The Hunger Games Review (Book #1)
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The Hunger Games Review (Book #1)
Author: Suzanne Collins
Rating: 4.5/5 stars
Age Group: 12+
Okay, so this book is for the type of person that loves being on the edge of their seat and flipping the page as fast as you blink - aka, this means this book is for the type of person that loves an adventure.When you start reading you literally can't stop! There are many parts of the book that have bits where you're basically sweating with fear and many parts have eye watering ones too. Oh and the parts where you're twitching from all the disgusting parts where people get killed - especially where Katniss gets splattered with blood coming from a coughing, dying boy's mouth!
Positives:
- I love how Katniss's thoughts are described and how you can straight away know what type of girl Katniss is like
- The romantic feel throughout the book between Peeta and Katniss is a great break from the "hanging on the edge of the seat" feel
- The flashbacks Katniss has is a great touch to the story
Negatives:
- It's a bit boring at the start (I kept reading on anyway)
- I don't know if this is just me - but I'd kind of like to know what year they're in
- You kind of need to read it twice to understand what's going on in the first half of the book
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I haven't read The hunger games yet but keep hearing about it all the time. I'm not sure if I would want to read a "splattered with blood coming from a coughing, dying boy's mouth! " scene but " sweating with fear and many parts have eye watering ones too" sounds interesting.
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Brings back the feels:)
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Susan Collins is a fantastic writer and depicts a realistic and believable sci-fi nation. The characters are not flat, and the struggles Katniss face have a deep impact on the reader. Collins has a good balance between scene description and internal thought, which allows for a perfect rate of revelation. From the beginning of the book, the reader is immersed and fighting with the main character to survive the horrific Hunger Games.
My one critique lies not with book one, but with the last book. I felt the series was wrapped up too hastily and the very end seemed particularly rushed. I think this brilliant series could have produced more than three books.
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