Seventy four years ago, the thirteen districts of Panem (Post-Apocalyptic America), revolted against the Capitol, objecting against their degenerate and oppressive rule. The rebellion was put down, the thirteenth district was destroyed, the other twelve beaten. The Capitol decided to ensure the remaining district's loyalty by creating The Hunger Games. Every year, a boy and a girl, ages 12 to 18 from each district is chosen, by lottery or volition, to compete in a fight to the death, a competition in which the last person standing is designated the winner. Katniss Everdeen, the oldest daughter in a family of only her sister and mother, lives in district 12, the coal district, the most impoverished district. When the 74th Hunger Games arrives, Katniss's sister, Primrose (Prim), an innocent gentle girl who could never hurt a soul, is chosen as the female 'tribute' from their district. Horrified, Katniss volunteers in her place. Forcibly thrust into a world of orgies, death, slaughter, competition, decadency, betrayal, and love. Katniss is thrown into a competition, and a world, she could hardly ever had imagined. Along her journey, she learns that friends can be enemies and that no one, not even herself, can be trusted.
The Hunger Games is deservedly an international sensation. Filled with suspense and, a bit too much if you ask me, violence. Each part of the book compliments the whole. I understand that the violence is used to show the horror of the event, however, I feel that Suzanne Collins could have tuned it down, just a little bit. I recommend this book, but not for the faint of heart.
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