"The Hunger Games" is fast paced and exciting! Its gotten good reviews from just about everyone including famous authors; John Green, Stephen King, and Stephanie Meyer. The book trilogy really got started last year, when people started talking about the first book becoming a movie in 2012. Now that the trailer has been released and its official, everyone is getting excited. Especially me!
I read the books in 5 days last winter, while curled up next to the fire. Christmas had just ended and these were among the books that I'd received, I picked them up doubting they would be very good and that I would give up on them before the day was over. I was wrong of course, submerged in a world of the future, I followed a girl named Katniss Everdeen who lived in District 12 with her younger sister Primrose and her mother. Her mother had fallen into a deep depression after her father died in a mining explosion when Katniss was only 8. So, Katniss was then forced to take care of herself and her sister by learning to hunt for food, from a close childhood friend Gale. The story takes off when Katniss and her sister Prim go to a meeting in the town square for the annual Hunger Games drawing, where two kids from each district go into an arena and fight to the death until there is only one left. When Primrose Everdeen's name is called, Katniss volunteers to take her place and gets paired with another contestant Peeta Mellark the town baker's son. They are then are taken to the Capitol for their preparation (interviews, shows, etc) for the show.
These books take not only them but, the person reading on the journey of a lifetime. This book combines fashion, hunting, action, horror, love, madness, sifi, and fantasy (you name it its got it!). This is truly a set that I would recommend for ALL ages, the characters are deep, the story is amazing, and the flow is great; everything about this trilogy is awesome! One of the truly great thing about these books, is that it sweeps you into another world and captures you on the very first chapter. It's like watching a movie where you're the hero; you have feelings, thoughts, and ideas as well as control. Once you've picked them up, you can't put them down!
P.S. Here's the link to the trailer:D : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgssLmsOa2s
