The Hunger Games Review

Twenty-four are forced to enter. Only the winner survives. In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. Each year, the districts are forced by the Capitol to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the Hunger Games, a brutal and terrifying fight to the death - televised for all of Panem to see.

Survival is second nature for sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who struggles to feed her mother and younger sister by secretly hunting and gathering beyond the fences of District 12. When Katniss steps in to take the place of her sister in the Hunger Games, she knows it may be her death sentence. If she is to survive, she must weigh survival against humanity and life against love.

Winning will make you famous. Losing means certain death.
Taken from The Hunger Games UK

Set in a dystopian future of North America, The Hunger Games follows Kat, Peeta, Prim, and the other youth involved in the barbaric sport to remind Panem of the Capitol's power on a yearly basis. Forced into an arena for all of Panem to see, the "tributes" from each district must fight one another for survival. When Prim, Kat's younger sister, is selected though, Kat takes her place without a second thought. To stay alive and to earn sponsors and gifts, Kat forges and unlikely alliance with Peeta, the tribute boy from her district. More than just one thing threatens their alliance...

Ok, I've heard the most amazzzzinnnggg things about this book, but for some reason I just never got around to buying it. I can't believe I waited so long! I am so dumb! I could not put this book down. The concept, the verbiage, the characters...it's terrifyingly realistic, and it truly is one of the most alive books I've ever read. Suzanne Collins created a tangible masterpiece that is as riveting as it is believable.

This is just the first book in the series, with Catching Fire being the next in the series. I can't wait to read it! I give The Hunger Games a 5 out of 5, and I honestly wouldn't change a single thing about it. Oh, and by the way...did you know they're making a movie?!?!??!?! Ahhhhhhh....