Gose jokoak - PFFT Reads

Paperback, 408 pages

Published May 10, 2009 by Alberdania.

ISBN:: 978-84-9868-061-4

(1 review)

COULD YOU SURVIVE ON YOUR OWN, IN THE WILD, WITH EVERYONE OUT TO MAKE SURE YOU DON'T LIVE TO SEE THE MORNING?

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 steps forward to take her sister's place in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before--and survival, for her, is second nature. Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender. But if she is to win, she …

COULD YOU SURVIVE ON YOUR OWN, IN THE WILD, WITH EVERYONE OUT TO MAKE SURE YOU DON'T LIVE TO SEE THE MORNING?

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 steps forward to take her sister's place in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before--and survival, for her, is second nature. Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender. But if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that weight survival against humanity and life against love.

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greatblueheron reviewed The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

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5 stars

The creativity for The Hunger Games is so deep and well thought-out. Way more politically charged than the movie adaptation without every feeling "preachy". I can't imagine someone reading The Hunger Games and not making some connections between the world of the book and the world we live in (which hits home even harder now than given the state of everything). The added details, such as the characters constantly filtering their actions through how the audience will perceive them, adds a level of dystopian horror to the story that isn't nearly as apparent in the films. The intensity of the violence and disturbing nature of the obstacles in the arena makes the stakes feel so much higher than I was expecting going in. Excited to continue this series!