The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
What a wonderful, thought-provoking, intense, beautiful (and every other cliche you can imagine) book. I was skeptical at first – seemed a little too depressing and futuristic for me. But this is no typical YA novel. I recommend EVERYONE read this book, and it’s appropriate for all ages (depending on what you take from it). I haven’t loved a book this much in a very, very long time.
The majority of the book centers around the Games, where basically kids up to the age of 18 have to kill each other off (to give a very brief synopsis). And our main character, Katniss, fills the books with complex and completely realistic responses to the situation she is forced into. Some of the things in this book are pretty horrifying to say the least, but not in a too depressing kind of way. Katniss is sympathetic without being a damsel in distress, confident and brave and a survivor, yet remains easy to relate to. PLEASE read this book, you would be doing yourself a disservice if you didn’t.
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