I read a book named : The Hunger Games. I read this book for my English assignment. I already owned this book so I didn’t have to lent it at a library. This book was really fun to read. I will discuss more details about it further within this review.

In a place once known as North America, now known as Panem, is a very rich City surrounded by twelve Districts. Every year because this very rich City, known as The Capitol, is so rich and likes to think they control all the Districts (which they do) there is something known as The Hunger Games. This is where two children, one boy and one girl from each district from the ages of twelve to eighteen, have to leave their families and compete in The Hunger Games, a live event that is aired on TV's all over Panem. When Katniss Everdeen, aged sixteen from District 12, has to volunteer to take the place of her twelve year old sister Prim after Prim's name is called forth to become the 23rd member to compete in The 74th Hunger Games, she promises to Prim that she will win. Katniss doesn't believe she's coming out alive - but she's not going down without a fight. Because District 12 is so poor, Katniss has been close to death many times from starvation but she's made it through it. But this is a different kind of close to death this Katniss doesn't know if she can survive. She doesn't want to hurt, or kill anyone but when it comes down to it Katniss' instinct is to survive. But when she starts to have confusing feelings about the boy from her district who is also her fellow contender, things get worse, and then she teams up with the girl from District 11 and only one person can survive.

The characters in the book are : Peeta Mellark, Katniss Everdeen, Haymitch Abernathy, Finnick Odair, Gale Hawthorne, Primrose Everdeen, President Coriolanus Snow, Cinna, Effie Trinket, Cato, Foxface, Rue, President Alma Coin, Clove, Thresh, Madge Undersee, Glimmer and Marvel. The book is written by Suzanne Collins. Collins began her career in 1991 as a writer for children's television shows. She worked on several shows for Nickelodeon, including Clarissa Explains It All, The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo, Little Bear, and Oswald. In September 2008, Scholastic Press released The Hunger Games, the first book of a trilogy by Collins. The Hunger Games was partly inspired by the Greek myth of Theseus and the Minotaur. Another inspiration was her father's career in the Air Force, which gave her insight to poverty, starvation, and the effects of war.

In my opinion the book was very fun to read because I really like the genre of the book so it really took my interest. The book is meant for people older than 14 years old because there are quite a lot of difficult terms within the book.

 

As my conclusion I highly recommend for people who have interest in action/thriller themed books because this book is mainly about that genre.

Written by Isaac de Boer