In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives alone with her mother and younger sister, regards it as a death sentence when she is forced to represent her district in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before-and survival.
Review: A (4.5/5)
I can honestly see why this could be comparable to Harry Potter & Twilight because it does have that easy to read narrative that is super addictive and compelling. It's not a difficult book to get into at all. Two pages in and I was already invested. I approached this book with caution because the general genre and plot did not appeal to me at all. I'm not too big on science fiction, dytopian, battle royale type of books. I like my novels relatively happy and usually assured of a happy ending and I saw no way that this could provide that. In addition, I wasn't really aware that there was going to be any romance in it but there was and it kept me happy. The narrative was easy to follow with a first person perspective and it immediately hooks you in. Few pages in and I was already interested in what was going to happen. The setting was interesting with it being set in a futuristic North America with twelve districts and the plot of the hunger games was definitely one that kept up the suspense. The characters were extremely likable even though I found myself scared to attach to them since they could be eliminated. Finally, it kept me thinking about it even after I finished it which good books tend to do. Can't wait to read the next book in the series to see the build up/fall out.
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