Book Review: The Hunger Games

I read the book The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, which is about a girl named Katniss who lives in district 12 in the distant future of North America which has become a country called Panem. Every year the Capital holds the Hunger Games and every district has to send two children to fight to the death with the other tributes from the other districts. On the morning of the reaping Katniss' little sister whom she loves very much gets chosen to go to the Hunger Games. Katniss hurriedly steps up, volunteers to go, and ends up going to the Capitol as a tribute with a boy named Peeta who she ends up having to pretend she loves. Her and Peeta go into the arena to fight to the death but only one of the twenty four tributes can come out alive. Katniss fights and continues to survive and at one point the rules change so Peeta and Katniss could both go home. They do end up going home alive which means they won, but in the proces Katniss defies the Capitol and they want revenge because she started a huge rebellion of the districts against the Capitol.

This book had so many themes. The one that really stuck out to me was the theme of teamwork. This theme stuck out to me because although early in the book it would not seem like this was a teamwork type of book once you get to the arena the action begins. At first the only teamwork going on is Haymitch and Katniss but then Katniss teams up with Peeta and that is when the teamwork really begins. Another strong theme that I saw was the theme of survival. Not only does Katniss have to survive in the games but her whole life she has had to learn to hunt to survive in her home, district 12.


I liked this book a lot! I would recommend this book to all action lovers. I would recommend this book to them because of the action that goes on. To read this book you can't be shy about gruesome deaths or a little romance. Also you have to be prepared for some personal thoughts from our main character Katniss and for a lot of cliff-hangers, turns in the plot, and some strange scenarios! I hope you enjoy reading the book as much as I did!

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