In the post-apocalyptic nation of Panem, which is to us North America, there were thirteen districts ruled by The Capitol. When The Capitol got too comfortable in power and became more of a dictatorship, the thirteen districts rebelled, but this rebellion was short lived and the thirteenth district was obliterated. Now every year since then, The Capitol has held gladiator type games called The Hunger Games.. They hold a lottery, called the reaping, in each district and one boy and one girl from the ages of 12 to 18 is chosen to compete to the death in the games on live TV.
Katniss Everdeen, a sixteen year old girl from the 12th district, lives in a small house with her mother and her younger sister, Prim. It's the time of the reaping and both Katniss and her sister's names are in the lottery. Prim, whose name has only been in the lottery once, is chosen, but Katniss, fearing for her sisters life, volunteers as tribute in her sisters stead. Katniss along with the boy from her district, Peeta Mellark are sent off to the Capitol to star as district twelve's tributes of The 74th Annual Hunger Games. Can Katniss survive or will she go down in flames along with twenty-two other tributes?
Written by Suzanne Collins, this book is a magical combination of action, romance, and humor to satisfy any reader. When I first picked up this book a year or so before the movie came out, I had little to no expectations for the book. I thought it was just going to be another "Twilight" but I was so so so so wrong. I couldn't put the book down and I was clamoring for the following two books in the trilogy. Suzanne Collins definitely struck gold when she wrote these books! I was able to connect to the characters in the first few chapters and I loved each one of them for the peculiarities! I hate when authors give you characters and you're like "I don't get it.", but not Suzanne Collins, she got right down deep to what humanity has really become and exposed it for the world to see.
Alright let me just say that the film adaption for this book was really close. Now I know they didn't get all the details in there, but I think they got most of the important ones, and I think that it's one the closest adaptions I've seen. Come on, Jennifer Lawrence is perfect and when I say perfect, I mean PERFECT for that role! Whoever was the casting director on that movie should get an award or something!
I would definitely recommend this book and movie to anyone and everyone! Although some people might be become disturbed about the subject matter of the film and book. Well there is just one thing left to say, "Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor!"
Peace,
Jake
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