will this play out?

So now that you know the synopsis, let me explain why I give it 4.5 stars.

The book is BEAUTIFUL. It is written perfectly. There is a perfect amount of suspense, romance, sadness, and hope. The book has a great female heroine, Katniss Everdeen, and it’s just so good. I was covertly reading it for the first time in my 5th grade class and finished it within hours. Even after reading it so many times and loving it for so long, I still remain a true fan.

But, just because I’m a fan doesn’t mean that I’ll let it cloud my critique skills. The ending is incomplete and doesn’t answer any questions. I know Mrs. Collins wrote 2 more books, but at the time she published it, that wasn’t the plan.

That’s really my only complaint.

I love this book so much and I 100% recommend. It’s the best book I’ve ever read and you won’t be able to put it down.

Well done Suzanne! You deserve every penny of the sales! 😀

Here’s my quote: “You never forget the face of the person who was your last hope.” -Suzanne Collins. (yep, it’s a hunger games quote. :P)

Have a great day, and buy The Hunger Games!