The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

My first ever made comment on a book...

I LOVED the book, and last month I read it 3x, which is, even for me, incredibly much! The movie is coming soon (23th of March) and I can't wait!!!

Thank you Suzanne Collins, for this super - awesome book!!




Short summary of the book (SPOILERS):
It's a few centuries in the future, America is divided into 13 districts. 74 years ago there was a war. 12 of the districts are now ruled by the Capitol, but district 13 is out-of-use, still burning of the bombardement, 74 years ago. To remember this war, every year since then there are the hunger games. 24 children are put into an arena, but only 1 will walk out. 1 boy and 1 girl for every district. The main character of the book, Katniss Everdeen, is one of the Tributes, and has to go into the arena. She lives in district 12, the mineworkersdistrict. Her best friend, Gale, always hunts together with her. But hunting is forbidden, like most activities
Katniss goes to the arena together with the other tribute, Peeta Mellark. She doesn't know him, but he does. He's in love with her for over 8 years. She owes him much. They can't kill each other. But maybe they have to...
During the interviews and the parade they shine, and people start to like them. Peeta reveals to everyone that he loves Katniss, which makes them the impossible couple. Katniss is getting known under the name of *the girl who was on fire*
They go into the arena, and Katniss and Peeta survive. Katniss forms a bond with Rue. Rue was killed.
The spellmaker of the games comes with a new rule, 2 people from 1 district can win together. Katniss goes to Peeta, who's dying, and they form a bond. Katniss pretends to be in love with Peeta, which makes them loved by the audience, so they get more money from their sponsors. They both survive till the end. But then the capitol says they can't both win. They have to kill each other. But neither of them wants to kill the other. They take poisonous berries and want to comitt suicide, but just in time the capitol says they win both.

my opinion
I love the 'relationship' between Katniss and Peeta. I also love the whole world of districts. The character of Katniss is my favourite, she is just a normal girl, until you can see through that, and see that she is like a mother to her mom and sis, that she is normal, has normal worries. she is just like me, like us. That makes the book and the world of the book more touchable, almost true. Maybe this really is the future, who'll know? this book is TOTALLY AWESOME
and believe it or not, I don't like blood and stuff, but I'd really like to watch the hunger games

rate:
5 stars, defenitely !!

LOOKING FORWARD TO THE MOVIE