A Book Review on The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

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The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is a novel regarding a young teenager named Katniss Everdeen who must fight to the death with 23 others as a reminder to the citizens of Panem to never defy the government. Seventy-five years ago, a revolution nearly took place, but the Capitol was able to take control, which resulted in the destruction of District 13, and the creation of the Hunger Games. The Hunger Games is a live event which is aired and takes place to make people pay for their past mistakes of trying to cause an uprising, by having two tributes from every district fight till the death. There are 12 districts and each district is known for a certain material good. The main character, Katniss Everdeen is from District 12. As the supplier of coal, it is the poorest district. Poverty may be one of the reasons why tributes from District 12 perform so poorly in games. Out of the 74 Hunger Games, only two winners have been from District 12, and one of them is dead. Katniss lives with her mother and her sister, Primrose Everdeen. It is obligatory for every boy and girl from the age of 12 to 18 to be a part of the reaping, in which the names from each person can be chosen from a big glass ball. Through a twist of events, Katniss ends up volunteering as tribute and we then join Katniss along her journey to live. The Hunger Games is a book filled with excitement and suspense and it will definitely keep the reader’s heart racing. Every sentence gives a vast amount of detail and makes the reader feel as though they are actually in the Hunger Games themselves.
The setting of the Hunger Games takes place in a dystopian world. It has many typical characteristics that are usually seen in most dystopian novels. First, in many dystopian novel...

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...ry there wasn’t much reason to add Gale so much in the books. If the author wanted to show how much Katniss misses her life at home she could have just shown Katniss thinking of her whole family with Gale. Other than these minor details, there aren’t many weaknesses to be found in The Hunger Games.
In conclusion, the Hunger Games is a book anyone should definitely check out since it’s a great story with a vast amount of details which enables the reader to feel as though they are actually in the story. There is a lot of action and adventure. It has been one of the top selling books for teen fiction and there has also been a movie that has been released. For those who love the Hunger Games, the adventure doesn’t end here. Suzanne Collins has made the Hunger Games a trilogy. For those who loved the first novel, Catching Fire and Mockingjay are definitely must reads.

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